Associate Dean of the Honors College - Internal Applicants Only

Ball State University

Muncie, IN

ID: 7304652 (Ref.No. BSU47208)
Posted: Newly posted
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled

Job Description

Assist the Dean in the leadership of the Honors College. The Associate Dean of the Honors College recruits faculty from across campus to teach in honors, develops the honors course schedule, and chairs the Honors College Curriculum Committee.

The Honors College seeks an aspiring administrator to assist the Dean in the leadership of the Honors College. The Associate Dean of the Honors College recruits faculty from across campus to teach in honors, develops honors course schedules, and chairs the Honors College Curriculum Committee. The Associate Dean works with students, faculty, and alumni to create points of connection between the curricular aims of the college and co-curricular programming, including the new Honors Milestone Alumni Mentors program. The Associate Dean collaborates with faculty and departments from across campus to help develop and implement cross-college programming. (Internal Search Only)
Please note that this posting is open to current Ball State University employees only. All external applicants (including current Ball State University students) are not eligible to apply for this position and will not be moved forward in the hiring process.

Job Function:

Minimum Education:

Earned terminal degree in an academic discipline.

Minimum Experience:

Significant experience in higher education; administrative experience at the department, school, or other collegiate level.

Preferred Experience:

Experience as departmental chairperson, school director, or similar administrative duties ; tenured associate or full professor or non-tenure-line associate or full teaching, research, clinical, or of-practice professor; a record of excellence in teaching, scholarship, and professional service; successful experience in teaching in an Honors program or college; experience in Ball State's Honors College.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Coordinate, administer, develop, and nurture the Honors College curriculum.
Monitor the College’s core curriculum as well as the series of colloquia and the senior project; work with Honors College faculty to provide students with current and detailed information on course offerings. Chair the Honors College Curriculum Committee.
Support the recruitment of outstanding faculty to teach Honors College courses; work with department chairs and assistant chairs to create schedules for Honors faculty. Assist the Dean in developing and administrating the Ball Brothers Foundation Honors Faculty Fellowships.
Teach at least one course per year within the Honors College curriculum, as negotiated with the Dean.
Serve on Honors College Budget Committee, Scholarship Committee, and other college committees as assigned by Dean.
Support the Dean, Senior Advisor, Coordinator of Honors Recruitment and Retention, and Director of Student Success and First-Year Programs in planning and implementing the summer orientation for incoming Honors College students.
Work to develop new on- and off-campus programs for honors students; support opportunities for student attendance and presentation of papers at professional meetings.
Work collaboratively with the Honors College Academic Advisors.
Support the Dean with fundraising for Honors College initiatives.
Foster contact between current students and prospective students, between current students and Honors College alumni and friends, and between current students and Honors College or Program students at other institutions. Supervise the Honors College alumni mentor program.
Perform other related duties as assigned.

At Ball State University, we recognize inclusive excellence as an integral endeavor to fulfill our University’s mission and our strategic plan. We recruit, support, and retain a diverse population of students, faculty, and staff. We encourage and reward diversity of thought. We promote a work environment that encourages and rewards innovation and creativity. We pledge to keep Inclusive Excellence at the highest level of institutional importance and as a foundation in all that we strive to do. Our over-arching goal for Inclusive Excellence is to adopt a university-wide Inclusive Excellence approach to academic, administrative support, and service functions of the university. We believe Inclusive Excellence must be infused in every step we take.

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