Description
The University of Vermont invites applications for the position of Dean of the College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences (CEMS). This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated leader to shape the future of the College embedded within a Carnegie R1 designated University. CEMS is a community of problem solvers, inspiring each other to build true world solutions that will lead to healthy, sustainable societies. The College offers modern facilities, focused energies, and unique interdisciplinary partnerships that span the campus, the state, and the region.
UVM seeks a distinguished scholar and educator with a record of academic and administrative excellence, leadership in institutional planning, and enrollment management. Experience with curriculum innovation, program assessment, fiscal management, policy and technology development, and promoting the values enshrined in UVM’s “Our Common Ground” are preferred. The Dean must exhibit a balanced appreciation for engineering, computer science, mathematics, and physics, an aptitude for creating interdisciplinary collaborations across the University, and the desire to collegially promote UVM’s collective goals. A record of fundraising, philanthropic development, and securing other forms of external funding is highly desired. A doctorate in an appropriate discipline and a stellar record of teaching and scholarship, as evidenced through promotion to full professor (or attributes enabling appointment as a full professor at UVM), are required. For information regarding nomination or expression of personal interest, please consult the section entitled Procedure for Candidacy.
UVM, located in Burlington, VT, is a Carnegie R1 designated public research university that offers a challenging academic experience and has a strong record of student success. UVMcelebrates its interdisciplinary community of scholars, scientists, and learners with seven undergraduate colleges in addition to the Patrick Leahy Honors College, the Graduate College, the Larner College of Medicine (LCOM), and Professional and Continuing Education.
As part of this educational and research ecosystem, CEMS includes the Departments of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics & Statistics, Physics, and Computer Science. The faculty and programs are highly collaborative, with established connections to virtually every other college at the University. The College is home to 1,400 undergraduates, 260 graduate students, 70 tenured/tenure-track faculty, 40 lecturers and senior lecturers, 30 research faculty and associates, and 30 staff. In addition, CEMS houses several research centers: the UVM Transportation Research Center, the Center for Resilient Energy and Autonomous Technologies in Engineering (CREATE), the Center for Biomedical Innovation, and the Vermont Space Grant Consortium.
