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[Sue Murphy]

Dean of the College of Informatics

 

The College of Informatics at Northern Kentucky University is searching
for a dean to provide leadership for its innovative and nationally
recognized programs. The college is poised for tremendous growth and
opportunities as it prepares to move into Griffin Hall, a new $53
million, state-of-the-art, LEED certified building, in summer 2011. We
seek a visionary leader and an effective administrator to lead the
college in the next stages of its development. If you are a leader who
is able to translate the possibilities for this cutting-edge and
technologically advanced college into reality, we invite you to apply. 

The College

In July 2005, Northern Kentucky University created the College of
Informatics, realizing that traditional academic structures do not
provide an optimal approach to the digital and information revolutions
that are profoundly changing every aspect of human activity. The college
has experienced tremendous progress and growth under its founding dean,
Douglas Perry.  It consists of three academic departments: Business
Informatics (accredited by the AACSB), Communication, and Computer
Science. This combination of disciplines allows the university to
capitalize on opportunities created by the convergence and ubiquity of
communication and information technologies, both in the workplace and in
society at large. The College of Informatics has allowed the university
to optimize resources by reducing redundancy in the curriculum,
promoting the efficient use of technological assets, centralizing many
outreach activities, and pursuing funding opportunities cooperatively.
The college encourages cross-disciplinary collaborations among its
diverse faculty, which serves as a resource for students and the
community. 

Today the College of Informatics has over 1,400 undergraduate majors and
graduate students enrolled in its many programs. Each department offers
both Bachelor's and Master's degrees alongside a variety of certificate
programs. Undergraduate advising is handled by an advising center with a
staff of three. The college also houses an innovative outreach center,
the Center for Applied Informatics (formerly known as the Infrastructure
Management Institute), which provides a full range of information
management and technology services to non-profit and for-profit
organizations throughout the nation, and provides on-campus internship
opportunities for students to work on external contract projects. The
dean oversees a budget of approximately seven million dollars and is
supported by four full-time staff members. 

The Position 

The dean is the chief executive officer of the college and works
collaboratively with fellow administrators and with the college's
department chairs and directors. The dean reports directly to the Vice
President for Academic Affairs and Provost. The dean also provides
support for the recruitment, retention, and development of faculty,
staff, and students. 

Essential Qualifications 

Earned terminal degree in one of the college's or closely related
disciplines. 

Sustained record of teaching, scholarship/creative activity, and
university and community service sufficient to warrant a tenured
appointment at the professor level in a department within the college. 

Commitment to leadership across the full breadth of the university's
mission in teaching, research, service and public engagement. 

Demonstrated ability to articulate a strategic vision and long-term
goals for the college. 

Demonstrated ability to work effectively with external constituents and
stakeholders. 

Demonstrated ability to attract external funding to the college and its
faculty. 

Demonstrated support of scholarly and creative activity among faculty. 

Demonstrated support of research and creative activity for both
undergraduate and graduate students. 

Evidence of administrative and leadership effectiveness equivalent to at
least four years at the level of department chair or higher, including
budget management, external fund procurement, and involvement in the
promotion and tenure process. 

Record of collaborative leadership working across multiple disciplines. 

Demonstrated commitment to increasing diversity among students, faculty,
and staff. 

Demonstrated ability to promote the college's mission, vision and
importance to the broader public.

Commitment to collegial governance.

 

Salary, Rank, and Benefits 

The academic appointment will be as a tenured professor. 

Salary and benefits are competitive and negotiable, commensurate with
qualifications and experience.

The twelve-month appointment begins July 1, 2011.

 

Application and Search Process

Applicants must provide the following in digital format:

 

1.      A letter describing the applicant's interest in and
qualifications for the dean's position.

2.      A detailed, current curriculum vitae.

3.      Names, addresses, telephone numbers, and e-mail addresses of
five professional references.  References will only be contacted with
the candidate's permission.

4.      After initial review, candidates of interest to the search
committee will be asked to supply graduate transcripts, evidence of
scholarship, and other supporting evidence as required.

 

Submissions must be e-mailed to coideansearch at nku.edu.

 

Review of complete applications will begin on Wednesday, January 12,
2011 and continue until the position is filled.

 

The University

Located eight miles from downtown Cincinnati in an area offering an
outstanding quality of life, NKU is a nationally recognized metropolitan
university committed to active engagement with the Northern
Kentucky/Greater Cincinnati region to nearly two million people.  Our
growing institution is built on core values that emphasize
learner-centered education, scholarship, civic engagement, diversity and
multiculturalism, and collegiality and collaboration.  NKU is committed
to recruiting and retaining faculty members whose talents span the
breadth of academic life in teaching, research, and public engagement.

 

For additional information, college website: informatics.nku.edu or
contact Dr. Gaut Ragsdale, Associate Dean, College of Informatics, and
Chair, Informatics Dean Search Committee.

 

Northern Kentucky University is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity
Employer.

 

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