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Dean of the Ketner School of Business

Employer
Catawba College
Location
Salisbury, North Carolina
Salary
Commensurate with experience
Date posted
Aug 23, 2022
Website
https://catawba.edu/

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Position Type
Administrative, Business & Administrative Affairs, Deans
Employment Level
Executive
Employment Type
Full Time

Dean of the Ketner School of Business

Catawba College seeks an effective, experienced Dean to lead the Ketner School of Business. The next Dean will have the extraordinary opportunity to shape the future of business education by leading an impressive undergraduate business school within a distinctive liberal arts college.

Catawba College’s scenic campus is located in the historic piedmont city of Salisbury, North Carolina, (pop. 34,000) located 45 minutes from the greater Charlotte area and the Greensboro and Winston- Salem areas. The campus is a beautiful blend of neogothic architecture set on a shaded hillside adjacent to the Center for the Environment facility and the ecological preserve. Centrally located, it is only two hours away from the Appalachian Mountains of western North Carolina and four hours away from some of the best beaches on the Atlantic Coast.

Catawba’s 1,300 students hail from 29 U.S. states and 19 foreign countries. Like the student body, the Catawba’s 90 full-time teaching faculty is broadly diverse. It embodies a significant range of opinion and philosophy, founded in study at many of the nation's leading colleges and universities. Ranked as one of the best colleges in the south, Catawba offers 70 fields of study. Catawba provides an education focused on an institutional philosophy of a liberal education, which entails a broad range of knowledge, intellectual and practical skills, and individual and social responsibility fostered and developed in all academic programs. Catawba College enjoys a strong financial picture. The FY22 annual operating budget, including auxiliaries, is approximately $48 million. The College’s endowment of $300 million supports the College’s educational and service activities. The remarkable $200 million gift the College received in late 2021 transformed Catawba’s future.

The Ralph W. Ketner School of Business consists of 17 full-time faculty, made up of the Department of Business & Economics, the Department of Communication, the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, the Center for Entrepreneurship and Experiential Development, and a BBA degree offering in the School of Evening & Graduate Studies. The Ketner School and its programs are accredited by the Accreditation Council of Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP).

As the public face of the School, the Dean will forge new and strengthen existing relationships with industry, foundation, civic, and other leaders throughout the region, nation, and larger world without ever losing sight of the students, faculty, and staff at the core of the Ketner School mission. The next Dean will find the School to be strong on the fundamentals and ideally positioned for continued success. The Dean will work collaboratively with faculty, staff, and students to refine, articulate, and implement a strategic vision for the Ketner School that capitalizes upon its distinctive character and strengths and elevates it to an even greater level of visibility and prominence. The Dean will serve as a positive, inspiring leader within the School and a generous, creative collaborator beyond it. The next Dean will advance diversity and inclusion within the Ketner School and across campus to ensure that all students, faculty, and staff are welcomed, valued, and respected. The Dean will support, mentor, and provide professional development opportunities for faculty and staff across the School, in all stages of their careers. The Dean will further expand the School’s network of friends and affiliates locally, nationally, and globally in pursuit of the School’s mission.

The full prospectus is available here.

For best consideration, please send all nominations and expressions of interest to:

Jim Sirianni, Managing Director Mark Halligan, Senior Associate Storbeck Search

CatawbaKetnerDean@storbecksearch.com

Catawba College is an equal opportunity employer. As such, the College is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or veteran status, unless allowed by law and deemed necessary to the operation of the College. The College complies with all federal, state, and local laws governing non-discrimination.

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