Mission Statement

Education in the liberal arts prepares students not only to work but to live. Through the arts, students are encouraged to develop a zest for intellectual challenges, a love of beauty, an awareness of their own culture and values, an understanding of self, empathy and compassion for others, an appreciation of cultural diversity, and a sense of their relationship and responsibility to a larger community. These goals are sought within an atmosphere of free inquiry, dialogue, and interfaith concern.

Summary

Perform a wide variety of general and specialized office activities that support the goals of the School of Arts and provide assistance to faculty members in the completion of their work. Maintain School of Arts web site and manage distribution of newsletters.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide support to the Dean and other administrators in the School of Arts; prepare reports, communications, assist with faculty projects, and record meeting minutes
• Maintain School of Arts website and handle inquiries via email. Post current faculty contact information, course schedule, and course syllabi to Department Faculty web site each semester. Currently managing 4, 700+ web pages within the Arts alone.
• Generate quarterly newsletter: process submissions, coordinate with editor and post newsletter as a web page, and coordinate with the Executive Director of Communications and Marketing and the Director of Network Systems in the Department of Information Technology Services to distribute via email as HTML to Arts full and part-time faculty, alumnae/alumni, and current students majoring within the school. Also requires occasional photography and interviews. Newsletter currently has 1, 371 subscribers.
• Alumni communications in consultation with the Institutional Advancement Office, and in collaboration with Information Technology Services and the Director of Publications. Designed and implement alum birthday e-card and season's greetings e-card programs.
• Assist Director of International Initiatives with Study Abroad web site updates, including text, design, etc.
• Supervise office activities and student workers. Currently manage and/or assign an average of 70 student workers among six departments in addition to the office of Facing History and Ourselves.
• Take telephone calls and messages for faculty members and distribute mail for most faculty members across six departments.
• Maintain office supplies and monitor condition and use of copying machine and other equipment.
• Coordinate with the Director of Events Management for campus reservations, special events, and party planning.
• Assist faculty in production of course syllabi, tests and other course material.
• Design, generate, and distribute fliers for Arts functions.
• Other similar activities as assigned.

Notes: Currently serving as the School of Arts representative on the university Web Site Task Force formed by the President's Office to create a new university web site. Specifically, using a Stellant Content Management System to create new web sites for the School of Arts, Study Abroad, and the CBU Honors Program.