Dr. Jonathan Schaeffer's current term as Dean of the Faculty of Science will end on June 30, 2017. In accordance with University regulations, a Dean Review Committee has been established.
As its first action, the Review Committee calls for your advice and opinion on the state of the Faculty of Science under the leadership of Dean Schaeffer. Specifically, the Committee is interested in the following:
1) Leadership
Demonstrates a high level of integrity and commitment to University and its values, inspires a shared vision of the Faculty, leads academic planning process, communicates the Faculty vision, develops a strong team of faculty and staff, provides strong leadership within a shared-governance structure, builds trust through openness and transparency while making difficult decisions needed to move Faculty forward;
2) State of Research and Scholarly Activity
Sound intellectual leadership, promotes excellence and integrity in research and scholarly activity, works to support research funding, collaboration and productivity;
3) Advocacy
Builds effective relationships, promotes/advocates for Faculty to a broad spectrum of constituents, including University community and other community leaders, agencies and key institutions regionally, nationally and internationally;
4) Teaching and Learning
Leads academic planning process and supports curriculum development, promotes excellence and integrity and fosters a climate that encourages faculty and staff to identify and pursue excellence, works to build strategic recruitment/retention plans;
5) Faculty and Staff Relations
Plans/prioritizes human resource needs for Faculty; establishes strategies to compete for high-caliber faculty and staff; is responsible for appointments, recommendations for tenure and promotion and annual merit increments; is fair and follows effective, transparent processes, builds environment of collegiality;
6) Administration
Ensures compliance with University policies, demonstrates financial acumen and ensures fiscal responsibility in working with budgets, funds, and financial processes;
7) External Relations and Advancement
Builds national and international linkages, pro-actively looks for new challenges and funding sources, attracts resources to the Faculty from government, philanthropy and other programs, works with advancement professionals, leads Faculty's fund development activities.
8) Other matters
Should you wish to offer comment on the above, please use the online consultation form. To facilitate the Committee's work, please submit your comments by 12:00 noon on Monday, October 24, 2016.
Your views are important to us and I encourage you to share your thoughts with the Committee.
Thank you for your assistance,
Steven Dew
Provost and Vice-President (Academic)
Committee Membership
• Steven Dew, Provost and Vice-President (Academic), Chair
• Walter Dixon, Associate Vice-President (Research)
• Heather Zwicker, Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research
• Vladimir Chernousov, Department of Math & Statistical Sciences
• Mario Nascimento, Department of Computing Science
• Thomas Stachel , Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
• Massimo Boninsegni, Department of Physics
• Lisa Krezanowski, Support Staff
• Tracy Fan, Undergraduate Student
• Candy Pang, Graduate Student
• Loren W Kline, GFC Representative
Committee Resources
Susan Buchsdruecker
Faculty Relations Officer
780-492-7813
susan.buchsdruecker@ualberta.ca
Teddy Carter
Selection and Review Coordinator
780-248-1047
tscarter@ualberta.ca