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"As a community of scholars, we seek to foster intellectual breadth and depth, reasoned
and civil inquiry, intercultural understanding, an ecological perspective, and civic
engagement in order to prepare students for a life in the 21st century that is at
once informed, examined, and engaged."
The College of Arts & Sciences at Florida Gulf Coast University is dedicated to providing
a quality liberal arts education through innovative, student-centered teaching. We
foster intellectual breadth and depth, sustainability, intercultural understanding,
and civic engagement to prepare students for a life that is informed, examined, and
engaged. We support scholarly activity that advances teaching and contributes to the
broader intellectual, artistic, cultural and professional communities with the belief
that interdisciplinary collaboration and scholarship benefits our students and enhances
our individual disciplines. We recognize that service is a public trust and a social
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In addition to the duties listed below, the Associate Deans will meet weekly, assist
in planning Leadership Team meetings, attend University events as needed, and may
teach 1 course per year, as time permits.
Dr. Laura Frost
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Scholarship
Assist Dean in resolving informal disputes between/among faculty and/or staff;
Monitor faculty recruiting to ensure procedures are followed, and act as a resource
to search committees and chairs;
Work with department chairs to project future faculty needs and requests, and assisting
the Dean with prioritizing requests;
Oversee of all faculty credentialing and reporting processes;
Oversee promotion processes, and act as a resource to the College’s faculty committee
and chairs;
Actively support faculty, departments and centers through grants and contracts processes;
Act a Dean’s office liaison to ORSP;
Develop and maintain programming and processes that promote and support scholarly
activity within the college (e.g. Seidler fellowship, distribution of F & A returns);
Work with Dean’s office staff and chairs on budget development and monitoring;
Assist Dean with college governance team and strategic planning implementation;
Oversee Summer class schedule development and monitoring summer expenses;
Act as a resource to chairs and faculty on administrative processes and procedures;
Other duties as assigned.
Dr. Menaka Navaratna
Associate Dean for Student Affairs
Resolve issues involving students as they arise, making sure that university procedures
are followed;
Act as Dean’s office liaison to Student Services;
Act as Dean’s office liaison to College student affairs committee (grade appeals and
Student of the Year [SOTY]);
Act as Dean’s office liaison with Office of Records and Registration as approver for
registrar actions (ex. COG form, opening new sections, drop/add, course equivalencies,
etc.);
Work with department chairs each semester on class schedules and enrollments to ensure
that student needs are met in a cost-effective manner;
Work with CAS student advising on student cases, section needs, summer waivers and
course substitutions;
Maintain data on student enrollment patterns and creating projections of future course
demand;
Act as CAS representative to the Enrollment Management Task Force;
Act as a resource for programs seeking to increase student enrollment in the major,
including CAS Student Ambassador Program
Oversee all aspects of Graduate Affairs;
Act as liaison between CAS programs and Academic & Curriculum Support (ACS), specifically
Graduate Studies;
Act as CAS liaison to QEP office;Act as CAS liaison for Say Yes to the Nest, Eagle
Expo, and other Student Orientation events
Other duties as assigned.
Dr. Rebecca Totaro
Associate Dean for Curriculum and Assessment
Actively support Department Chairs and Program Coordinators through the curriculum
revision process;
Act as a liaison between CAS programs and Academic & Curriculum Support (ACS), specifically
regarding annual catalog revisions, annual degree map revisions, etc.;
Serve as ex officio member of the College-level graduate and undergraduate curriculum
committees;
Attend the University Graduate and Undergraduate Curriculum team meetings;
Act as CAS dean’s office representative on the ACS Curriculum Liaisons committee.
Actively support Department Chairs and Program Coordinators through their regular
assessment processes;
Act as a dean’s office liaison between CAS programs and Planning & Institutional Performance;
Act as the CAS dean’s office representative on the Assessment Council, operated by
Planning & Institutional Performance;
Maintain all related assessment records;
Facilitate completion of part-time faculty teaching evaluation in the College, reviewing
and maintaining records, etc.;
Facilitate completion of the College’s annual goals each year, working with deans
and with Planning & Institutional Performance;
