Vice Presidential Searches

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs Position & Materials

  The Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs supports the college’s academic mission by providing vision, leadership, and management in a diverse multicultural, international, and high technology environment, working with all constituents on campus to coordinate proactively and effectively campus connections with the full life cycle of a student — from pre-college and retention to post-graduation.

  The position is responsible for the strategic and timely implementation of plans, policies, and procedures that ensure high quality academic programs anchored in the liberal arts tradition that attract, enroll, retain, and graduate students.

  Provost & VP of Academic Affairs Position Advertisement

• Vice President for Enrollment & Student Success Position & Materials

  The Vice President for Enrollment and Student Success provides vision, leadership and management in areas related to enrollment services, retention/support programs and traditional student affairs operations, serving as a key catalyst for innovation and change in positioning the college for both enrollment and financial success.

  The position will lead in developing and growing a data-informed strategic enrollment plan and approaches that reflect industry best practices, national and regional higher education trends and campus goals, with particular focus on market analysis, positioning, and program development in direct alignment with the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs.

  VP of Enrollment & Student Success Position Advertisement

• Campus Meetings & Surveys

  Campus Meetings
  RPA, Inc. hosted open campus forums about the searches in early December 2019.
  
  Surveys
  RPA, Inc. opened online preferred characteristics surveys in conjunction with the meetings. The surveys are now closed.

• Search Committee Members

  Search Committee — Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

  Co-Chairs
  

  • Josee Larochelle; Chief Administrative Officer-in-Charge and Vice President for Administration and Finance
  • Dr. Vincent Carey, Professor, History

  Members

  • Rudaba Ahmed, Student Association President
  • Emma Bartscherer; Academic Advisor, Branch Campus
  • Dr. Karen Blough; Professor, Art
  • Dr. Robert Christopherson; Professor, Economics and Finance
  • Dr. JoAnn Gleeson-Kreig; Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs
  • Dan Gordon; Professor, Music
  • Jorunn Gran-Henriksen; Associate Professor, Nutrition and Dietetics
  • Dave Gregoire; Assistant Vice President of Institutional Advancement
  • Holly Heller-Ross; Dean, Library and Information Technology Services
  • Robert Henn, Student Association Senator
  • Dr. Lise Heroux; Distinguished Service Professor, Marketing and Entrepreneurship
  • Cassie Joseph; Associate Director, Educational Opportunity Program
  • Ann Labier; Administrative Assistant, Mathematics
  • Steve Matthews; Director, Campus Housing and Community Living
  • Pam Munson; Registrar
  • Zyaijah Nadler; Violence Prevention Educator and Outreach Coordinator
  • Magen Renadette; Director, Budget and Financial Reporting
  • Dr. Ed Romanowicz; Associate Professor, Geology
  • Dr. Yong Yu; Associate Professor, Teacher Education

  Search Committee — Vice President for Enrollment and Student Success

  Co-Chairs

  • Dr. Michelle Cromwell; Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
  • Cori Jackson; Assistant Vice President for Student Life

  Members

  • Jacob Avery; Assistant Director, Center for Student Involvement
  • Nancy Bennett, Office Assistant, Calculations
  • Dr. Andrew Buckser; Dean, School of Arts and Sciences
  • Erin Campbell; Research Associate, Institutional Effectiveness
  • Dr. Michele Carpentier; Assistant Vice President for Enrollment and Student Success
  • Dr. Julia Davis; Associate Professor, Counseling and Human Services
  • Peter Ensel; Associate Professor, Communications Studies
  • Todd Moravec; Director, Student Financial Services
  • Catherine Keleher; Director, Marketing
  • Vanshika Patel, Student
  • Jennifer Stanton, Student
  • Carrie Woodward; Executive Director, Admissions
• About RPA. Inc.
  The college has retained RPA, Inc., a leading executive recruitment and consulting firm for higher education institutions and nonprofit organizations, to assist in its search for a new president.

  Richard Allen founded RPA, Inc. in 1988 with the specific mission of assisting institutions of higher education in recruiting highly qualified senior personnel and in enhancing capacity to raise philanthropic income. The organization has grown steadily to become a comprehensive consulting firm offering executive recruitment services for the identification and placement of top administrative and cabinet-level officers.

  More about RPA, Inc. is online at http://www.rpainc.org.