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Dominican University (River Forest, IL), one of the nation’s most distinct Dominican Catholic institutions, invites applications, expressions of interest, and nominations of candidates as it seeks an innovative, collaborative, and experienced professional in its search for the Associate Dean of the University’s Borra College of Health Sciences. The Associate Dean will play a crucial role in supporting the Dean and ensuring the smooth operations of academic services. This role involves significant responsibility in planning, organizing, and managing services related to course assignment, faculty support, student orientation, discipline, governance, academic affairs, and curriculum oversight/design. The successful candidate will be a dynamic, forward-thinking leader who is committed to fostering an inclusive and supportive academic environment serving its diverse student body, faculty, and staff.

Dominican University upholds a unique mission and vision. Rooted in the Catholic traditions of the Dominican Sisters, it is an environment which prepares students to build and advocate for justice in the world. Equally, the university seeks to curate and embrace a diverse student body with a focus on impacting their social mobility.

The new Associate Dean must bring a growth mindset, alongside the ability and knowledge to bridge real world health care experiences with and understanding of health science education in the state of Illinois. Borra College of Health Sciences offers outstanding programs in Nursing, Nutrition and Dietetics, Physician Assistant Studies, and Medical Science. It supports new and emerging styles of learning and pedagogy and provides for an increased emphasis on student-faculty collaborative research. Most significantly, it looks outward to the community it serves, enabling the university to do its part to address critical shortages of health care and wellness professionals in the state and around the nation.

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All application materials will be considered in full confidence. The Associate Dean is expected to begin work in early 2025, and a start date is negotiable. Applications will be reviewed as received, but for full consideration, applicants should submit materials by Friday, December 6, 2024. Please send all nominations, confidential inquiries, and applications to: ADHealthSciences@academicsearch.org.

Dominican University is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is dedicated to the goal of building an equity-centered faculty and staff committed to teaching, working, and learning in a multicultural environment. Dominican University believes that justice, equity, and inclusion are critical to our growth and development and seek to recruit, develop, and retain from a diverse pool of applicants who bring varied experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds. If you need accommodations due to a disability, please contact us at OPC@dom.edu for assistance.