The Director provides leadership and administrative oversight for the Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Honors Program to achieve the program’s mission and priorities. Under the direction of the Assistant Dean for University Honors Programs, the Director takes initiative and responsibility for effectively managing operational functions to ensure program integrity and quality. Main areas of program management include admissions, academic advising and registration, academic progress and degree clearance, curriculum, budget, assessment, campus events and programming, alumni affairs and advancement, and supervision. The Director provides academic advising, teaches a first-year seminar, and coordinates WISE practicum courses. The Director interacts effectively with individuals at various levels within an institution, as well as the general public. The Director works productively and collaboratively within the University Honors Programs team and possesses excellent interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills.
Education, research, and/or professional experience in a STEM field. Related higher education experience in advising, teaching, admissions, or student services working with undergraduates. Experience with budget management. Experience with professional staff and student assistant supervision. Experience interacting with high achieving students. Experience interacting with diverse student populations.
Master’s degree (foreign equivalent or higher). Four years of full-time related administrative experience in an educational setting. Experience managing a program with an academic component.
Stony Brook University: Stony Brook University, home to many highly ranked graduate research programs, is located 60 miles from New York City on Long Island's scenic North Shore. Our 1,100-acre campus is home to 24,000 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students and more than 13,500 faculty and staff. SBU is a comprehensive research-intensive university and a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities (AAU), which includes 34 public universities among its 62 members. SBU consists of 12 schools and colleges and a teaching hospital that provides state-of-the-art healthcare in the Long Island region. SBU also manages and performs joint research with Brookhaven National Laboratory, the only Department of Energy Laboratory in the Northeast, and shares doctoral programs with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a world-renowned molecular biology institute. Home to the Emerson String Quartet, the Jackson Pollock House in East Hampton, New York, the Humanities Institute, and the Southampton Arts Program, and with endeavors that extend to the Turkana Basin Institute in Kenya and the Ranomafana National Park in Madagascar, SBU sustains an international reputation that cuts across the arts, humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.