A&S welcomes Tarikul Islam as next Senior Associate Dean for Finance & Administration
Tarikul Islam recently joined the Arts & Sciences’ Dean’s office as senior associate dean for finance and administration, replacing Sherri Powers upon her retirement. Tarikul’s areas of responsibility include A&S fiscal strategy, resource allocation, and budget management, department and program administration, human resources, and data and information resources.
Tarikul previously served as the director of academic resource planning for the College of Engineering and College of Science at the University of Texas at Arlington, where he led the colleges’ annual and multi-year budget planning process, and assisted the dean with financial planning and forecasting, resource allocation and business operations.
Prior to his time at the University of Texas, Tarikul was the director of administration and finance at the Merrick School of Business, University of Baltimore, where he provided oversight for the school’s financial and human capital management system’s deployment and use, and managed complex organizational functions related to recruitment and compensation.
“I am excited to be part of the William & Mary community and to join such a strong team in Arts & Sciences. In this role, I look forward to serving the leaders, administrators and faculty in A&S.”
“We are thrilled to have Tarikul join our team,” said Dean of the Faculty of Arts & Sciences, Suzanne Raitt. “His experience and skillset make him a wonderful fit and we look forward to the next chapter. We are so grateful to Sherri Powers for delaying her retirement to help bring Tarikul up to speed on the complex operations of Arts & Sciences.” Raitt also thanked the search committee and committee chair, Rob Hinkle, vice dean for natural, physical & computational sciences & interdisciplinary studies, for their hard work and diligence during the search.
