Philosopher to Southeast arts-sciences deanship

WINONA, Minn. – An ethicist, Adam Potthast, has been named dean of liberal arts and sciences at Minnesota State College Southeast. Potthast holds a doctorate from University of Connecticut at Storrs and has taught philosophy at Park University in Missouri. Most recently he has been at Saint Mary’s University in Winona and Western Technical College in LaCrosse. He co-authored “Ethics for Dummies” in publisher John Wiley’s best-selling series For Dummies. He started at Southeast early in June, but his appointment was announced belatedly. His Southeast dutied include overseeing career pathways for students. He sees his ethics background as a good fit. “It prepared me to solve problems that require creative thinking, like designing and managing in-person courses that are as flexible as online courses and online courses that feel as personal as face-to-face courses.”