Ventress Hall Staff
Tentative Primary Job Responsibilities
Updated 7/13/15
Office of Student Services (7177)
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Graduation applications, monitor degree progress in the last year, and confer degrees
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Maintain degree audit for CLA
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Dean’s office permission for study abroad, independent study, permission to transfer courses, course
withdrawal requests, change of grade cards
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Change of major form/assignment of advisors for some departments
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Assist departmental advisors with advising questions and issues
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Regional campus and B.A. in Liberal Studies advising
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Commencement ceremony coordinator for students
Lee Cohen (7178)
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Budgeting
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Fundraising/development
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Instructional faculty promotion
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Program review
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Quadrennial reviews
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Sabbatical leave reports
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Strategic planning
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Tenure and promotion
Rich Forgette (7178) forgette@olemiss.edu
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Assist Dean with fundraising
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Assist departments with alumni relations
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Instructional faculty promotion
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Program review
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Tenure and promotion
Holly Reynolds (1514) hreynold@olemiss.edu
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Centralized Testing Center
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CLA course schedule planning
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Commencement ceremony coordinator – faculty and platform
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Community college relations and articulation agreements
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Curriculum matters for the College, including C & P agenda; CLEP, AP, IB; online catalog; study abroad
course proposals
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Facilities
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Faculty advising, including workshops and AAN representative
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Information technology-related academic projects
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Interdisciplinary minors
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Public relations – CLA newsletter; supervise Elaine
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Student petitions – admission/readmission petitions and grade appeals
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Student recruitment and new student orientation
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Student or parent complaints regarding faculty in the College; student emergencies
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Supplemental Instruction (SI) liaison
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Summer research grants
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Teaching awards, faculty achievement award
Stephen Monroe (1815) smonroe@olemiss.edu
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Annual reports
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Assessment and SACS-COC Preparation
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Assist Dean with fundraising
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Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Board Member
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College Corps
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Common Reading Program Steering Committee
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FASTrack
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General Education Committee Member
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Grove Scholars STEM Program
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Hewlett Grant to Promote OER in Mississippi
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Hiring questions; JAQs
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Jumpstart Pre-K program
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Non-Resident Application Admissions Committee
2/9/2016
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North Mississippi VISTA project
Online and study abroad courses
QEP coordinator and Writing & Rhetoric liaison
Regional campuses
Scholarships
Student recruitment and new student orientation
Textbook management
UM libraries liaison and President of the Friends of the Library
University Retention Advisory Board Co-Chair
Jan Murray (3182) jmurray@olemiss.edu
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Minority student/faculty recruitment and retention
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Provost’s summer scholars program
Elaine Abadie (2333) erabadie@olemiss.edu
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College websites
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Public Relations
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Social media director
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View from Ventress annual newsletter
Ev Barrett (1778) libarts@olemiss.edu
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Assists Dr. Cohen and Dr. Forgette
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C&P (assist HR)
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Course fees
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CLA department staff support – annual workshop, resource guide
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IHL – annual accreditation and post-tenure review reports
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Instructional Faculty Promotion
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Program Review
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Quadrennial reviews
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Sabbatical leave applications and reports
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Tenure and Promotion
Lele Gillespie (1514) elgilles@olemiss.edu
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Assists Dr. Reynolds
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New faculty liaison, including computer orders and orientation
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Plans fall faculty reception and chair/faculty retreats and meetings
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University and College faculty elections
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Travel forms
Heather Hedgepeth (7178) hhedgep@olemiss.edu
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Assists Dr. Monroe
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FasTrack
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College Corp
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Incoming/outgoing mail
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Scheduling for Dr. Monroe and Dr. Cohen
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Student workers
Patricia Oswalt (7181) poswalt@olemiss.edu
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Budget and financial matters
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E-forms
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Liaison between departments and administrative units
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Notifications to other administrative units through SAP
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Payroll
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Property control audit
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Purchasing
Wayne Shaw (7982) mmshaw@olemiss.edu
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SAP Campus Management student data reports (majors, minors, GPA, etc)
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Technology/SAP assistance
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Transfer course equivalencies
2/9/2016