Category:: Management/Confidential
Department:: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Locations:: Oswego, NY
Posted:: Sep 7, 2018
Closes:: Open Until Filled
Type:: Full-time

About SUNY Oswego:

Founded in 1861, SUNY Oswego is a public comprehensive college located in Central New York on the beautiful shores of Lake Ontario, 45 minutes from Syracuse. Named one of "Top Up-and-Coming Schools" in U.S. News "America's Best Colleges" in 2010, a Kiplinger's "Best College Value" for 2015, and a "Best Northeastern College" by Princeton Review every year since the first edition in 2003, Oswego offers its 8000 undergraduate and graduate students preeminent academic programs in the arts and sciences, business, communications, and teacher education. The College's success is built on providing students outstanding educational experiences with attention to a liberal arts and sciences foundation, practical applications, interdisciplinary approaches, independent scholarly and creative work, and skills for living in multicultural and global communities. The emphasis on faculty-mentored student research and creative projects is evidenced by Quest, a daylong symposium spotlighting original student research; a stipend program for students engaged in research and creative work; and the Global Laboratory, a STEM-based research abroad program at top-ranked universities around the world. SUNY Oswego is an unusually collegial and vibrant community and is in a time of wonderful opportunities with extensive facilities construction and renovation, a forward-looking strategic plan, and expanded outreach to regional, national, and international communities.

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Job Description:

Description of the College: The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences houses programs in the humanities, sciences, and social science. Its faculty members are committed teachers and scholars who work with their students to solve problems and arrive at insights by looking across disciplinary boundaries, working on cutting-edge research, and using technology to connect globally. The College includes 16 academic departments that offer more than 50 degrees and certifications. Approximately 20 percent of CLAS degree programs are interdisciplinary or multi-disciplinary. Disciplines range from Anthropology to Zoology. CLAS has seen significant growth in its STEM programs. Its relatively new programs in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Software Engineering are currently seeking ABET accreditation. New programs have been developed in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics and a graduate program in Biomedical and Health Informatics. The College has been pursuing and growing efforts in the Digital Humanities and implemented a Humanities Collaboratory recently to encourage interdisciplinary and problem-solving teaching and research. The College is also the primary provider of general education and is deeply involved with the School of Education in providing content area education for teacher candidates. Faculty and students enjoy state of the art facilities including the Shineman Center for Science, Engineering and Innovation, the Rice Creek Field Station and additional building projects planned. Click here for more information on the college.

The State University of New York at Oswego seeks an exceptional leader to become Dean of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.

Posting Date: September 7, 2018

Review Date: Review of applications will begin October 15, 2018 and will continue until finalists are chosen.

Benefit Information: The State University of New York provides an excellent benefit package. Click here for more information on benefits for full-time Management Confidential staff or click here for a benefits summary.

Date of Appointment: July 2019 (or open to sooner)

Description of Responsibilities: The Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) is the intellectual and institutional leader of a college with more than 5,000 undergraduate and graduate students, more than 200 full-time faculty, and by far the largest division of an institution that also includes schools of Business, Education, and Communication, Media and the Arts.

The Dean serves as the administrative officer leading the work of CLAS, its programs and faculty. The Dean uses their judgement and experience in setting direction for the College, determining and recommending priorities for the College and how to allocate resources within the College. The Dean leads the CLAS faculty, representing their accomplishments and aspirations and assuring critical information regarding the success of the faculty and students are communicated within and outside of Academic Affairs. The Dean also communicates goals, concerns and needs of the larger SUNY Oswego community to the College. Responsible for more than 40 academic programs, the Dean supports and cultivates the faculty and other resources required for the successful implementation of those programs. The Dean is attentive and committed to faculty and student diversity, shared governance and the increasingly complex and extramural roles the liberal arts and sciences are called upon to engage in communities, local and global. The Dean reports directly to the Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs and serves as an important part of the Academic Affairs leadership team, as well as a member of the President's expanded cabinet. The Dean must work collaboratively with other divisions throughout SUNY Oswego. The Dean will also work with various external constituencies. SUNY Oswego prides itself on its continued ability to innovate. The CLAS Dean is expected to contribute a demonstrated record of creative thinking, foresight, and adaptive management.

Responsibilities include: supporting faculty recruitment, development, and evaluation; overseeing programs within CLAS; working with chairs and faculty to improve existing programs and develop new programs; developing and supporting initiatives designed to build and strengthen interdisciplinary collaborations within the College and across the University; providing leadership in external relations, partnership building, fund-raising, and fiscal management.

In addition, the Dean, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences will be expected to display a commitment to undergraduate and/or graduate education, and possess communication and interpersonal skills sufficient to work effectively with an increasingly diverse array of students and colleagues.

Requirements:

Required Qualifications:

• A terminal degree and record of academic accomplishments that qualifies the candidate for the rank of full professor in a department or interdisciplinary program of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
• Administrative experience at the level of department chair or beyond that includes supervision of staff, personnel evaluations, program assessment, budget management, and collaboration with other units.

Preferred Qualifications:

• A demonstrated commitment to learner-centered public higher education and the goals of providing access, promoting diversity, and cultivating critically engaged practitioners in a wide variety of fields.
• A commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion demonstrated by successful initiatives and programming that advance campus culture and climate with respect to these core values.
• A demonstrated commitment to multi- and interdisciplinary programs, global awareness and connection, and student-faculty collaborative research and creative activities.
• Demonstrated ability to build external relations in support of student and faculty opportunities, program development, and fundraising.
• A demonstrated commitment to innovative program development that supports student success and learning and promotes SUNY Oswego's strengths and strategic goals in these areas.
• Independent vision and the leadership skills necessary to create consensus around that vision.
• A willingness and ability to work cooperatively and collaboratively with other institutional organizations while vigorously advancing the aims of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
• A commitment to extending and enhancing relations between the College and the community, the College and its alumni, the College and the world.

Additional Information:

For further information please contact Professor Lisa Glidden, Search Committee Chair, at lisa.glidden@oswego.edu.

Official transcripts and successful completion of a criminal background check will be required prior to appointment.

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