Dean's Office
- Provides strategic leadership and oversight for the College of Health and Human Services
- Oversees academic programs, faculty, staff, and college operations
- Guides strategic planning, resource allocation, and budget management
- Advances faculty and student success, research, scholarship, and community engagement
- Supports academic program development, assessment, and accreditation
- Fosters interdisciplinary collaboration and external partnerships
- Represents the College in university leadership, advancement, and community initiatives
- Coordinates AY and summer course schedule development
- Oversees undergraduate student success initiatives and enrollment management
- Approves Tested Experience or other faculty qualification review processes for undergraduate instruction.
- 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
- Leads curricular development with units, shepherding proposals through the college curriculum committee, and overseeing submission in Curriculum
- Represents the College on University curricular bodies such as Undergraduate Council and BG Perspectives Committee
- Serves as primary contact for most undergraduate student concerns and questions
- Oversees the College’s Student Ambassador program
- Works with state compliance efforts regarding transfer evaluation
- Develops new pilots to expand undergraduate 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)
- Serves on college and university committees related to assigned duties or related to other matters of interest to the college
- Provides academic support for HHS undergraduate students (including graduation clearance)
- Manages campus recruitment and related events (Preview Days, Presidents Day, etc.)
- Assists with the HHS Student Ambassador program
- Provides leadership and oversight of HHS undergraduate student recruitment and outreach initiatives
- Serves as a point of contact prospective, admitted, and current students seeking various types of assistance or information
- Tracks college data and trends
- Leads curricular development with units, shepherding proposals through the college curriculum committee, and overseeing submission in Curriculog
- Oversees graduate student success initiatives and academic concerns (curriculum exceptions, substitutions, grade modifications, grade appeals, probation/dismissal, academic honesty)
- Works with Graduate Coordinators on recruitment, graduate assistantships and scholarships, and enrollment management
- 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 graduate student experiential learning (including education abroad, internships, research, community-based learning, work-integrated learning, and third-party programs and software)
- Liaison to the Division of Research
- Facilitates faculty research collaborations to develop external grant proposals and scholarly manuscripts, reports, and related
- Negotiates and manages start-up packages for new faculty hires
- Works with Research and Sponsored Programs and Grants Accounting on behalf of faculty and staff
- Approver for Graduate Faculty Status (GFS) processes; as well as Tested Experience for graduate instructors.
- Serves on college and university committees related to assigned duties or related to other matters of interest to the college
- Provide interim leadership and ongoing administrative support for the Center of Excellence for Health and Wellness Across the Lifespan, including budget oversight, strategic planning, operational coordination, and support for Center initiatives
- Leads strategic fundraising and philanthropic efforts supporting college priorities
- Cultivates and stewards relationships with alumni, donors, and community partners
- Identifies and secures major gifts to support scholarships, academic programs, and college initiatives
- Collaborates with college and university leadership to advance fundraising priorities
- Develops and implements donor engagement and stewardship strategies
- Supports long-term philanthropic partnerships and advancement opportunities
- Works with Dean on advancement and donor communication
- Coordinates travel arrangements and reimbursements for the Dean and Associate Deans
- Supports Associate Dean with Research and Sponsored Programs, Purchasing, Controller’s Office (Grants Accounting), and Graduate Student Funding
- Manages start-up budgets
- Provides support for existing grant/project awards
- Verifies employment (I-9 form) for new faculty and staff hires
- Processes requisitions and purchase orders and pays invoices in Falcons Purch
- Processes P-card and travel reimbursements in Chrome River
- Onboarding for adjuncts
- Manages all College foundation accounts
- 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)
- Coordinates with Office of Sponsored Programs Research (OSPR), Purchasing, and Controller’s Office (Payroll, Grants Accounting, and Accounts Payable)
- Provides support for departmental budgets, existing grant/project awards, and service agreements
- Coordinates with academic units on processing purchases of supplies or services, preparation of Independent Contractor Agreements or contracts, etc.
- Assists with hiring and oversees the onboarding of full-time faculty, staff, post-docs and non-continuing appointments, including new hire documentation
- Processes contracts for adjuncts (through the OnBase system), and PAFs for full-time faculty, Administrative and Classified staff, NHHS, stipends, supplemental payments, FILs, and faculty overloads
- Contract point for adjunct contract requests, overloads and summer contracting
- Assists with and processes salary and merit letters for full time faculty
- Point of contact for moving reimbursement requests for review & submission to Controller
- Leads fundraising and development initiatives for the College of Health and Human Services
- Cultivates and maintains relationships with alumni, donors, and community partners
- Identifies and pursues philanthropic opportunities to support college priorities
- Coordinates donor engagement, stewardship, and recognition activities
- Collaborates with college leadership to align fundraising efforts with strategic priorities
- Supports scholarships, programs, and other college initiatives through philanthropic giving
- Primary administrative support to the Dean
- Assists with planning College-sponsored events
- Provides telephone, email, and other general office support
- Supports the Associate Deans, Budget Administrator, Budget Coordinator, and Student Services Administrator
- Opens, reviews, routes or responds to correspondence.
- Researches, responds to questions from students, staff, faculty and the general public.
- Schedules, secures meeting location and teleconference capabilities. Prepares agendas and other documents for distribution.
- Prepares and/or provides coordination, analysis, data collection, reports and other communication for the college.
- Processes requisitions and purchase orders (PO’s) and pays invoices in Falcons Purch
- Manages College social media accounts
- Serves as an advisor to college leadership on academic program development and strategic initiatives
- Facilitates partnerships with hospitals, healthcare systems, and other health-related organizations
- Identifies opportunities for new academic programs aligned with healthcare workforce needs
- Connects college leadership and faculty with external healthcare partners
- Provides guidance on program feasibility, industry trends, and workforce demands
- Supports collaboration between the college and healthcare organizations to advance educational and professional opportunities
- Serves as the college liaison to Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and other BGSU support offices.
- Assists the dean with faculty searches, hiring, reappointment, tenure/promotion, APR, EPR, and related processes and decisions.
- Works with the Dean's office staff and chairs/directors to develop and maintain part-time instructional staff hiring pools and recruitment; assist in part-time faculty contracting and onboarding.
- Responsible for all affiliation agreements including providing leadership and support to all program-level clinical/field/internship placement coordinators; Serves as liaison between College and General Counsel.
- Collaborates on the development of policy with units and the Office of the Provost relating to teaching, scholarly/creative activity, and service (including workload).
- Manages process for faculty and staff applying for parental leave, family medical leave, and partial or unpaid leaves
- Leads the College’s New Faculty Development Program and other faculty development initiatives
- Serves as a college-level resource and adviser to the Dean on faculty and staff employment, retention, and professional development, including oversight of personnel matters such as faculty conduct policies, process guidance, and responses to reported complaints and concerns.
- Represents the College on SAAC and assist with SAAC reporting; provide support for all program accreditation activities including Program Review.
- Center for Faculty Excellence liaison; organize and support other faculty development opportunities.
- Serves on college and university committees related to assigned duties or related to other matters of interest to the college
Updated: 11/02/2026 03:56PM