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Sep 25 2017

Episode 028: San Jacinto College Dean of Liberal Arts Shawn Silman

Shawn Silman is the Dean of Liberal Arts at San Jacinto College, which is located in Houston, Texas. Prior to becoming the Dean in 2011, he served for 6 years as San Jacinto’s Athletic Director and 11 years as the Head Women’s Basketball Coach at San Jacinto.

In today’s episode, we discuss:

  • What exactly a Dean of Liberal Arts does on a daily basis
  • Why he got out of coaching and went into the academic side
  • The great flood of 2017 and how it affected Houston and San Jacinto’s students
  • How he made the transition from athletics to academics in an educational setting

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