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SIERRA VISTA — Gerald “Skip” Jubb, most recently of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute & University, has accepted the position of interim associate vice president and dean of the University of Arizona South.
Jubb will assume his new duties on the Sierra Vista campus beginning Aug. 15.
He replaces both Randy Groth, who in June was named UA associate vice president for outreach, and Wayne Lanning, UA South dean of academic affairs, who retired at the end of the school year.
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“We’re very fortunate to have such an experienced university administrator coming to UA South,” said Eugene Sander, who is UA’s vice president for university outreach. “He’s a very people-oriented person.”
Jubb will report to Sander, who is also dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences in Tucson.
As the chief academic and administrative officer at UA South, Jubb will be responsible for recruiting and retaining faculty, developing baccalaureate programs in partnership with local community colleges and increasing access to UA South programs for the residents of southern Arizona.
“I look forward to the challenge of leading UA South as it evolves into a premier learning community,” Jubb said. “UA South is a tremendous resource for southern Arizona, and I’m committed to ensuring that it meets the needs of our communities and this state.”
Although he arrives from the East Coast, Jubb earned both his master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Arizona in Tucson. His field is entomology — the branch of zoology that deals with insects.
As the state’s only land-grant university, part of UA’s mission is to extend its reach across the state through agricultural extension programs and research.
“Dr. Jubb has wide experience working in off-campus locations,” said Sander. “In addition to Virginia Tech, he’s done research and extension work at the University of Maryland and Pennsylvania State University.”
Jubb leaves Virginia Tech as interim head of the department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise in the school’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences where he led 25 faculty, 12 staff, 45 graduate students and 800 undergraduates.
Also a full professor in the department of entomology, he was associate director for 13 off-campus agricultural research and extension centers.
Jubb is the author of several book chapters dealing with insects and pesticides as they affect diseases of grapes. Alone and in collaboration with others, he has written dozens of scholarly journal articles and presented papers at scientific conferences and professional meetings.
He is a frequent guest lecturer on topics such as insect ecology, pest management, and general entomology, although for the past decade he has delivered on numerous occasions his popular talk on, “Professional Ethics and Misconduct in Science,” to both graduate and undergraduate students.
In 2004, Jubb received the distinguished alumnus award from his alma mater, New Mexico Highlands University in Las Vegas, N.M., where he majored in biology.
Jubb is expected to attend the ribbon-cutting on Monday morning at the University of Arizona Science & Technology Park on Rita Road in Tucson. The ceremony is to celebrate expanded classroom space for UA South students in Pima, Santa Cruz and Cochise counties.
“It gives us a third location in Pima County,” says Craig Johnson, the University of Arizona South’s associate dean of administrative services. “We’ll add about 9,000 square feet of classroom and office space, and a computer lab.”
At 9 a.m. on Monday, UA South will cut the ribbon to move in to newly-leased space at the University of Arizona Science & Technology Park, 9040 Rita Road in Tucson.
“It’s good news,” Johnson continues, “because we can schedule more classes when and where we want them. It gives us more options.”
UA South presently offers its full complement of degree programs in Tucson, leasing space from Pima Community College East and the Vail school district. Pima Community College is growing, making it more problematic to identify locations and times for UA South classes.
“We’ll still have a presence at Pima,” says Johnson. “But the Science & Technology Park allows us to better serve students in the southeast corridor of Pima County, north Santa Cruz and northern Cochise.”
Herald/Review reporter Cindy Skalsky can be reached at 515-4611, or by e-mail at cindy.skalsky@svherald.com.
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