POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT

Position: DEAN OF BUSINESS

Responsibilities:

· Provides leadership in the teaching program of the college, including the maintenance of high quality teaching and student advisement activities, professional development activities, and the integration of the curricula within the college.

· Provides leadership that will result in AACSB accreditation within a reasonable timeline.

· Prepares budget requests for the college and, in cooperation with the institutional administration, allocates available funds among the various departments.

· Recommends faculty to be employed in the college and recommends their duties, advancement in rank, and award of tenure.

· Explores and develops interdisciplinary programs with other deans or administrators and recommends such programs to the administration.

Qualifications:

· Doctorate degree is required in a discipline of the division.

· Demonstrated AACSB accreditation experience with current AACSB international procedures and requirements.

· Record of excellence in teaching, service, and scholarship commensurate with the preferable appointment as full professor.

· A minimum of three years of progressively more responsible experience as an academic administrator is preferred.

· Success in the generation of external funding (fund raising, grant writing) and in the development and maintenance of positive working relationships with businesses, donors, alumni, and others in the community.

· Experience in curriculum development, program expansion, student recruitment and retention, faculty recruitment and development, and fiscal management.

· Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing with students, faculty, staff and administrators.

Terms of Contract: Executive position, full-time (12 months). Salary is nationally competitive. Excellent benefit package (retirement contribution of 14.2% to TIAA/Cref, premium paid by college for family coverage medical, dental, life, and income protection plan; generous leave plan; flex benefit plan; and tuition benefits for employee and family).

Application Procedures: Application review begins March 25, 2008, open until filled. Submit a College application, resume, and three letters of recommendation to: Office of Human Resources, Dixie State College, 225 South 700 East, St. George, UT 84770. For more information please call (435) 652-7520 or fax: (435) 656-4001.

Location. St. George, home of Dixie State College, is located in southwestern Utah 300 miles south of Salt Lake City and 110 miles northeast of Las Vegas. The area is noted for its mild year-round climate and enjoys clean air, palm trees and stunning red rock vistas. With a population of nearly 70,000 (and over 100,000 in Washington County), St. George is currently the fastest growing city in the state of Utah. The region is a tourist mecca with a close proximity to such scenic wonders as Zion, Bryce, and Grand Canyon National Parks, Cedar Breaks National Monument, and Lakes Mead and Powell.

Dixie State College is a state-supported institution with two interdependent tiers. Dixie State College offers associate degrees and certificate programs and also offers baccalaureate degrees in high demand areas and in core or foundational areas consistent with four-year colleges; the enrollment is over 7,000 students.

Dixie State College's mission is to help students achieve their academic, career, and life goals, including goals related to basic skills, core content knowledge and knowledge that broadens and enriches students' lives. With a lower-division, open-door admission policy, the College welcomes students, young and old, who represent diverse educational, ethnic, national, and economic backgrounds. The college is fully accredited by the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges at both the baccalaureate and the associate levels.