Meet the Staff
Office of the Dean
279 Hayes Hall
- Manages Dean’s schedule
- Assists with planning College-sponsored events, including Staff Breakfast
- Works with Dean on development and donor communication
- Coordinates travel arrangements and reimbursements for the Dean
- Supports Faculty Development Initiatives
- Works with Dean Schendel
- Liaises with University Marketing and Brand Strategy
- Identifies communications and marketing needs and objectives for CAS and its units and University Arts and directs their production and implementation
- Provides guidance and project management for marketing materials for CAS and its units and University Arts (A&S Good News email, Transformations magazine, BGSU Arts brochures and advertisements, unit newsletters, event and program posters, flyers, brochures, HTML emails, digital signage, etc.)
- Coordinates marketing for premier College and University Arts events (Creative Minds, ArtsX, etc.)
- Assists College, its units, and University Arts with communications, public relations, and media outreach
- Manages social media accounts for CAS and University Arts
Student Success and Enrollment Management
249 Hayes Hall
Student Success and Enrollment Management is guided by the College’s commitment to student success and achievement. To that end, our aim is to provide holistic support for our students from recruitment to graduation, through the development and implementation of evidence-based practices and processes that provide our students with the resources and opportunities to make the most of their Arts & Sciences education. Integral to our work, we foster productive partnerships with our academic units, faculty, staff, and campus partners.
- Works with Rachel Petersen, Katie Boyle, and Andrea Hoppenjans
- Coordinates AY course schedule development
- Oversees undergraduate student success initiatives and enrollment management
- Manages campus recruitment events (Preview Days, Presidents Day, etc.)
- Oversees undergraduate academic affairs (curriculum exceptions, substitutions, grade modifications, grade appeals, probation/dismissal, academic honesty, and other student academic concerns)
- Liaison to University Advising and the Geoffrey H. Radbill Center for College and Life Design
- Works with Marcus Sherrell and Rachel Petersen
- Oversees records processes for department, school, and other University offices
- Responds to records requests from students, alumni and outside agencies and institutions
- Processes late adds, drops, grade changes, course substitutions, suspensions and dismissals, overload appeals, Bachelor of Liberal Studies applications, changes to major/minor within the College, and assigning faculty mentors
- Provides telephone, email, and other general office support
- Works with Marcus Sherrell and Rachel Petersen
- Provides leadership and oversight of CAS undergraduate student recruitment and outreach initiatives
- Collaborates with A&S units and college staff to assist in developing, implementing, and assessing recruitment strategies and procedures related to undergraduate recruitment and prospective student outreach within the college
- Coordinates prospective student/family visits to A&S units; leads facility tours as needed and coordinates the scheduling of student visits with units
- Serves as a point of contact prospective, admitted, and current students seeking various types of assistance or information
- Represents the college and/or its programs as needed on campus committees, at campus events, and to external audiences as needed
- Works with Marcus Sherrell
- Serves as primary contact for most undergraduate student concerns and questions
- Provides academic support for CAS undergraduate students (including graduation clearance)
- Provides leadership and support for CAS faculty mentors and liaises with centralized academic advising
- Advises Bachelor of Liberal Studies (BLS), International Programs and Partnerships (IPP), dual degrees, Intra-College degrees
- Oversees CAS Student Ambassador program
Resources and Operations
292 Hayes Hall
Resources and Operationsis responsible for all personnel, financial, and IT matters in the College. We liaise with many offices on campus (e.g., Human Resources, Registration & Records, Payroll, Purchasing, Controller’s Office, Grants Accounting, Office of the Provost, ITS) and should be the first point of contact for faculty and staff with questions about those matters.
- Works with Jenn Yannelli, Travis Scheaffer, and Dayna Ferguson
- Oversees all financial, accounting, and IT matters in the College
- Manages College and department personnel and operating budget loads and carryover
- Reviews budgets and works with Chairs & Directors on department Operating, Public Service, Course Fees, F&A Grant Overhead Return, Distinguished Professor, Professional Development & Research, New Faculty Startups, Grants, and Project funds
- Reviews and initiates processing of Personnel Action Forms (PAF) for contracts, addendums, overloads, stipends, supplemental payments, grants, and projects for all full-time and adjunct faculty, staff, and Non-Continuing Appointments (NCA)
- Reviews Time & Labor timesheets for monthly and biweekly payroll cycles and resolves exceptions for payroll processing
- Serves as backup approver for Chairs and Directors (Falcons Purch, Chrome River)
- Works with Larry Smith
- Provides support for departmental budgets, existing grant/project awards, and service agreements
- Coordinates with Office of Sponsored Programs Research (OSPR), Purchasing, and Controller’s Office (Payroll, Grants Accounting, and Accounts Payable)
- Supports the Center for Great Lakes & Watershed Studies (GLWS) and the Institute of Democracy and Public Policy Network (DePO)
- Coordinates with academic units on processing purchases of supplies or services, preparation of Independent Contractor Agreements or contracts, etc.
- Works with Larry Smith
- Directs technology projects in CAS
- Designs, develops, and maintains web software applications
- Administers Employee Device Upgrade Program
- Manages elections process for College and University faculty committees (Arts & Sciences Council, etc.).
- Works with Larry Smith
- Assists with hiring and oversees the onboarding of full-time faculty, adjuncts, staff, post-docs and non-continuing appointments, including new hire documentation
- Verifies employment (I-9 form) for new faculty hires
- Processes contracts for adjuncts (through the OnBase system), and PAFs for full-time faculty, Administrative and Classified staff, NCAs, stipends, supplemental payments, FILs, and faculty overloads
- Contact point for adjunct contract requests, overloads and summer contracting
- Assists with and processes salary and merit letters for full time faculty
- Liaison between College, General Counsel and Affiliations for agreements/contracts
- Point of contact for moving reimbursement requests for review & submission to Controller
- Processes P-card and travel reimbursements in Chrome River
- Processes requisitions and purchase orders (PO’s) and pays invoices in Falcons Purch
Faculty Development
274 Hayes Hall
Faculty Development seeks to support the success of faculty by improving recruiting practices and providing programming that fosters professional growth across all faculty cohorts, along the full career trajectory. Faculty review guidance is oriented toward transparency, fairness, and consistency in all processes. Policy development involves collaboration with units and the Office of the Provost to establish clear standards that align with our mission and recognize an appropriate range of traditional accomplishments and emerging practices in teaching, scholarly/creative activity, and service.
- Develops policy in collaboration with units and the Office of the Provost relating to teaching, scholarly/creative activity, and service (including workload).
- Manages faculty Annual Performance Review (APR), Enhanced Performance Review (EPR), Merit; Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure; Graduate Faculty Status (GFS) processes; as well as Tested Experience or other faculty qualification review processes
- Oversees personnel matters in the College, including faculty conduct policies and process guidance and responding to reported complaints and concerns
- Oversees hiring of new faculty and staff
- Managing process for faculty and staff applying for parental leave, family medical leave, and partial or unpaid leaves
- Works with Phil Dickinson, Jolie Sheffer, and Jeff Snyder
- Oversees faculty annual reviews, merit, promotion and tenure, and Faculty Improvement Leave (Faculty 180)
- Manages curriculum development and revision (including reviewing progress in Curriculog)
- Manages graduate budgets and contracting
Curriculum Development, Assessment, and Workload Planning
274 Hayes Hall
Curriculum Development, Assessment, and Workload Planning focuses on creating and sustaining an array of student-focused learning experiences which foster the habits of mind appropriate to a 21st century liberal arts college: openness to new challenges, abiding curiosity, critical methods of investigation, experimentation, interpretation, expression, and reflection. Our role is to encourage collaboration and innovation across disciplinary boundaries, and to develop curricular and assessment practices that encourage student learning and thinking skills.
- Leads curricular development with units, shepherding proposals through the college curriculum committee, and overseeing submission in Curriculog
- Represents the College on University curricular bodies such as Undergraduate Council and BG Perspectives Committee
- Develops and connects assessment practices, assists units with program review and accreditation, and works with state compliance efforts regarding transfer evaluation
- Coordinates summer course schedule development
- Works with Phil Dickinson, Jolie Sheffer, and Jeff Snyder
- Oversees faculty annual reviews, merit, promotion and tenure, and Faculty Improvement Leave (Faculty 180)
- Manages curriculum development and revision (including reviewing progress in Curriculog)
- Manages graduate budgets and contracting
Graduate Studies, Faculty Development, and Experiential Learning
292 Hayes Hall
The Associate Dean for Graduate Studies, Faculty Development, and Experiential Learning represents the interests of graduate education within the College, and manages budgets and contracting for graduate scholarships and stipends. The ADean also oversees faculty development initiatives like the New Faculty Development Program and mid-career professional development workshops. Also tasked with strengthening undergraduate and graduate student experiential learning opportunities through curricular revision, research and creative activity, internships and co-ops, residential learning communities, service learning, and community engagement.
- Leads New Faculty Development Program and other faculty development initiatives
- Oversees graduate student success initiatives and academic concerns (curriculum exceptions, substitutions, grade modifications, grade appeals, probation/dismissal, academic honesty)
- Manages annual budgets and contracting for graduate education (including graduate assistantships and scholarships)
- Liaises with Graduate College on graduate policies, student concerns, and Graduate Council
- Develops new pilots to expand student experiential learning (including education abroad, internships, undergraduate research/creative activity, community-based learning, residential learning communities, work-integrated learning, and third-party programs and software)
- Liaises with Kuhlin Career Hub on corporate partnerships, internships, and student career readiness initiatives
- Works with Jolie Sheffer and Alexis Ostrowski and assists Resources and Operations
- Schedules meetings for all Associate Deans
- Manages new hire access to systems (CCS, FMS, HCM, and college listservs) and oversees hiring and onboarding processes for staff
- Verifies and monitors employment (I-9 forms) for the college
- Assists with adjunct contracting and onboarding
- Serves as contact point for OnBase
- Processes retirement/resignation letters (faculty and staff)
- Administers course schedule development for college office
- Supports A&S units when chairs/directors or staff are unavailable
- Co-chairs Staff Mentorship Program and helps plan annual Staff Breakfast
Research Support & Development
292 Hayes Hall
The Associate Dean for Research Support & Development seeks to expand and enhance research and creative activity by faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates by providing resources and training for faculty to cultivate individual and collaborative research/creative projects and to seek external grant funding.
- Liaison to Division of Research
- Facilitates faculty research collaborations to develop external grant proposals
- Coordinates space planning considerations for the College, especially in STEM disciplines
- Enhances graduate student mentorship and support, especially in STEM disciplines and lab spaces
- Assists in start-up for new faculty hires
- Works with Jolie Sheffer and Alexis Ostrowski and assists Resources and Operations
- Schedules meetings for all Associate Deans
- Manages new hire access to systems (CCS, FMS, HCM, and college listservs) and oversees hiring and onboarding processes for staff
- Verifies and monitors employment (I-9 forms) for the college
- Assists with adjunct contracting and onboarding
- Serves as contact point for OnBase
- Processes retirement/resignation letters (faculty and staff)
- Administers course schedule development for college office
- Supports A&S units when chairs/directors or staff are unavailable
- Co-chairs Staff Mentorship Program and helps plan annual Staff Breakfast
Updated: 12/03/2025 03:09PM