On behalf of the search committee for the assistant provost for academic programs and initiatives, I am pleased to announce the visits of two finalists. Each finalist has been asked to address the following question during their open presentation: "How can academic affairs serve as a positive force in the student’s academic experience?"
Steven R. Cornish will be on campus for a variety of activities, including an open presentation, on May 26 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Park Center for Business and Sustainable Enterprise, room 301.
For the past two years, Steven Cornish has been associate dean for curriculum at Bowdoin College. He has worked primarily with faculty on curricular development and academic advising. He has written a faculty advising handbook and started a pilot program of peer advising in partnership with the Office of Student Affairs. In addition, he supervises the work of the registrar, student fellowships and research, and off-campus study. He has multiple committee responsibilities emphasizing curriculum, diversity, international programs, and campus planning.
Before becoming an associate dean at Bowdoin, Cornish served as associate dean of the college and dean of first-year studies at Brown University with particular focus on peer advising and responsibility for the Curriculum Resource Center, the Writing Fellows program, and the writing center. He supervised and coordinated the first-year seminar program, which averaged about 60 seminars. In addition, he worked with the provost’s office to develop a joint B.A./B.F.A. degree program with the Rhode Island School of Design, convened two commencement committees, and co-chaired a committee that reviewed Brown’s orientation process.
Before moving to Bowdoin, Cornish served as assistant dean of the college at Dartmouth College. He began his career at Dartmouth as a faculty member in sociology, then transitioned into a part-time administrative role. In that capacity he became involved in advising students about how to effectively address racial incidents that had occurred on the campus. Because of his involvement with advising, he was then invited to apply for the dean position. For the next eight years, he co-led six first-year trips; participated in and planned different aspects of orientation; provided academic advising and counseling; provided oversight for the judicial system as both administrator and adviser; supervised independent studies, senior theses, and the work of a presidential scholar; served on search committees; and advised candidates for national fellowships.
He has a Ph.D. from the University of Hull, United Kingdom, a master of arts in anthropology from Brown University, and a bachelor of arts from the University of Durham, United Kingdom.
Jeffrey P. Adams will be on campus for a variety of interview sessions, including an open presentation, on May 28 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Park Center for Business and Sustainable Enterprise, room 301.
Jeffrey Adams is currently assistant vice provost for undergraduate education and associate professor at Montana State University. He has been instrumental in serving on the committee that created MSU’s new core curriculum, which included the introduction of the first research requirement for all undergraduate students at a land-grant institution. He served as a member of the committee that created MSU’s liberal studies major and led approval and implementation -- leading to a growth of over 200 majors. He also serves as the chair for the Undergraduate Studies Committee, which oversees MSU curriculum; manages all aspects of MSU’s catalog, including curricular revisions; is currently leading MSU’s work to implement a statewide common-course numbering system; and serves as chair of the Student Entrance and Transition Coordinating Committee, which was formed after a comprehensive review of MSU’s orientation and first-semester process for new students was completed. Adams is an ex-officio member of the Teaching and Learning Committee that coordinates faculty-directed activities designed to promote improved teaching, and he serves as a member of Montana State University’s Strategic Planning Committee.
He has a Ph.D. in physics from Queens University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, and two bachelors degrees from the same institution: one in engineering physics and another in education (completed after earning his doctorate).
The campus community is invited and encouraged to attend the open presentations for Steven Cornish and Jeffrey Adams. Please take this opportunity to meet and welcome them to Ithaca College. More information about these finalists can be found at www.ithaca.edu/provost/ under "Searches."
Applicant evaluation forms will be provided, and the search committee welcomes your feedback.
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