Larick Named Dean of NC State Graduate School

Dr. Duane K. Larick, interim dean of North Carolina State University’s Graduate School and a professor of food, bioprocessing and nutrition sciences at NC State, has been named dean of the Graduate School, effective March 1.

Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Studies Terri Lomax announced the appointment, saying, “Professor Larick has strength and experience in both the research and graduate education arenas, and has been instrumental in building our rapidly growing graduate programs. Under his direction, I expect the Graduate School to reach new levels of achievement.”

As dean, Larick will provide leadership for a graduate program serving more than 7,400 full- and part-time students from across the U.S. and from 85 other countries. NC State’s graduate program administers 220 different graduate degrees (master’s, Ph.D. and Ed.D.) across all 10 of NC State’s academic colleges.

In addition to serving as dean, Larick will also hold the positions of associate vice chancellor for research and graduate studies and professor in NC State’s Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences.

Larick joined the NC State faculty as an assistant professor of food science in 1984, and was named assistant dean of the Graduate School in 2000 and senior associate dean in 2006. While in that position, Larick was responsible for managing operating and graduate support budgets that totaled $26 million, and developing and approving new graduate certificate and degree programs. He has served as interim dean since June 2008, replacing then-dean Terri Lomax when she took the appointment of interim vice chancellor for research and graduate studies.

Larick is a Fellow of the Institute of Food Technologists, a member of the Phi Tau Sigma and Phi Kappa Phi honorary societies, and served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Food Science and the Journal of Muscle Foods.

Larick received his bachelor’s and master’s degree in animal science from Ohio State University in 1978 and 1980, respectively, and his Ph.D. in food science from the University of Missouri in 1984.

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