Jane Neese is now senior associate dean for the College of Health and Human Services. In this expanded role, Neese, who had served as an associate dean since 2002, will continue to supervise all aspects of college-level management and support of academic programs and curriculum. This encompasses supervision of the CHHS Advising Center and its staff, support and development of all student success programs and support of honors education and the CHHS Learning Community. She also will lead the development and compilation of the college’s evaluation plan and will manage the college’s continuation of operations plan.
“Jane is one of the most dedicated academic administrators I have had the pleasure of working with,” said CHHS Dean Nancy Fey-Yensan. “Her deep knowledge of and commitment to the college and our programs has been instrumental in pushing us toward our goals of excellence in teaching, attracting and retaining students and in growing new academic programs.”
Neese will continue to be involved in supporting the evaluation and curricular aspects of graduate programs, working closely with Susan Sell, associate dean for research and graduate studies, as well as department chairs and directors. Working in tandem with the dean of the College of Health and Human Services, Neese will be more directly involved with community-based engagement efforts as well as improvements in online education, two growth areas for the college.
Neese’s top priority will be to implement graduation metrics to help the college better assist students to earn their degree in four years. To do so, “we’ll need to examine advising practices, course capacity and offerings as well as budgetary needs to increase our student retention and graduation rates within the college,” she said.