University of Colorado Denver College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Dean’s Office Responsibilities Chart
Dan Howard, Dean
ASSOCIATE DEANS
August 2008
BRENDA J. ALLEN
MARY COUSSONS-READ
CHARLES FERGUSON
TAMMY STONE
Associate Dean for Planning and Initiatives
Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Affairs
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Affairs
Associate Dean for Curriculum and Graduate Affairs
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Strategic Plan and Signature Areas
Space Issues and Planning
Consolidation-related Initiatives
Interdisciplinary Programs
Liaison to: Anschutz, Metro State, CCD
Alumni & Corporate Relations, CU Foundation
Committees: CLAS Leadership Team; AD/ASG;
Facilities/Infrastructure Action Committee/Space
Planning; CLAS Council
Supervise Managing Director for Signature Areas
 Research: Faculty and Graduate
 Faculty Governance
By-Laws
CLAS Council
 Faculty and Staff Affairs
RTP
Faculty Awards
Contracts
 Liaison to: School of Education, School of Public Health
 Committees: CLAS Leadership Team; DAC (Chair);
AD/ASG; BPC
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Oversight for CLAS Advising Office
Develop and implement undergraduate programs
Undergraduate Research and Experiential Learning
Undergraduate Pipeline Programs
Assess and revise undergraduate student-related policy
Design and implement assessment plan for Advising
Liaison to: DDC Student Affairs; Admissions (for program
development)
Committees: CLAS Leadership Team; Ethics (Chair);
Undergraduate Working Group; Denver Bound
Scholarship; AD/ASG
Supervise Assistant Dean for Student Advising
 Curriculum: Course scheduling w/Ass’t to Dean, Scheduling
Catalog w/Ass’t to Dean, Graduate Coordinator
 Program Review
 Graduate Students
 Outcomes Assessment
 Liaison to: The Graduate School, Architecture and Planning
 Accreditation (2010-2011)
 Committees: CLAS Leadership Team; AD/ASG;
EPPC/Curriculum; Academic Standards
 Supervise Course, Curriculum, and Scheduling Coordinator;
Webmaster; Graduate Program Coordinator
STAFF
KUAN-YI ROSE CHANG
STEVE HONDA
VANDY O’BRIEN
JOANN PORTER
Assistant Dean for International, Continuing, & Professional
Education
Assistant Dean for Budget and Finance
College Accountant
Financial Compliance Coordinator
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Oversee all D2 and D3, including
OIE Programs (Travel Studies)
CU-Succeed
Other existing and future programs
ICB
Committees: CLAS Leadership Team; AD/ASG;
Continuing & Professional Ed (CPE) Directors
Supervise Directors of CLAS technical labs
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Budget
Allocations
Fund Transfers
Financial Reporting
Planning/Forecasting
Payroll Reconciliation
Analysis
Financial Query Development
Data Research/Modeling
Administration
Space Inventory Coordinator
Systems Access Coordinator
Equipment Inventory Coordinator
Financial Transaction Authorizer
Supervise College Accountant, Financial Compliance
Coordinator, HR Coordinator
Committees: CLAS Leadership Team; BPC (exofficio); Fiscal Managers Group; Sponsored
Programs Fiscal Mgrs; HR Liaisons Group; Systemwide Expense System Oversight Team
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Accounting
Procurement – POs, SPOs, Vouchers
Journal Entries
Reconciliation of Dean’s Office & Central
Accounts
Contracts & Grants Accounting
Tuition Awards
Committees: Sponsored Programs Fiscal Managers
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Compliance
Financial Review
Financial Training
Policy Development
Fiscal Certifications
Audit Responses
Contracts & Grants Proposal Development
Communication
Security Processes
Committees: Fiscal Managers Group; Sponsored
Programs Fiscal Managers; System-wide Accounting
System Overhaul Committee
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HEATHER SOURS
KATY BROWN
TERI HOYER
JILL HUTCHISON
HR Coordinator
Marketing and Communications Manager
Webmaster
Catalog, Graduate Coordinator
 Faculty Contracts
 Approval of department appointments
Lecturers
Student Assistants
Teaching Assistants
Research Assistants
 Leave Reporting
 PeopleSoft and personnel record-keeping
 Committees: Dean’s Advisory Committee; Faculty Awards
Committee
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Develop, implement and execute marketing for the
College, its programs and services
Increase alumni interaction and raise level of
awareness of the College through public relations
and marketing
Work closely w/the CU Foundation on development
initiatives
Liaison to: Alumni Association; CU
Communications and Marketing Office
Manage proactive search for and development of
new and innovative marketing strategies
Committees: CLAS Leadership Team; CLAS Web
committee; Schools and Colleges Communications
Group
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Design, develop and create content for CLAS
websites: Dean’s Office, Departments,
Interdisciplinary programs
Select, train and support software for website
maintenance
Coordinate inter-departmental collaboration that
improves the experience for CLAS web visitors
Provide knowledge for opportunities to improve
CLAS website content for key audiences
Committees: CLAS Web Committee (Chair);
Schools and Colleges Communications Group
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Coordinate graduate degree audit
Maintain graduate files
Troubleshoot all problems for master’s students:
Registrations for thesis/project; Candidate for
Degree forms and resolution of GPA and
requirement issues
Signature authority for graduate forms
CLAS Catalog Update Coordinator
Coordinate and edit annual revision of CLAS portion
of the catalog; liaison to Marketing/Communications;
confer w/chairs, course management, and EPCC to
ensure all paperwork and approvals are in
place
Committees: EPCC – staff support, minutes, record
keeping. Report decisions to the Office of
Institutional Research; CLAS Web Marketing
Committee; DARS Degree Audit working group;
CLAS Alumni Association Graduate Scholarship
committee (Chair)
TERI BOKN
CAROL RIVAS-MORKEN
LAUREL DODDS
BEVERLY ANDES
Executive Assistant to the Dean
Assistant Dean for Student Advising
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Direct Office of Advising
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Student Retention and Persistence
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Degree Audit
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Orientation; Advising 1001 group advising and first year
experience; Early Alert, Probation and Suspension
Program; New student initiatives
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SIS Replacement (Campus Solutions)
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Design and implement assessment plan for Advising
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Student Petitions and Appeals: Late semester petitions;
Retroactive Drop/Add; Internships; Graduation
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Student Registration Forms
Independent Study
Schedule Adjustment
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Oversee undergraduate graduation certification process
and procedures;
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Oversee undergraduate teacher education program
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Outreach: Future Teacher EXPO; Denver Transfer
Initiative
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Supervise advisors and staff
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Committees: CLAS Leadership Team, CLAS Scholarship
Committee, Undergraduate Work Group, Quality
Undergraduate Experience, & Early Alert Work Group
Managing Director, Signature Area Development
Course and Curriculum Coordinator
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Provide professional administrative support for the Dean
and the College
Manage CLAS Dean’s office administration, including
scheduling and preparing for meetings, managing the
Dean’s calendar, providing fiscal support for the Dean,
serving as initial contact for the Dean’s office and as staff
administrative liaison for various College committees.
Perform various communication roles, including
developing and implementing acknowledgements,
managing listservs, and working with the Marketing/
Communications Manager
Assist Dean and Associate Deans with special projects
Manage special events for the Dean’s office
Manage all facilities-related tasks
Supervise student assistants
Committees: CLAS Chairs; CLAS Council; CLAS
Leadership Team
Coordinate development of CLAS Signature Areas, including:
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Assist with developing five-year strategic plans
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Oversee development of budgets for each area
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Identify potential sources of funding
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Participate in grant writing
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Support organization of a research agenda for each
area
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Support academic program development
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Committees: CLAS Council; CLAS Chairs
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Coordinate the CLAS schedule of courses w/chairs;
manage course updates, rooming requests, and
enrollment data
Serve as staff support to the EPCC Curriculum Subcommittee in their review of course proposals/revisions
Serve as CLAS liaison to the Registrar’s Office for
course inventory, course scheduling, enrollment
management, rooming, and new initiatives
Committees: EPCC Curriculum Sub-committee,
Continuing & Professional Education (CPE) Directors
Meeting, campus-wide Course Coordinators Group,
system-wide MetamorphoSIS Group (SIS Replacement
Project)