Final two fine arts dean candidates announced

The final two candidates for Kansas University’s dean of fine arts are William Vernon May and Aaron Horne.May, dean of Baylor University’s School of Music, will speak in KU’s Crafton-Preyer Theatre at 4 p.m. today. May earned his doctoral degree from KU in addition to a master’s degree from the University of North Texas and a bachelor’s degree from Baylor.May has been a professor at Baylor, North Texas and the University of Washington, and was a lecturer or guest lecturer at several other schools including KU.Horne, dean of the college of arts and sciences at Winston-Salem State University, will speak in Crafton-Preyer at 4 p.m. Thursday. He has a doctoral and master’s degrees from the University of Iowa, and a bachelor’s degree from Tennessee State University. He’s done post-doctoral work at several other universities.Horne has been a professor at Northeastern Illinois University and Winston-Salem State, and has held administrative positions as well. He was a lecturer or guest lecturer at several other institutions as well.