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Section One - Introduction

About This Handbook 1:1
Academic Department Chairs 1:2
President's Cabinet 1:3
Office of the Provost 1:4
Faculty Committee Chairs 1:5
Academic Calendar 1:6

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Section 1:1

Dear Department Chair,

This guidelines publication brings together into one place specific administrative items for which academic Department Chairs have unique responsibilities.

You are invited to call to our attention any procedures which are not clear or which should be added. In the next edition, the information can be corrected and/or updated to help each Department Chair become even more effective and efficient in meeting her/his chair responsibilities.

Thank you for the leadership you provide to your department and the academic program.

David Fienen
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

About this handbook This Handbook is published by the Provost's Office to provide a ready reference for Department Chairs. It is updated continuously, online, throughout the year. Please direct comments, concerns and questions to Shanon Nowell, Ext. 7541. Thanks!

Section 1:2

A listing of the names, telephone numbers, and e-mail addresses of the Chairpersons of the Academic Departments is available online at: gustavus.edu/provost/deptchairs/chairs.cfm

Section 1:3

The President's Cabinet

Responsibility for supervising and directing the operations of the College rests with the major divisional heads listed below. These chief administrative officers, together with the President, constitute the President's Cabinet through which the various administrative offices correlate their activities. The description of each person's specific responsibilities is given in the Academic Catalog, under "Administrative Organization."

Name	Phone	Email
Jack R. Ohle	7538	president@gustavus.edu
Mark Anderson	7676	markande@gustavus.edu
Jolene Christensen	7538	jolene@gustavus.edu
Gwendolyn Freed	6355	gfreed@gustavus.edu
Thomas W. Young	7551	tyoung3@gustavus.edu
David Fienen	7541	dfienen@gustavus.edu
Jeffrey Stocco	7526	stocco@gustavus.edu
Kenneth Westphal	7499	kwestpha@gustavus.edu

Section 1:4

Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

The persons in the Provost's Office to whom many questions can be addressed are given below.

Title	Name	Phone	Email
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs	David Fienen	7541	dfienen@gustavus.edu
Associate Provost and Dean of the Faculty	John Clementson	7541	jclement@gustavus.edu
Associate Provost and Dean of Academic Programs	Barbara Kaiser	7541	kaiser@gustavus.edu
Assistant to the Provost	Shanon Nowell	7541	snowell@gustavus.edu
Administrative Assistant	Judy Roberts	6223	jroberts@gustavus.edu
Administrative Assistant	Leslie Weber	7675	lweber2@gustavus.edu

The Deans to whom many questions can be addressed are given below.

Department or Program	John	Barbara
Academic Departments	X
Academic Department Reviews		X
Academic Honesty		X
Curriculum II		X
First Term Seminar		X
General Education		X
Faculty and Hiring	X
Honors Day		X
Interdisciplinary Programs (with majors and minors)	X
January IEX		X
LSAMP		X
NCUR Participation and Student Conference Travel		X
Pre-Tenure and Adjunct Faculty Reviews	X
Writing across the Curriculum		X
Writing Center		X

Provost's Office/VPAA Regular Meetings

Meeting	David	John	Barbara	Shanon
Academic Advising			X
Academic Affairs Coordinating Council (AACC)	X	X	X
Academic Petitions			X
Academic Probations			X
AOC Academic Operations Committee (AOC)		X
Board Meetings	X
Budget Committee	X
Center for International & Cultural Education	X
Community Service Center			X
Course Approval Subcommittee		X	X
Curriculum Committee		X	X
Deans’ Council		X	X	X
Department Chairs	X	X	X
Faculty Committee on Student Life (FCSL)			X
Faculty Development Committee		X
Faculty Meetings	X	X	X	X
Faculty Personnel Committee	X
Faculty Senate	X
Gustavus Technology Services	X
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)				X
Institutional Review Board (IRB)				X
Instructional Infrastructure Advisory Committee (IIAC)		X
International and Domestic Programs Committee (IDPC)			X
President's Cabinet	X
Program Assessment and Development Committee (PADC)			X
Provost's Council	X	X	X	X
Registrar	X	X	X

Section 1:5

Faculty Committee Chairs

An extremely important part of faculty governance of academic matters at Gustavus involves specific faculty committees. Each committee area of responsibility is listed in the Faculty Handbook, Part 1. The chairs of the specific committees to whom Department Chairs may wish to direct questions and/or concerns are found in the "Green Pages" of the Faculty Book online.

Section 1:6

Academic Calendar

The Gustavus Academic Calendar is available online at: gustavus.edu/registrar/six_year_calendar/six_year_calendar.cfm

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Last modified: September 15, 2009, by Shanon Nowell