3. Accomplishments
• Established the Foundation for the College
• New Mission Statement
• New Organizational Structure
• Associate Deans for Each Division of the College
•
Arts & Letters
Chairs Council Dean
•
Social &
College Executive Committee Behavioral Sciences
Associate Dean
Fine Arts & Humanities
Associate Dean
Communication & Art &
Economics Anthropology
Rhetorical Studies Pre-Architecture
Mass Languages & English &
History
Communication Literatures Philosophy
School of
Political Performing Arts
Psychology
Science (Music, Theatre
& Dance)
Military Sociology, Social
Work & Criminal
Science Justice
4. Accomplishments
• Established the Foundation for the College
• New College Website
• http://www.isu.edu/cal/
• Experimental College Facebook Page
• Idaho-State-University-College-Arts-Letters
• Instituted a Regular College Newsletter
• Re-established College Advisory Board
5. Accomplishments
• Successfully Navigated Discipline-Specific
Accreditation
• Renewed Accreditation for the Music Program
(NASM)
• Initial Accreditation for the Theater Program (NAST)
• Accreditation Visit for the Social Work Program
(CSWE)
6. Accomplishments
• One-Time Faculty Enhancement Money
($175,000)
• 39 Professional Travel Grants
• 28 Computer Replacements
• 8 Online Courses
• 23 Special Projects
• 8 New Graduate Teaching Assistantships, 2011-2012
• First Honorary Doctor of Letters
Awarded by the College of Arts & Letters
7. Accomplishments
• New Significant External Grants and Contracts
Awarded to Faculty
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (IDHW)
• National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
• National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• National Science Foundation (NSF)
8. Accomplishments
• Hired Tenure-Track Faculty
• 5 for the Coming Year
• 2X Expected Searches for the Coming Year
• University Faculty Recognition
• Distinguished Teacher
• Four Master Teachers
• Two Outstanding Researchers
• Two Faculty Members Recognized for
Outstanding Professional Service
9. Accomplishments
• Increased Credit Hour Production by 5.1% for
Undergraduates and 8.9% for Graduate Students
• Served 255 More Students from Fall 2010 to Fall 2011
• Increased General Education Online Offerings from 11 to 21
• Re-established Relationships with Donors
• Created Dean’s Excellence Fund with the Support of the
Advisory Board
11. Accomplishments
• Requested Permission to Use Carry-Forward to
Build the College
• New Tenure-Track Positions
• Address Specialized Accreditation Deficiencies
• Support Deferred and Future Sabbaticals
• Support for College Development and Marketing
• Maintenance Repairs and Upgrades
• Meet Research and Instructional Needs
12. Accomplishments
• New Initiative to Identify and Promote Areas of
Excellence
• New Partnership between the James E. Rogers
Department of Mass Communication and the
Department of Communication and Rhetorical
Studies
• Medical Spanish Program in Cooperation with the
Division of Health Sciences
13. Accomplishments
• New Initiatives to Identify and Promote Areas
of Excellence
• Joint Faculty Appointments
• Ideas for New Research Centers and
Other Opportunities for Collaboration
• New Cross-Listings
14. CAL Honors
College Brent Wolter & Letters
of Arts
Is the Center Philosophy UNIVERSity
English and
of the
Master Teacher in 2010
Maria Wong
Psychology
Awarded an R21 NIH grant for $249,652
16. Leadership Team
Jim DiSanza, Chair
Communication and Rhetorical Studies and
James E. Rogers Department of Mass Communication
Tim Frazier, Program Coordinator
James E. Rogers Department of Mass Communication
John Gribas, Program Coordinator
Communication and Rhetorical Studies
17. Leadership Team
Sean “Andy” Anderson, Chair
Political Science
Gesine Hearn, Chair
Sociology, Social Work, and Criminal Justice
Ann Hunter, Facilitator
Economics
18. Leadership Team
Shannon Lynch, Chair
Psychology
Anthony “Tony” Stocks, Interim Chair
Anthropology
Joseph Sidley, University Business Officer
College of Arts and Letters
19. New Tenure-Track Faculty
Ryan Jones
History
Thomas Kloss
Music
Angela Narasimhan
Political Science
20. New Tenure-Track Faculty
Kimberly Nylen
Psychology
DJ Williams
Sociology, Social Work, and Criminal
Justice
21. New Visiting Faculty and Lecturers
Tamra Bassett Courtney Haight
Languages and Literatures Psychology
Julie Sorensen
Tera Cole Music
English
24. Moving Forward &
Growing the Enterprise
• Continue to Identify and Support Areas of Excellence
• Develop a College-Wide Strategic Plan
• Continue to Grow our Research Productivity (i.e.,
publications, grants) and Creative Activity
• Implement a Plan to Re-establish Sabbatical Support
25. Moving Forward &
Growing the Enterprise
• Grow Our Human Capital and Tenure-Track Positions
450
400
350
300
250 T or TT
200 PT
NT
150
100
50
0
BSU ISU U of I
26. Moving Forward &
Growing the Enterprise
• Establish an Equitable Workload Policy
• Engage in Program Review and Assessment Consistent with
NWCCU Accreditation Standards
• Continue to Update College Policies and Faculty Evaluation
Procedures
• Continue to Use Metrics to Facilitate Data-Driven Decision-Making
• Continue to Promote the Successes of our Faculty, Staff, Students,
and Alumni
• Continue to Build our Relationships with Community Partners
27. “Leading From a Position of Strength
& with Solidarity”
• Embrace “College First and Within”
• Provide Outstanding Training to Students at All Levels
• Enhance Scholarly Pursuits and Scholarly Productivity
• Meet and Exceed Our Expectations for Ourselves, Our
Students, and Our Programs
• Collaborate and Support Our Colleagues and Our
College
• Take Ownership of our College and Its Future
