Founding Dean University of North Carolina Wilmington, College of Computing, Engineering, and Science | Wilmington, North Carolina We are pleased to announce the appointment of Ron Vetter, PhD as founding dean of the College of Science and Engineering at the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) beginning July 1, 2023.Dr. Vetter is a professor in the Department of Computer Science at UNCW and enters the role of founding dean with more than two decades of administrative and leadership experience. He previously served at UNCW as the associate provost for research and dean of the graduate school from 2013 to 2018. Dr. Vetter has worked on numerous projects at UNCW and in the Wilmington community, including serving as co-principal investigator on a Collaborative Cybersecurity Apprenticeship Program (CCAP) grant between UNCW and Cape Fear Community College, and as a co-principal investigator for the National Drug Court Resource Center with the U.S. Department of Justice. He is the 2023 recipient of the Richard E. Merwin Award for Distinguished Service, the highest-level volunteer service award from the IEEE Computer Society. He is also a member of UNCW’s Million Dollar Club for earning more than $5 million in external grant funding. Dr. Vetter earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Minnesota and a Master of Science and Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from North Dakota State University. Pam Pezzoli led this search with Sharon Hansen and Melissa Barravecchio.The full press release can be found here.