Associate Dean for Student Affairs (College of Engineering)
Oregon State University
Department: College of Engineering (ENG)
Appointment Type: Professional Faculty
Job Location: Corvallis
Recommended Full-Time Salary Range: $175,000 - $250,000
Job Summary:
Overview
The College of Engineering invites visionary, student-centered leaders to apply for the role of Associate Dean for Student Affairs (ADSA). This is an exceptional opportunity to make a lasting impact on thousands of future engineers and computer scientists. The College supports one of the largest undergraduate engineering student populations in the nation and is home to numerous programs that support the advancement and well-being of our students in the classroom, online, and across myriad experiential learning opportunities. It offers a diverse range of educational pathways that span nearly every traditional curriculum and specialized programs such as humanitarian engineering. Students from all backgrounds benefit from being able to seamlessly move back and forth from residential to online courses, enabling them to pursue extracurricular opportunities as well as better integrate work and life commitments. Numerous initiatives are also underway to further enrich the student experience, such as the ongoing AI initiative supported by NVIDIA and College alumni Jen-Hsun and Lori Huang.
Serving on the College s Leadership Team, the ADSA reports to the Dean and provides strategic leadership for all aspects of student life, learning, support, and success. This includes the development, implementation, and assessment of initiatives that advance the University s and the College s strategic plans and enhance the educational experience for all engineering students from recruitment through graduation and into their professional lives. More information on the University s Prosperity Widely Shared strategic plan may be found here: The position will play a central role in shaping the College s strategic plan for which development will start in the upcoming months. The Office of the ADSA is responsible for an organization comprising an annual budget of $6M+ with 56 current full-time employees.
The College is committed to building a community of faculty, students, and staff that is increasingly more inclusive, collaborative, diverse, and centered on student success. As such, we seek applicants who broaden our capacity to advance student success across individual identities and facilitate the continuous improvement of teaching and learning in the College.
This position is a 12-month appointment, 0.9 FTE (negotiable), funded through the College, and is open to candidates who are able to hold the rank of Associate Professor or Professor (with tenure), Associate Professor of Teaching or Professor of Teaching, and Senior Instructor I or Senior Instructor II in the College of Engineering. Additional key qualifications include outstanding communication skills, student engagement skills, staff management skills, constituent consultation skills with a focus on the boards that advise departments and the College, and crisis response skills.
This appointment serves at the pleasure of the Dean. The expectation is that this is a five-year term, reviewed annually.
Why OSU?
Working for Oregon State University is so much more than a job!
Oregon State University is a dynamic community of dreamers, doers, problem-solvers and change-makers. We don t wait for challenges to present themselves we seek them out and take them on. We welcome students, faculty and staff from every background and perspective into a community where everyone feels seen and heard. We have deep-rooted mindfulness for the natural world and all who depend on it, and together, we apply knowledge, tools and skills to build a better future for all.
FACTS:
• Top 1.4% university in the world
• More research funding than all public universities in Oregon combined
• 1 of 3 land, sea, space and sun grant universities in the U.S.
• 2 campuses, 11 colleges, 12 experiment stations, and Extension programs in all 36 counties
• 7 cultural resource centers that offer education, celebration and belonging for everyone
• 100+ undergraduate degree programs, 80+ graduate degrees plus hundreds of minor options and certificates
• 35k+ students including more than 2.3k international students and 10k students of color
• 217k+ alumni worldwide
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Locations:
Oregon State has a statewide presence with campuses in Corvallis and Bend, the OSU Portland Center and the Hatfield Marine Science Center on the Pacific Coast in Newport.
Oregon State s beautiful, historic and state-of-the-art main campus is located in one of America s best college towns. Corvallis is located close to the Pacific Ocean, the Cascade mountains and Oregon wine country. Nestled in the heart of the Willamette Valley, this beautiful city offers miles of mountain biking and hiking trails, a river perfect for boating or kayaking and an eclectic downtown featuring local cuisine, popular events and performances.
Total Rewards Package:
Oregon State University offers a comprehensive benefits package with benefits eligible positions that is designed to meet the needs of employees and their families including:
• Medical, Dental, Vision and Basic Life. OSU pays 95% of premiums for you and your eligible dependents.
• Free confidential mental health and emotional support services, and counseling resources.
• Retirement savings paid by the university.
• A generous paid leave package, including holidays, vacation and sick leave.
• Tuition reduction benefits for you or your qualifying dependents at OSU or the additional six Oregon Public Universities.
• Robust Work Life programs including Dual Career assistance resources, flexible work arrangements, a Family Resource Center, Affinity Groups and an Employee Assistance Program.
• Optional lifestyle benefits such as pet, accident, and critical illness insurance, giving you peace of mind and the support you need to thrive in all aspects of your life.
Future and current OSU employees can use the Benefits Calculator to learn more about the full value of the benefits provided at OSU.
Key Responsibilities
OPPORTUNITY AND EXPECTATIONS
Active support and advancement of University and College diversity, community, equity and inclusivity are fundamentally embedded into all of the Associate Dean s activities, both as a responsibility and an expectation.
30% Undergraduate Academic Programs and Student Success
Academic Programs- Promote design, implementation, and assessment of courses and curriculum based on empirically identified reform practices.
- Work with campus partners (e.g., Center for Teaching and Learning and Technology Across the Curriculum) to support professional development of teaching faculty. Coordinate teaching workshops for faculty and peer evaluations of teaching across units as part of professional development and program improvement.
- Encourage and support faculty to present at regional and national engineering education conferences, e.g., IEEE Frontiers in Education, and the American Society for Engineering Education Summer Conference.
- Oversee ENGR course offerings that support strategic goals and support faculty (teams) to develop and deliver interdisciplinary academic programs.
- Collaborate across academic colleges to benefit students and collaborate with counterparts across all Colleges and the University to socialize and improve best-practices in undergraduate programs operations.
- Coordinate delivery of collaborative undergraduate academic programs with INTO OSU.
- Liaise with the Honors College and other campus units to support high-achieving students.
Student Success and Retention- Support units in undergraduate recruitment.
- Coordinate undergraduate academic advising within the COE and work with the unit heads and other campus units to continuously improve advising within the COE majors.
- Oversee the process to grant and monitor the effectiveness of scholarships.
- Support COE mental wellness programs.
- Collaborate with University Exploratory Studies Program to support student orientation and retention efforts for pre-Engineering students.
Assessment and Accreditation- Serve as the liaison to ABET and other accrediting bodies.
- Improve assessment programs/outcomes and document program improvements.
- Although unit heads are responsible for the accreditation of programs and preparation of self-study reports, the Associate Dean will coordinate preparation of accreditation self-studies, assist faculty and unit heads, develop and deliver training, and coordinate the ABET process and visit.
- Coordinate university-required assessment reporting within the College.
Academic Integrity- Develop standard guidelines, policies and procedures for cases of academic dishonesty within the university framework.
- Serve as a resource for any cases of academic integrity involving students.
30% Experiential Learning
- Support and grow internship and co-op opportunities, including serving on the Multiple Engineering Cooperative Program board. . click apply for full job details