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AUBG has seen a major administrative change this year with the appointment of the new President Stratsi Kulinski. From Fall 2016, the university is also going to have a new Provost and Dean of Faculty. Provost Steven Sullivan and Dean of Faculty Lucia Miree are stepping down from their positions at the end of the Spring semester to go back to the Business and Economics departments.
Provost Sullivan has been on his position since 2012. Before that, he was a professor in the Economics department. He said, "Originally, I was asked to serve as Provost by President Michael Easton. My contract was for one year longer than his contract was and I'd stay on for that transition year," which was last year when the new president had to be appointed.
At the end of last year, Provost Sullivan said he decided that he "would rather go back to teaching," as this was the main reason he came to AUBG in the first place, and spoke with President Aspegren about it. “At that point, an energetic search for a new Provost should have begun, but for some reason - it didn’t,” Sullivan said.
Towards the end of the Spring Semester 2015, he was asked by president Aspegren to remain on his position for one more year so that a regular search process could take place. Provost Sullivan said that there is currently a hired search committee, but he himself is not part of it and does not have information on the possible candidates. “It is better for them to decide on their own who they think is best qualified,” he said.
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Provost Steven Sullivan, Source: www.aubg.edu[/caption]
Provost Sullivan is teaching one course this semester, Principles of Macroeconomics. He will return as a full-time Economics professor from Fall 2016.
Last year, Dean Miree was also asked by President Aspegren to remain on her position for one more year. What she said about her position was, "This isn't something I chose to do. I was asked to do it by president Easton. Somebody had to step up." She said that there is no information on potential candidates for her position.
Dean Miree is a professor in Business and said she misses teaching, "I'm going to go back to teaching, it's exciting. I love teaching." This semester she is teaching one course, Human Resources Management. From Fall 2016, she is going to return as a professor in the Business department.
Dean Miree sees her position of Dean of Faculty as a service function, “I don't have any real authority. I can't hire people, I can't fire people. My job is to help faculty to do their job.”
However, Dean Miree considers having been in her current position for four years as a valuable experience. “For me, it was a chance to step up and do something and now it's time to go back,” she said. She added that she is "glad" about the academic changes the university has introduced: the new minors, the freshmen program and the new self-designed major, which, she said, "is one of the coolest things."
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Dean of Faculty Lucia Miree, Source: www.aubg.edu[/caption]
There are several more changes that Dean Miree "would like to get through." There is an Innovation Team which is divided into three groups.
"One will look at changing Gen Ed. Another one will look at the freshmen experience to get the data from the feedback and talk about how we are going to do it in the future," she said.
The third group will look at the introduction of a senior experience class. Its goal will be to help students with the transition from university to life. The idea is for it to start at the end of students’ junior year and continue in their senior year. Students will receive help in CV writing, interviewing, financial planning, professional decision making and career choice.
The return of Provost Sullivan and Dean Miree to teaching, though, is not the only change that AUBG will face next semester. The Dean explained that there are currently "a bunch of faculty searches going on" and that soon there will be new additions to most of the academic departments at the university.
Provost Steven Sullivan, Source: www.aubg.edu[/caption]
Provost Sullivan is teaching one course this semester, Principles of Macroeconomics. He will return as a full-time Economics professor from Fall 2016.
Last year, Dean Miree was also asked by President Aspegren to remain on her position for one more year. What she said about her position was, "This isn't something I chose to do. I was asked to do it by president Easton. Somebody had to step up." She said that there is no information on potential candidates for her position.
Dean Miree is a professor in Business and said she misses teaching, "I'm going to go back to teaching, it's exciting. I love teaching." This semester she is teaching one course, Human Resources Management. From Fall 2016, she is going to return as a professor in the Business department.
Dean Miree sees her position of Dean of Faculty as a service function, “I don't have any real authority. I can't hire people, I can't fire people. My job is to help faculty to do their job.”
However, Dean Miree considers having been in her current position for four years as a valuable experience. “For me, it was a chance to step up and do something and now it's time to go back,” she said. She added that she is "glad" about the academic changes the university has introduced: the new minors, the freshmen program and the new self-designed major, which, she said, "is one of the coolest things."
[caption id="attachment_30729" align="alignleft" width="226"] Dean of Faculty Lucia Miree, Source: www.aubg.edu[/caption]
There are several more changes that Dean Miree "would like to get through." There is an Innovation Team which is divided into three groups.
"One will look at changing Gen Ed. Another one will look at the freshmen experience to get the data from the feedback and talk about how we are going to do it in the future," she said.
The third group will look at the introduction of a senior experience class. Its goal will be to help students with the transition from university to life. The idea is for it to start at the end of students’ junior year and continue in their senior year. Students will receive help in CV writing, interviewing, financial planning, professional decision making and career choice.
The return of Provost Sullivan and Dean Miree to teaching, though, is not the only change that AUBG will face next semester. The Dean explained that there are currently "a bunch of faculty searches going on" and that soon there will be new additions to most of the academic departments at the university.