Susan Strehle, Binghamton University’s vice provost and the dean of the Graduate School, will also serve as the interim dean of the Graduate School of Education (GSE) through August 31, 2017.

She will be replacing Beth Burch, who stepped down from the position in order to complete a research project on Jewish-American women writers that she has been conducting. Burch had held the position of GSE dean since September 2014.

Donald Nieman, the dean of the Graduate School, said in a press release that Burch made many contributions to the department, and has definitely left her mark.

“I want to thank Beth for providing strong leadership for GSE during the past 16 months,” Nieman said. “She positioned GSE for future success by reorganizing the dean’s office staff, placing the school’s budget on a firm foundation, completing work on the proposal for a TESOL program, laying the groundwork for masters curricula designed to be more attractive to prospective students and reversing the enrollment declines of recent years.”

Strehle has previously served as the GSE dean, acting as the interim from 2007 to 2008.