Dean - College of Natural Resources

The dean must be a creative and innovative leader who understands domestic and international natural resources issues in the broadest sense. The dean should have a strong commitment to student achievement and faculty scholarship, with effective interpersonal skills, and possess the drive to move the c ollege forward nationally and internationally. The successful candidate should demonstrate:

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, NC

Deadline: 2006/01/10

Position Specification

The Dean of the College of Natural Resources (CNR) is the chief academic, administrative, and budgetary officer of the college and reports directly to the Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.

The dean must be a creative and innovative leader who understands domestic and international natural resources issues in the broadest sense. The dean should have a strong commitment to student achievement and faculty scholarship, with effective interpersonal skills, and possess the drive to move the college forward nationally and internationally. The successful candidate should demonstrate:

  • Excellence in leadership and administration, with experience gained through leadership of a large academic unit or similar organization (preferred)
  • A distinguished record in research, teaching, and service
  • Support of cultural and ethnic diversity that indicates the ability to recruit and lead a diverse student body, faculty and staff
  • A readiness to provide intellectual leadership for a faculty actively involved in teaching, research, extension, and continuing education
  • Open and effective communication skills that provides clarity in budgeting and decision-making
  • A record of originality and leadership in fostering interdisciplinary programs within and across colleges
  • An ability to represent the diverse programs and interests of the c ollege persuasively to both internal and external constituencies
  • Experience with fiscal and personnel requirements of large programs
  • Significant experience in fundraising and the development of external funding sources

Candidates records should provide evidence of strong abilities to work effectively and collaboratively with the faculty of the college, the university administration, and other constituent groups and partners both within and outside the university. Candidates should possess the terminal degree in their field and should be qualified for appointment as full professor with tenure in one of the departments of the colleges.

The College of Natural Resources

The c ollege offers programs for study that lead to baccalaureate and advanced degrees in three departments: Forestry & Environmental Resources; Parks, Recreation & Tourism Management; and Wood & Paper Science. The c ollege also offers courses in these disciplines to students in other undergraduate degree programs. The faculty is welcoming and involved in the education of their students. Approximately 1150 students (83% undergraduate and 17% graduate) are enrolled in 10 B.S, 14 Masters, and 5 Ph. D. programs.

The college is recognized for the scholarly quality of its teaching and dedication to the classroom, excellence in the research of its faculty, its active interdisciplinary programs, and its very successful extension programs. Faculty, staff and students work together with business, industry, government, and other organizations to address a wide range of challenges facing our state and the world. These partnerships facilitate research and discovery; teaching and learning; and outreach and service.

The college has 70 tenured and tenure track faculty and 200 total faculty and staff members in the three academic departments. Externally sponsored programs totaled $7.5 million in 2004-05 for the college, and its endowment is valued at $60 million.

NC State University

NC State University is a national center for teaching, research, and extension in the sciences and engineering, in the humanities and social sciences, and in a range of professional programs. The University is one of the 16 constituent institutions of The University of North Carolina system led by a President and governed by a 32-member Board of Governors appointed by the North Carolina General Assembly. NC State University is led by a Chancellor and governed by a 13-member Board of Trustees, composed of eight appointed by the Board of Governors, four members appointed by the Governor of North Carolina, and the President of the Student Body, (ex-officio).

The University is organized into 10 academic Colleges. These include the Colleges of Agriculture and Life Sciences; Design; Education; Engineering; Natural Resources; Humanities and Social Sciences; Management; Physical and Mathematical Sciences; Textiles; and Veterinary Medicine. The University offers baccalaureate degrees in 102 fields, masters degrees in 108 fields, and doctoral degrees in 61 fields. There is a strong commitment across these diverse colleges that NC State University is recognized as a leading university in the 21 st century.

Founded March 7, 1887, the University serves its students, the people of North Carolina, and the nation as a Doctoral/Research-Extensive, land-grant university. Through the active integration of teaching, research, and extension, NC State University creates an innovative learning environment that stresses mastery of fundamentals, intellectual discipline, creativity, problem solving, and responsibility. Enhancing its historic strengths in agriculture, science, and engineering with a commitment to excellence in a comprehensive range of academic disciplines, NC State University provides leadership for intellectual, cultural, social, economic, and technological development within the state, the nation, and the world. Sharing the distinctive character of land-grant institutions nationwide, NC State University has broad academic offerings, national and international linkages, and large-scale public service, extension, and research activities.

The University has a current annual budget of approximately $820 million and an endowment valued at approximately $300 million. NC State Universitys student body of 30,000 undergraduate, graduate, and lifelong education students (approximately 23% minority and 43% female) is the largest in North Carolina. More than 6,366 degrees were conferred during the 2003-2004 academic year. Students at the University come from 49 states, 3 U.S. territories, and 103 foreign countries with an international enrollment of more than 1,500. The University has extensive, rapidly growing distance education programs that are offered in many formats.

The University has more than 5,100 employees, including approximately 2,200 faculty. Distinguished faculty include members of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and fellows in a large number of professional associations. Excellence in teaching, research, extension, engagement and public service, and student services is valued highly throughout the University.

Recognized as one of the nations leading universities in science and technology, NC State University is ranked 9th among national research universities in industry-funded research, 2nd in total state and local research funding among national research universities, 2nd in total research expenditures in the University of North Carolina system, and 19 th among public universities. NC State Universitys expenditures for research and sponsored programs exceed $290 million. The University hosts more than 60 interdisciplinary research centers. In 2003-2004, income from royalties totaled more than $4.2 million.

The main campus of the University is located two miles west of the downtown area of Raleigh, North Carolinas capital city. The Universitys unique research park, Centennial Campus, hosts more than 100 companies and agencies and creates an advanced technology community where university, industry and government partners produce scientific and technical innovations. The main campus, along with the Centennial Campus and the College of Veterinary Medicine, consists of 210 major buildings on more than 2,100 acres. Nearby are research farms; biology and ecology sites; the JC Raulston Arboretum; forests; and the Carter-Finley Stadium and the RBC Center that together constitute 3,200 acres.

NC State is currently in a capital construction program of over $800 million resulting in a new Undergraduate Science Teaching Laboratory and soon to move the College of Engineering to Centennial Campus, along with repair and renovation of buildings across the main campus.

NC State University is one of the three Research Triangle universities, along with Duke University and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, that surround the 6,700-acre Research Triangle Park (RTP). Since its inception in 1958, the Park has become home to numerous public research agencies and the private research centers of national and international corporations. The RTP has become the largest planned research and development park in the U.S. with 140 research organizations, an investment of more than $2 billion in capital improvements, and an employee base of more than 50,000 employees. The three universities cooperate through the Board of Governors of the Research Triangle Institute, the Microelectronics Center of North Carolina, the North Carolina Supercomputer Facility, and the North Carolina Biotechnology Center. Their shared facilities include the Triangle Research Libraries Network, the Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, and the new Triangle Universities Licensing Consortium.

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NC State University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. NC State University welcomes all persons without regard to sexual orientation. Individuals with disabilities desiring accommodations in the applications process should contact Retta Clemons, Office of the Provost, retta_clemons@ncsu.edu ph: (919) 515-2195 fax: (919) 515-5921

For more information, visit: http://www.ncsu.edu/provost/deansearches/nr