{"id":3184,"date":"2021-04-29T13:14:48","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T20:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/?p=3184"},"modified":"2021-04-29T13:15:13","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T20:15:13","slug":"recast-student-and-academic-life-leadership-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/2021\/04\/recast-student-and-academic-life-leadership-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Recast | Student and Academic Life leadership updates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From: <\/strong><\/a>“McAvity, David” <mcavityd@evergreen.edu>
Date: <\/strong>Thursday, April 29, 2021 at 11:15 AM
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Dear Colleagues, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am writing to\nprovide two leadership updates in Student and Academic Life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first is\nregarding a transition in leadership for Evening and Weekend Studies<\/strong>. \nKathleen Eamon, the current Dean for Evening and Weekend Studies, was selected\nfor this role in 2019.  When she applied, she was most interested in\nserving for two years (the duration of the other position advertised at the\ntime).  While she continues to love working with EWS faculty and students,\nshe has indicated an interest in returning to the classroom and will do so in\nwinter 2022, ending her term as Dean in fall quarter 2021. This timing allows\nfor Kathleen to steward the current summer quarter and get the planning for the\nnext summer quarter underway. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As you may recall,\nearlier in the year we conducted a search for an interim dean position, to\naccount for Trevor Speller\u2019s transition to the Vice Provost role. We were\nfortunate to have two very strong candidates for that position, Abir Biswas and\nLori Blewett. Abir was appointed in January 2021.  With this new vacancy\nemerging, I have asked Lori to serve as interim Evening and Weekend Studies\ndean for the 2021-2022 academic year. I am grateful that she has\naccepted.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I have\nindicated in recent communications, our enrollment growth strategy is to expand\nonline and part-time pathways to degree<\/strong>, especially in areas connected\nto workforce development and other areas of high student demand. This work is\nclosely tied to the Paths and Certificates initiatives, the School of\nProfessional Studies, and the hybrid online learning faculty development cohort\ncurrently underway. This critical initiative requires faculty leadership to\nmove forward. I am pleased that Lori Blewett has agreed to work with me over\nthe next 6 months in her faculty role to co-lead a workgroup to further design\nand craft an implementation plan for this work. I have requested time at next\nweek\u2019s faculty meeting to share more information about this work and will\nfollow up shortly after with the charge. Several of you have expressed interest\nin serving on this committee; we will work with the Agenda Committee for\nfaculty representation.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please join me in\nthanking Lori for stepping into these leadership roles, and to Kathleen for her\nongoing work as Dean. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am mindful of\nthe interplay between our current fiscal situation and the need for leadership\ncapacity as we launch major new initiatives to grow our enrollment. While we\nare developing and implementing a plan for a School of Professional Studies to\nsupport certificate programs and flexible pathways to degree through the\n2021-2022 academic year, we will be operating with the current academic\nleadership structure. However, I am committed to having a model for a new\nleaner academic leadership structure in place as we begin the\n2022-2023 academic year. That model will have fewer academic deans, befitting\nthe smaller college we have become. We will have a plan in place before we\nbegin recruitment for the new 4-year dean positions to replace those whose\npositions are ending in summer 2022.  We anticipate this recruitment\noccurring in fall 2021. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best wishes,  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

David <\/p>\n\n\n\n

David McAvity<\/strong> | he-him | Interim\nProvost and Vice President for Student & Academic Life | The Evergreen\nState College | 360.867.6400<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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