Associate Director of Academic Programs

Associate Director of Academic Programs- Kim Allen

 

Overall Responsibilities

  • CALS HONORS
    • Recruit new CALS Honors students
    • Host CALS Honors welcome event
    • Make arrangements for ALS 398H
    • Responsible for submitting grades
    • Enroll students in ALS 398H, 498H and 499H
    • CALS Honors Symposium
    • Manage CALS H databases
    • Chair the CALS Honors Committee
    • Monitor CALS H participant grades
  • THOMAS JEFFERSON SCHOLARS
    • Recruit new Thomas Jefferson Scholars
    • Conduct interviews
    • Select new scholars
    • Conduct fundraising/work with the TJS alumni group
    • Plan spring trip and fall international trip
    • Manage scholarship disbursement
    • Recruit and retain faculty mentors
    • Monitor and manage participating students
    • Host TJS banquet and graduation celebration
  • CALS CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS
    • Support Agri-Life Council
    • Maintain CALS clubs and organizations website
    • Assist CALS clubs and organizations with serving their missions
  • GRADUATE PROGRAM
    • Create long-term CALS Graduate Program Plan
    • Implement plan
    • Increase financial support for graduate students.
    • Increase graduate recruiting.
    • Improve graduate program metrics.
    • Increase percentage of under-represented graduate students.
    • Increase professional development opportunities for graduate students.
    • Update departmental graduate programs.
    • Increase support for faculty and for Directors of Graduate Programs (DGPs).
  • SUMMER SCHOOL
    • Manage and distribute summer resource
  • DISTANCE EDUCATION
    • Develop long-term DE plan
    • Manage, project and distribute distance education resources
  • NON-CREDIT COURSES
    • Assist departments with offering non-credit courses.