Administrator at UI selected as LAS dean

CHAMPAIGN – The University of Illinois has named Ruth Watkins as the new dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the largest college on campus.

Watkins has been a vice provost of academic affairs and professor in the Department of Speech and Hearing Science at the university.

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