2008 Woodie Awards
Search for Dean moves to next step
Committee to review applications for Dean of Multicultural Life position to form next week
By: Matthew Stone, Editor in Chief
Issue date: 3/31/06 Section: News
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The next step in the national search for a new Dean of Multicultural Life will begin next week as a newly formed search committee meets for the first time. The college is seeking to fill the position of current Dean Joi Lewis, who will leave Macalester at the end of the semester. She announced her resignation last month.
The Dean of Multicultural Life is the head of the Department of Multicultural Life, which runs the Leadtad-Suzuki Center and provides support for multicultural programming on campus among other tasks. Lewis cited what she sees as a lack of institutional support for the department as a reason for her resignation.
According to Vice President of Student Affairs Laurie Hamre, who will make the final decision on the new hire, applications for the position are already arriving at a “pretty good rate.” Human Resources and Student Affairs staff members have spent many of the past several weeks recruiting candidates for the deanship after the college advertised the position in national higher education publications and through other means.
“I am hopeful that with all that extra work we'll generate a good pool of candidates,” Hamre said.
A new dean is expected to begin work at Macalester during the summer to be in place before students return for Fall classes.
The search committee expects to begin reviewing resumes on Apr. 19 and to bring three or four finalists to campus for visits and interviews between Apr. 24 and May 5.
“I absolutely want to have this done while the students are still here before the end of the semester because I think student input is crucial,” said Jane Rhodes, Dean for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, who will serve on the search committee.
A group of nine faculty, staff and students will review the resumes. Of the nine search committee members, no college employees who would serve on the same staff as a new Dean of Multicultural Life are represented. Hamre said she worked with President Brian Rosenberg and Provost Diane Michelfelder to select the committee's faculty and staff representatives.
The Dean of Multicultural Life is the head of the Department of Multicultural Life, which runs the Leadtad-Suzuki Center and provides support for multicultural programming on campus among other tasks. Lewis cited what she sees as a lack of institutional support for the department as a reason for her resignation.
According to Vice President of Student Affairs Laurie Hamre, who will make the final decision on the new hire, applications for the position are already arriving at a “pretty good rate.” Human Resources and Student Affairs staff members have spent many of the past several weeks recruiting candidates for the deanship after the college advertised the position in national higher education publications and through other means.
“I am hopeful that with all that extra work we'll generate a good pool of candidates,” Hamre said.
A new dean is expected to begin work at Macalester during the summer to be in place before students return for Fall classes.
The search committee expects to begin reviewing resumes on Apr. 19 and to bring three or four finalists to campus for visits and interviews between Apr. 24 and May 5.
“I absolutely want to have this done while the students are still here before the end of the semester because I think student input is crucial,” said Jane Rhodes, Dean for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, who will serve on the search committee.
A group of nine faculty, staff and students will review the resumes. Of the nine search committee members, no college employees who would serve on the same staff as a new Dean of Multicultural Life are represented. Hamre said she worked with President Brian Rosenberg and Provost Diane Michelfelder to select the committee's faculty and staff representatives.
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