08/21/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 08/21/2024 08:29
Dear campus community,
I write to share additional details regarding our search for three vice chancellor positions. These roles are critical to advancing UIC's mission to provide the broadest access to the highest levels of educational, research, and clinical excellence.
Below you will find information about the following searches, including a list of the search committee members:
Reporting to the chancellor, the vice chancellor for student affairs serves as the senior student affairs officer for UIC and provides vision and strategic leadership for its comprehensive, integrated, and inclusive student-life ecosystem. Major duties and responsibilities include leading and overseeing services, programs, and initiatives that enhance student support, campus life, health and well-being, student organizations and activities, civic engagement, and career preparation. The successful candidate will work with stakeholders across campus to provide the best possible student experience for a diverse, multiethnic, and international population of over 30,000 students.
Search committee members:
UIC has retained Opus Partners, an executive search firm, to support this recruitment. Confidential inquiries and nominations can be submitted by email to KD Sweaney, senior associate, at [email protected].
The vice chancellor for equity and diversity leads efforts to embed equity and diversity principles across UIC, enhancing the campus climate and fostering inclusivity. Reporting to the chancellor, the vice chancellor collaborates extensively with university leadership to advance equity and diversity initiatives throughout the institution. The successful candidate will work with campus stakeholders to develop and implement strategies and programs that support the recruitment, retention, and success of diverse students, faculty, and staff across the entire UIC campus.
Search committee members:
UIC has retained Opus Partners, an executive search firm, to support this recruitment. Confidential inquiries and nominations can be submitted by email to Marisea Rivera, senior associate, at [email protected].
Reporting to the chancellor, the vice chancellor for innovation and strategic partnerships plays a critical role in driving UIC's innovation and entrepreneurship initiatives, fostering strategic partnerships, and enhancing external engagement. The successful candidate will work with industry partners, nonprofit organizations, and the public sector to enhance knowledge translation leading to commercialization of breakthrough technologies, particularly those with broad societal impact. The vice chancellor will also work to position UIC at Chicago, state, and national levels and advance UIC's external engagement strategy.
Search committee members:
UIC has retained Perrett Laver, an executive search firm, to support this recruitment. Confidential inquiries and nominations can be submitted by email to Massarah Dawood, research associate, at [email protected].
All three searches are national in scope. Please share these opportunities with individuals you believe would be exceptional candidates. I am excited about the many possibilities that these three critical positions will create for UIC. Thank you for your continued commitment to our wonderful university.
With regards,
Marie Lynn Miranda, PhD
Chancellor
For more information, please contact:
Omar Odeh
[email protected]