IUP on Monday named Dr. Edel Reilly as the new dean of the College of Education and Human Services. Reilly was appointed interim dean in July 2023, but was promoted to the full-time position on February 8.
Along with serving in her role as dean, Reilly assisted IUP in many roles. She was a member of the Division of Academic Affairs since 2007, the director of Liberal Studies from 2017 to 2022, the Provost’s Associate for Academic Planning from 2022 to 2023, and she also served the Department of Mathematical and Computer Sciences as a professor and as assistant and interim department chair.
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Lara Luetkehans (LUKE-teh-hans) said Reilly has done “an outstanding job” as interim dean and that she is “very pleased” to have her serve as full-time dean. Luetkehans also bestowed confidence in Reilly’s ability to “lead new initiatives to advance IUP’s outstanding education preparation programs while creating new synergies offered by the expanded scope on the college … all while keeping student success at the center of our work.”
