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CORVALLIS, Ore. - Lee Ann Garrison, an administrator at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, has been named the director of the School of Arts and Communication in the College of Liberal Arts at Oregon State University.

Garrison has been executive director of the Design Research Institute at the Peck School of the Arts at the University of Wisconsin. An art and design professor, Garrison also is the interim associate dean for curricular design and innovation in the Lubar School of Business and interim associate dean of academic and student affairs at the Zilber School of Public Health.

Garrison comes to Corvallis with a strong background in curriculum development and creating collaborative teaching and research opportunities at UW-Milwaukee. She will continue to use those skills as director of the School of Arts and Communication.

At Oregon State, Garrison will work to elevate the arts on campus and throughout the community, and also to create opportunities for students and faculty to work with others in the arts and beyond. 

"As an artist, Lee Ann is a bridge-builder who's been especially adept at working across many disciplines in a university setting," said Lawrence Rodgers, executive dean of the Division of Arts and Science. "She has a history as an especially accomplished administrator known for her ability to build coalitions and collaborate in a large institution." 

Garrison will begin her new position Aug. 11.