UW Dean of Student Candidates to Speak on Campus

Students and other members of the University of Wyoming community are encouraged to meet the two candidates coming to campus for the associate vice president for student affairs and dean of students search.

Nycole Courtney and Kimberly Chestnut will visit campus Friday, June 15, and Monday, June 18.

Chestnut is the assistant vice president at West Chester University in West Chester, Pa., a post she has held since 2017. West Chester University was founded in 1871 and serves a total full-time undergraduate enrollment of 13,000 students. Chestnut earned her Ph.D. in human sexuality education from Widener University in Chester, Pa., in 2009.

Courtney is UW’s interim associate vice president for student affairs and dean of students, a post she has held since July 2017, when then-AVP Sean Blackburn was selected as vice president for student affairs. Courtney earned her Ed.D. in higher education leadership from UW in 2014.

As a part of the on-campus interview, each candidate is scheduled to give a public presentation.

Courtney’s public presentation is June 15 from 10-11 a.m. in the Classroom Building, Room 310. The presentation will be streamed via WyoCast at https://wyocast.uwyo.edu/WyoCast/Play/31fab4cd084c46a59d76006f624680fc1d.To learn more about her, go here.

Chestnut’s public presentation is June 18 from 10-11 a.m. in the Classroom Building, Room 310. The presentation will be streamed via WyoCast at https://wyocast.uwyo.edu/WyoCast/Play/75f66b36349b492592f192d4328404521d. To learn more about her, go here.

The search committee invites members of the UW community to provide feedback on the candidates. The links to do so are:

Courtney -- https://survey.uwyo.edu/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=l2LH4m502

Chestnut -- https://survey.uwyo.edu/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=7lLH4m84I

A committee, co-chaired by Chief Diversity Officer Emily Monago and Eric Webb, executive director of Residence Life, Dining Services and Student Affairs Business and Facilities Operations, narrowed the pool of applicants and recommended the finalists to Blackburn.

For more information about the search for the UW associate vice president and dean of students, call Christina Millemon at (307) 766-5123 or Kaila Mills at (307) 766-6672.