Call for Consultation: 2016 Faculty of Science Dean Review Committee

1) Leadership2) State of Research and Scholarly Activity3) Advocacy4) Teaching and Learning5) Faculty and Staff Relations6) Administration7) External Relations and Advancement8) Other mattersCommittee MembershipCommittee Resources

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