Search--Dean of Arts & Sciences

[Ruder, Cynthia A]

Colleagues:

Below please find the announcement of the search for a new dean of the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Kentucky.  On behalf of the Department of Modern & Classical Languages we encourage anyone who is qualified to apply for this important position.  If you know someone who might be an excellent candidate, please feel free to forward this information to them or to nominate them to the search committee.  If you would like to apply for the position, please follow the guidelines noted below.

The appointment of a new Dean is vital to the well-being and productivity of the faculty, as you well know.  Therefore we would appreciate any assistance you can offer to help us find the best candidate for the position.  Thanks for your consideration.

Sincerely, Cindy Ruder

Cynthia A. Ruder, Associate Professor
University of Kentucky
MCL/Russian & Eastern Studies
1055 Patterson
Lexington, KY  40506-0027
859.257.7026

University of Kentucky
Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences

The University of Kentucky seeks an innovative and forward-looking individual for Dean of its College of Arts and Sciences, with a preferred starting date of July 1, 2009.  The Dean is the College’s chief executive and academic leader and reports to the Provost.  The Dean is expected to provide academic and administrative leadership for teaching, research, and engagement activities; budgetary and fiscal management; and development and alumni programs.  The Dean represents the College within the University, and to its varied external constituencies.

The University of Kentucky is the state’s flagship public land grant university, and has embarked on an ambitious trajectory for future growth. The Kentucky General Assembly has mandated that the University attain a stature as one of the Top Twenty Public Research Universities in the United States by 2020, and is allocating substantial fiscal resources to support the growth of endowments that support chairs, professorships, graduate fellowships, research program development, and research facilities.  The new Dean must be prepared to initiate strategies to respond to these opportunities and challenges with fresh ideas as well as with established approaches.

The successful candidate will be expected to have demonstrated: proven leadership and administrative acumen; a commitment to excellence in research and in graduate and undergraduate education; an appreciation of the diverse missions of the College’s natural and mathematical sciences, social sciences, and humanities disciplines and its multidisciplinary and international studies and programs; a commitment to vigorous intellectual life, affirmative action and diversity in higher education; budgetary experience in an academic setting; and a commitment to active fundraising. The Dean of Arts and Sciences at the University of Kentucky will have an earned doctorate, an active research program, and qualifications commensurate with tenure at the rank of professor in one of the disciplines within the College.

Applicants should include a letter summarizing relevant experiences in leadership, administration, and academics; a statement of philosophy on administrative leadership and on the balance among undergraduate education, the research enterprise, and land grant engagement; a current curriculum vitae; and the names, addresses, e-mail addresses, and telephone numbers of four references. References will not be contacted without candidate approval.

Review of applications will begin on November 15, 2008, and will continue until the position is filled.  Applications from and nominations of women and minorities are strongly encouraged.

Send applications and nominations to: College of Arts and Sciences Committee, Office of the Provost, 105 Main Building, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY  40506-0032, or electronically to Kris Hobson at hobson at email.uky.edu.

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