Curt Rice
Curtis Calvin Rice (born 1962) is an American linguist who also serves as rector of Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, the largest university college in Norway. He is the first non-Norwegian to head any Norwegian university or college. Rice will begin his rectorship on August 1, 2015.[1]
Early career
Rice studied philosophy at Augsburg College in Minnesota, and graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1984. He spent the 1984-1985 academic year as a Fulbright grantee at KU Leuven, Belgium. He then went to the University of Texas at Austin for a PhD in general linguistics.
Rice grew up in Rochester, Minnesota, and graduated from high school there in 1980. He is an alumnus of Rochester Mayo High School. He is married to Tove I. Dahl, who also studied at Augsburg and is the dean of Skogfjorden, the Norwegian Language Village at Concordia Language Villages.[2]
Academic positions
Before ascending to current leadership, Rice had been a professor in the Department of Languages and Linguistics at the University of Tromsø, Norway. He was the founding director of the first Center of Excellence in Tromsø, the Center for Advanced Study in Theoretical Linguistics (CASTL) and he served as the Pro Rector for Research and Development from 2009-2013. Rice currently leads Norway's Committee on Gender Equality and Diversity in Research and he is the chair of the board of Current Research Information Systems in Norway (CRIStin). He also has represented the faculty on the University Board in Tromsø. [3] He also applied unsuccessfully for the rector position at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.[4]
References
- ^ Walsh, Paul (March 29, 2015). "Minnesota native chosen president of Norway's largest university". Minneapolis Star-Tribune. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
- ^ "Curt Rice named president of Norway university". Bemidji Pioneer. March 30, 2015. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
- ^ ScienceInBalance.com/about
- ^ Meland, Svein Inge (6 December 2012). "Bovim blir ny NTNU-rektor". Adresseavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 31 March 2015.
- 1962 births
- Living people
- People from Rochester, Minnesota
- Augsburg College alumni
- University of Texas at Austin alumni
- University of Tromsø faculty
- Oslo and Akershus University College faculty
- Rectors of universities and colleges in Norway
- American linguists
- American emigrants to Norway
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- Norwegian linguist stubs