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Dear Feminist Colleagues, We are currently searching for a new Dean of Arts and Sciences at the University of Kentucky. The "deadline" for full consideration of applications has just been extended to December 5. I am including the job ad below. If you are interested in this position, PLEASE apply. If you know anyone you would like to encourage to apply, PLEASE pass the information on to them. If you know of anyone who you feel should be invited to apply, PLEASE contact Dean Jeannine Blackwell, who is chairing the search committee. Dean Blackwell's email address is <[log in to unmask]>. Thanks, Joan ==== Joan Callahan Professor, Philosophy Director, Women's Studies University of Kentucky _____________________ University of Kentucky Dean College of Arts and Sciences The University of Kentucky seeks an innovative and forward-looking Dean of its College of Arts and Sciences, with a starting date of July 1, 2003. The Dean is the chief executive and academic leader of the College of Arts and Sciences and reports to the Provost of the University of Kentucky. The responsibilities of the Dean include academic and administrative leadership for teaching, research, and service activities; budgetary and fiscal management; oversight of the daily affairs of the College; development, fund raising, and alumni relations; outreach activities; and representation of the interests of the College and the University in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the nation, and the world. A major responsibility of this position is to encourage, inspire, and work effectively with College faculty, students, and staff, and to assume a leadership role within the University community. The University of Kentucky, the state's flagship public land grant university, has a new administration and administrative structure, an exciting new atmosphere on campus, and an ambitious new trajectory for future growth. The Kentucky Legislature has given the University a mandate to reach Top 20 status among public research universities by the year 2020, and has supported that mandate with competitive matching grants in the Research Challenge Trust Fund (RCTF). The new Dean must be prepared to initiate and respond to these opportunities and challenges with fresh ideas as well as established approaches. Since 1997, the University has established 141 new research professorships through the RCTF "Bucks for Brains" program. In the last year, the University increased the level of extramural funding by 22.1% to 212 million dollars. The University established a variety of programs to bring in 51 National Merit Scholars, 272 Governor's Scholars and Governor's School for the Arts students, one National Achievement Scholar and one National Hispanic Scholar in the entering class, and to stimulate summer undergraduate research programs for minority students. The University of Kentucky is a selective admissions institution with a total enrollment of 26,000 including 5,600 graduate and professional students in 19 colleges and schools located on the main campus and in the Medical Center, offering a full range of undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs. An additional 8,000 students attend Lexington Community College. The University faculty and alumni include winners of Nobel and Pulitzer Prizes along with Guggenheim, Rhodes, and Fulbright fellowships. The College of Arts and Sciences is home to 3,565 undergraduates and 17% of all University graduate students, and is responsible for teaching more than half of the course work of all undergraduate students during their careers. The College comprises 16 discipline-based departments, 12 interdisciplinary programs, and more than a dozen other freestanding academic enterprises. Its annual budget is 42 million dollars. The opportunities and advantages of this position as Dean are: an intellectually engaged and committed faculty of 342 scholars in tenurable and tenured lines and 30 continuing full-time lecturers; an emerging and still flexible University structure; a new library with the largest book endowment of any public university in America; strong support for educational reform and its funding from state government; the possibility of a continuing matching fund from state government; a supportive College Advisory Board; potential for growth in alumni relations; a city and University with thriving arts, opera, and an emerging technological base; a central and accessible location in Kentucky's Bluegrass region, approximately 80 miles south of Cincinnati and 80 miles east of Louisville. Such a Dean must have the following qualifications: proven leadership and administrative acumen; commitment to excellence in research, graduate, and undergraduate education; appreciation of the diverse missions of the College's physical and natural science, social science, and humanities disciplines and the multidisciplinary programs; commitment to the goals of vigorous intellectual life, affirmative action and diversity in higher education; an extensive record of scholarly achievement and significant involvement in graduate education in one of the disciplines represented within the College or in a related area; personnel and budgetary experience; an earned doctorate; and qualifications commensurate with tenure at the rank of Professor in one of the disciplines within the College. Applicants should include a letter summarizing relevant experiences in leadership, administration, and academics; a statement of philosophy on balance of the liberal arts undergraduate experience, the research enterprise, and land grant service; a current curriculum vitae; and the names, addresses, e-mail addresses, and telephone numbers of four references. Review of applications will begin on November 15, 2002 and continue until the position is filled. Applications received by December 5, 2002 will receive full consideration. Applications from and nominations of women and minorities are strongly encouraged. For more information see this web site: http://www.uky.edu/AS/DeanSearch/ Address correspondence to: Dr. Jeannine Blackwell, Chair College of Arts and Sciences Dean Search Committee C/O Provost's Office 106 Gillis Building University of Kentucky Lexington, KY 40506-0033