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Freije, Morse bring wide-ranging experience
to posts
On June 10, Stephen C. Ainlay, vice president
for academic affairs and dean of the College, announced the
appointment of two associate deans: Margaret Freije, assistant
dean for curriculum management and associate professor of
the department of mathematics and computer science; and William
Morse, associate professor of the English department.
Freije earned her bachelor’s degree at Boston College
and Ph.D. at Brown University. She came to Holy Cross in
the fall of 1986. A specialist in arithmetic geometry, Freije
has distinguished herself as a teacher and faculty member,
and, also, through her administrative contributions to the
College. Honored with the “Holy Cross Distinguished
Teaching Award” in 1997, she was named a “Woman
of Distinction” by the Girl Scouts in 2003. Freije
has served on pivotal College committees, including the Social
Concerns Committee and the First-Year Program Committee;
she has been a faculty representative to the Trustees’ Academic
Affairs Committee. Prior to assuming her most recent administrative
role as assistant dean for curriculum management, Freije
had been class dean for the classes of 1999 and 2003.
Morse earned his bachelor’s degree at the University
of Massachusetts and his master’s degree and Ph.D.
at Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass. A Shakespeare scholar,
he joined the Holy Cross faculty in 1984. In addition to
his involvement with a number of College programs, he has
served on important College committees and councils, including
the Graduate Studies Committee and the Committee on Interdisciplinary
and Special Studies; he has generously assisted with the
Teacher Certification Program, College Honors Program and
Study Abroad Program. In recent years, Morse has been very
active in the College’s efforts at curricular reform.
A past member of the Academic Planning Action Committee,
he currently serves as a member of the Curriculum Steering
Committee, to which he had been appointed by the Academic
Affairs Council. His other responsibilities include membership
on the Finance and Planning Council as well as the new Strategic
Planning Committee.
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