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STUART B. TENNANT

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SUMMARY

Extensive experience in higher education administration: including Chief Post-Secondary Academic Officer for the Idaho State Board of Education; Provost and Academic Dean; Vice President for Student Affairs; and Vice President and Assistant Vice President for Enrollment Management in past 12 years of my higher education career. Fifteen years’ experience teaching first-year courses and developing student success curricula. Resourceful budget management and creative problem- solving skills. Open leadership style.

Professional goal: I wish to resume my career in higher education administration. While I have had personal contact with as many as 180 students a day in diverse urban, low-income high schools –and have enjoyed it, now that our youngest is graduated from college, I would like to return to higher education in a position for which my skills and experience represent an excellent match. At this point in my career I am less concerned about titles that I am with “fit” and I am willing to relocate wherever there is an excellent mesh between my skill set and the position.

EDUCATION

Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1990, Higher Education and Student Affairs

Major areas: Student Affairs/Organizational Development Theory

M.A., The Ohio State University, 1971, English Literature

B.A., The Ohio State University, 1966, English Literature

Thesis Titles

Ph.D., “Personal and Moral Development: A Developmental Curriculum Intervention for Liberal Arts Freshmen

M.A., “Dorothy Wordsworth’s Vision of Landscape”

Summary of Recent Teaching Experience: 2007 to 2020

1.North Salem High School, Salem, OR

I have taught all four levels of general English 9, 10, 11, 12 and both AP Language and Composition and AP Literature and Composition. I have also taught ELD Level 4-A and dual credit for college writing through the Willamette Promise Program as well as elective courses in Shakespeare (Tragedies and Comedies as separate courses); and Film as Literature.

2.(Note: The following assignments were during a “call-back” year in which I was full-time and taught in four different high schools: West, McNary, South, and Roberts High Schools)

West Salem High School, Salem, Oregon May 1 to June 15, 2012

Taught Honors English 9th grade; 10th grade English, and Film as Literature

McNary High School, Keizer, Oregon January 31 to April 30, 2012

Taught Honors English 10th grade and Creative Writing.

South Salem High School, Salem, Oregon December 6 to February 9, 2012

Taught International Baccalaureate Language Arts to 9th grade and American Literature 10.

Roberts High School, Salem, Oregon August 2011 to December 5, 2011

Taught Language Arts and Writing and Reading Support classes to 9-12 grade level in SLC3. 3. Chemeketa Community College, Salem, Oregon Fall 2007 to Spring 2010

Part-time Instructor: Taught WR 115, 121 and 122 in college writing sequence evenings

Salem-Keizer Public School District, Salem, Oregon July 2008

Instructor for at-risk students coming to summer school to earn high school credit

4. Crescent Valley High School, Corvallis, Oregon February to mid-June 2008

Taught WR 121 - Senior Honors Essay Writing in “College Now” program and

Sophomore Honors English.

Roberts High School – Salem-Keizer Schools, Salem, OR February to June 2008 –

Lead instructor in Early College program at Chemeketa Community College.

Salem-Keizer Schools, Salem, OR Fall 2007

Taught as substitute teacher: grades 7-12 - Language Arts/Social Studies

COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATIVE POSTIONS: (1974 to 2007)

IDAHO STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, Boise, Idaho November 2006-June 2007

K –20 system in which I served as the “post –K-12” administrator for Idaho’s seven public institutions: three research universities, one 4-year state college, two community colleges, and one 2-year technical college.

Chief Post-Secondary Academic Officer - Responsible for working with chief academic officers of Idaho’s seven public institutions on all curriculum and other academic policy-related matters.

Accomplishments:

Successfully achieved consensus among both public and private institutions of higher education in holding down costs for Idaho’s concurrent enrollment program.

Facilitated successful Technology Incentive Grant awarding process and ensured that Board’s goal of awarding only quality proposals was adhered to.

Facilitated Higher Education Research Council (HERC) selection process for a new research center grant – the Boise State University Muscular-Skeletal Center - focusing on research in osteoarthritis.

Visited every public campus in the state to underline Board’s commitment to be more engaged in on-campus activities.

Facilitated at-times contentious Memoranda of Understanding meetings between and among the state’s seven public institution so as to ensure that Board policies are honored.

Successfully proposed and shepherded necessary change in Idaho’s Administrative Rules for the registration of all postsecondary, degree-granting institutions – public, private and proprietary. This represents a vital “first step” for Idaho in shedding its reputation as a “diploma mill” state.

Part of management team that achieved highest funding for higher education in past 5 years.

ASPIRE HIGHER - Consulting business, Salem, OR July 2005 –October 2006

Researched and began work on establishing consulting business – ASPIRE HIGHER – focusing on college admissions, financial aid and scholarship processes. I was just preparing to launch when the Idaho Chief Post-Secondary Academic Officer position was offered. This move to the Idaho State Board of Education, while short-lived due to the ousting of our Executive Director, brought home to me just how much I wish to remain engaged in the actual “doing” of my life’s work in higher education administration.

NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN COLLEGE Eugene, Oregon June 2002-May 2005

Private Christian Liberal Arts College; U.S. News – rated 13th among Comprehensive Colleges in the West and 8th among “Best Values” in the West.

Provost and academic Dean- provided leadership for all academic programs, academic support services, student life, and enrollment management.

Dean of Faculty

In collaboration with faculty developed new and “repackaged” liberal arts majors and programs when “combination” liberal arts major with next-door University of Oregon was terminated.

New:

Human Services Major

Pre-professional Medical Health Sciences Programs

Music Production

Health Care Administration

Exercise Science (1st science major at the College)

Strengthened liberal arts majors and programs

Global Studies (from Intercultural Communication)

Humanities (from Interdisciplinary Humanities)

Social Science (from Interdisciplinary Social Science)

MIS (from CIS)

Interdisciplinary Studies major delivered in Degree Completion Program mode

Created Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences and “balanced” Arts and Sciences curriculum to be co-equal with Education and Management curricula.

In collaboration with graduate counseling faculty combined M.S. in Counseling and M.S. in School Counseling “look alike” courses to create a core of eight shared courses, creating a more efficient staffing model.

Initiated Core Advising model, designating faculty to serve as mentor advisors for first- year students.

In collaboration with Arts and Sciences faculty, planned the development that led to the establishment of a “Cornerstone” first and second-year general education curriculum (effective fall ’03)

In collaboration with appropriate faculty initiated College’s first chemistry courses in order to create relevant science curriculum for pre-professional health science.

In collaboration with Arts and Sciences faculty initiated modern language program in Spanish in order to meets needs in Education, Management and Human Services.

Revised College PLE (Prior Learning Experience) model to more contemporary PLA (Prior Learning Assessment) model, and moved PLA intake to front of adult studies model.

Student Life

* Initiated alcohol education programming.

Reorganized new student orientation to have an academic focus – e.g., new students required to experience a shared reading (James McBride’s The Color of Water and subsequently Cisneros’s The House on Mango Street).

Organized CORE advisors to serve as first-year experience faculty for new student orientation.

Created a student development curriculum integrating student development theory with academic content in first-year seminar.

Created faculty ombudspersons to serve as student advocates in the college’s grievance process.

Created Director of Community Services and Career Development position to emphasize volunteer and community service and to help students identify their vocational gifts.

Initiated establishment of part-time College Chaplain.

Initiated establishment of part-time Nurse RN.

Initiated establishment of part-time Personal Counselor.

Initiated model for using a “leadership development” class to qualify RA applicants.

Reorganized two RD positions into one, full-time Director of Residence Life & Housing.

Initiated “Outdoor Adventure” program.

Served also as Interim Dean of Students for 2004-2005 academic year.

Served as Interim Athletic Director.

Enrollment Management

Initiated “Faculty Showcase” model for admissions open houses and preview days.

Increased deposit amounts in order to gain better predictive data.

Reviewed, wrote and edited college’s admissions publications.

Initiated articulation agreements with community colleges in the area.

External Committees

Member – Statewide Taskforce on Sexual Assault

Member – Oregon ACT Advisory Board

Member – English/Communication Advisory Board, Corban College (Salem, Oregon)

Member – OICA Student Affairs Committee

Member- TSPC Site-Visit Team Member for Cascade College’s initial teacher accreditation (11/2003)

Institutional Representative, Oregon TSPC (Teacher Standards and Practices Commission)

Institutional Representative, 21st Century Dialogue in Liberal Education

College Liaison, Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Evaluator for Student Services, Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS, NEVADA (UNLV) Las Vegas, Nevada

May 2001-June 2002

State-supported, public university: 24,000 (18,000 undergrad)

Assistant Vice President for Enrollment Management and Dean of Admissions – Supervised undergraduate Admissions, Registrar and Student Financial Services. Responsible for integrating areas into holistic Enrollment Management unit in this newly created area; responsible for developing marketing strategy for undergraduate admissions.

Annual 2001-2002 FTE enrollment increased by 9.5% or 1383 FTE – the largest numeric increase in over 10 years.

Reorganized Admissions and Registrar’s offices to a “blended” enrollment services model by doing cross-training of two staffs so as to more effectively use resources

Upgraded use of technology – e.g., use of Hobson’s E-coms system for on-line applications and developed “front-end” admissions inquiry prospect system in order to more effectively manage 42% increase in applications during past two years.

Initiated “Get Ready” summer program in order to address faculty concerns about under-prepared students entering in the fall.

Moved Admissions and Registrar’s offices to more aggressively use web-based applications in order to reduce time-consuming data entry.

Moved Admissions to Web CT application, created a “portals” approach for accepted students.

Expanded hours of operation, moving to early evening hours in Admissions and Registrar’s so as to better serve commuter students. Initiated Saturday admissions tours for prospective students.

Initiated a VIP model for local (Clark County, NV) principals, assistant principals and counselors, so as to enhance University’s image in local community.

Initiated a Millennium Scholars “Plus” scholarship for low income, first generation college students in selected local high schools in Las Vegas.

FROSTBURG STATE UNIVERSITY Frostburg, MD June 2000-April 2001

State-supported, public university: 5,200 (4,300 undergraduates)

Vice President for Enrollment Management – Supervised undergraduate Admissions and Financial Aid. Responsible for developing marketing strategy for undergraduate admissions, incorporating Division III Intercollegiate Athletics into marketing mix, and supporting Graduate Admissions. (This was a new position created in response to the recommendations made by a consulting firm.)

Reorganized Admissions and Financial Aid staffs to more effectively use the skills and abilities of existing staff.

Revised all major Admissions and Financial Aid publications, including the concept writing for Admissions viewbook.

Initiated an Admissions matrix and essay to improve University’s academic image.

Increased average SAT profile from 995 in fall 2000 to 1009 in fall 2001 – an increase of 14 points.

Interviewed every Academic Department Chair and initiated a “faculty showcase” model for Admissions recruitment.

Initiated “Summer Challenge” program to provide an option for economically-disadvantaged students failing to meet regular Admissions’ criteria.

Initiated a tuition discount “good neighbor” policy with adjacent counties in West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Virginia.

Revised all academic Admissions recruitment literature.

UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO Greeley, CO July 1998-May 2000

State-supported, public university: 11,000 (9,200 undergraduates)

Vice President for Student Affairs – Supervised unit of 225 professional, support, and Graduate Assistant staff and managed an operations budget of $5.3 million. Areas of responsibility included the offices of Admissions, Student Financial Resources, Registration/Records, Academic Advising, Career Services, Adult Student Services, Residence Life, Dean of Students, Counseling and Health Centers, Student Life, Disability Access Center, Orientation, Women’s Resource Center, Recreation Center, Undergraduate Enrollment Management, and Multicultural Affairs.

Management

Restructured Division of Student Affairs, moving from a linear Vice President’s staff model to a Senior Management Team model. This restructuring led to much greater collaboration, reduced two positions (Associate and Assistant Vice Presidents) and enabled the Division to re-establish the Assistant Vice President of Multicultural Affairs position while reducing overall costs.

Coordinated University’s participation in new Governor’s Opportunity Scholarship Program, resulting in generating $440,000 base dollars added to budget and leading State of Colorado with 70 new students brought in during the first year of this program.

Increased student satisfaction in all areas of Student Affairs services (as measured by Noel Levitz quality indicators survey).

Developed curriculum for eight sections of first-year experience (FYE) taught by Student Affairs staff in order to increase retention. Curriculum based upon dissertation research dealing with students’ transition to college.

Assumed responsibility for all undergraduate admissions and marketing.

Assumed responsibility for six multicultural affairs units, thus creating an integrated Office of Multicultural Affairs.

Moved Division to a more collaborative model by sharing resources between and among units – e.g., Student Affairs staff teach 8 sections of First Year Experience Seminar (FYE), 5 staff assist Admissions by doing out-of-state recruitment.

Marketing

Chaired University’s Enrollment Management Committee, initiating strategies that led to 21% increase in first-year enrollment over two years.

Upgraded University’s internet admissions by “hot-linking’ both admissions and financial aid web sites and creating capability to accept application fees on-line.

Performed the concept development, writing and editing of Admissions publications for 1999-2000 academic year.

Personally recruited much of Colorado’s Western Slope with a “yield” of over 90% of applications generated in 1998-99.

WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY Salem, Oregon 1994-1998

Selective private university: 1,800 College of Liberal Arts; 700 Law/Graduate School Enrollment; U.S. News – rated 2nd quartile national liberal arts college.

Vice President for Student Affairs – Supervised unit of 70 professional and support staff. Areas included athletics, career development, campus safety, community/volunteer services, counseling, disability services, Greek affairs, new student services, residence life, student activities, student government, student health services and student judicial system. Managed operations budget of $3.5 million.

Broadened Student Affairs’ scope of service from College of Liberal Arts to a University -wide focus including Law School, Atkinson School of Management and MAT programs.

Upgraded positions in Disability services, Multicultural Affairs, and Community Service Learning to better meet student needs.

Initiated University’s first wellness floor and Wellness Hall to provide explicit support for students desiring chemical-free living environments.

Reorganized Intramurals, moving it from Athletics to Student Activities, resulting in much greater participation and gender equity.

Initiated Division’s first set of comprehensive brochures, enabling Division to better promote and market its services.

Introduced Council for Advancement of Standards (CAS) or equivalent standards so as to move staff to national state-of-the-art professional standards.

Introduced Community Relations model as a specific expectation for campus safety officers.

Initiated division’s first comprehensive outcomes assessment measure – “College Student Experiences Questionnaire” (CSEQ).

Instituted University’s Sexual Assault protocols so as to comply with all federal regulations.

Instituted consistent annual performance evaluations for all director/dean level staff.

Assisted in movement of intercollegiate athletics from NAIA to NCAA, Division III affiliation.

Upgraded behavioral and academic expectations for national Greek fraternities.

Initiated University’s Enrollment Management team and Financial Aid Appeals Committee.

Strengthened relationship with Japanese sister institution, Tokyo International University-America, by integrating staff and programs with TIU-A into a single program, rather than two separate programs.

HIRAM COLLEGE Hiram, Ohio 1987-1994

Selective private liberal arts college with approximately 1,200 students located in Northeastern Ohio, U.S. News – rated outstanding Midwest regional liberal arts college.

Dean of Students – Supervised unit of 45 professional, paraprofessional and support staff. Areas included: academic support services, career services, campus safety and security, community/volunteer services, counseling, disability services, ethnic diversity affairs, Greek affairs, new student services, residence life, student activities, student government, student health services and student judicial system. Managed operations budget of $750,000.

Revitalized Student Affairs Division from an area of concern to one of “ten areas of strength” cited in North Central Accreditation Report.

Reorganized Student Health Services from physician-directed to nurse practitioner-directed model. Eliminated student/parent complaints. Reduced costs of operation ($40,000 reduction in management fees alone) by streamlining procedures and delivery of services.

Streamlined Residence Life unit by reorganizing from eight part-time hall directors to four full-time area coordinators, which both reduced costs and made recruitment of staff more effective.

Reorganized the college’s disciplinary system by codifying sanctions and moving to timely hearings, resulting in elimination of caseload backlog and increased student confidence.

Introduced student development model by initiating five-hour course, Psychology 270 “Interpersonal Relations and Community Living,” as requirement for all Residence Hall Assistants (RA’s).

Initiated college’s first office of volunteer/community services; wrote initial funding grant; instituted college’s first memberships in national community service organizations, Campus Compact and C.O.O.L. Served on State Campus Compact Annual Meeting Board.

Strengthened college’s minority affairs position by reorganizing to a Director of Ethnic Diversity Affairs position. Increased freshmen-to-sophomore retention of minority students from 50% to 82%.

Developed academic support program within existing budget by reassigning duties, thereby creating supervision for peer tutoring, and one-on-one academic tracking system for at-risk students.

Developed first-year seminar with focus on at-risk students and later, African-American students. Lectured nationally on research about first-year seminar; program selected by First-Year Experience Conference participants as one of six best presentations.

WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY Monmouth, Oregon 1985-1987

State-supported comprehensive coed institution of 4,000 (3,500 undergraduates);

Dean of Students – Supervised unit of 42 professional and support staff, managed operations budget of $250,000. Areas included academic advising, admissions, career planning and placement, child development center, counseling, disability services (including Northwest Regional Center for Hearing Impaired); financial aid, intramurals. Micronesian and international student services, minority recruitment and retention, new student services, residence life, student activities, student government, student health services and student judicial system.

Reorganized student affairs division that had been given a vote of “no confidence’ to one that earned the respect and approval of the very same students who had previously been critics.

Increased new student admissions 34% over a two-year period to lead all state institutions in Oregon in percentage increase.

Increased minority student enrollment 123% and established college’s first position for minority recruitment and retention within existing budget.

Commended by college to Oregon State System of Higher Education for my record of hiring, promoting and supporting minorities and women.

Strengthened international student program by bolstering international student recruitment efforts and encouraging WOSC students to study abroad.

FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY Columbus, Ohio 1979-1985

Independent four-year open admissions, urban commuter university of 4,000; founded at turn of the century as YMCA college; 16% ethnic minority student population with over 60% non-traditional age student body.

Dean of Student Affairs (1982 to 1985) - Supervised unit of 41 professional and support staff; managed operations budget of $150,000. Areas included academic advising, admissions, career planning and placement, counseling, disability services, financial aid, international student services, intercollegiate athletics, intramurals, new student services, registration services, student activities, student government, and transfer evaluation services.

Director of Admissions and Records (1980-1982) – Supervised staff of 15; responsible for all marketing/recruitment for the university; registration procedures for day, evening and weekend classes; and initial academic advising until students reach upper-class status and declare major.

Associate Director of Admissions (1979 to 1980) – Supervised staff of 8; responsible for developing university’s marketing plan; recruitment of northern half of Ohio; training of all new admissions and academic advising staff; supervised all initial academic advising; and managed admissions and academic advisement budgets.

Strengthened academic advising and admissions intake by hiring student affairs professional staff and developing procedures for both admissions and academic advising offices.

Initiated first systematic market research efforts; worked with advertising agency to create marketing concept; performed all technical writing for academic admissions materials.

Initiated development of comprehensive transfer guides for all two-year colleges in the State of Ohio; these guides were cited by the Ohio Council of College/University Presidents as a model for all four-year colleges.

Increased scope of intramural/fitness programs by adding women’s programs and aerobic fitness classes.

Broadened sports programs by initiating intercollegiate sports competition in basketball and soccer.

LONGWOOD COLLEGE Farmville, Virginia 1974 to 1979

State-supported, comprehensive co-educational four-year college of 3,600; (formerly women’s teacher preparation college for Commonwealth of Virginia).

Registrar (1978 to 1979) – Supervised staff of four; responsible for all registration activities; revised/edited college catalog; retained as “admissions consultant”, recruited one-third of freshman class.

Assistant Director of Admissions (1975 to 1978) - Recruited assigned territory; developed marketing strategy and college’s first set of departmental brochures for recruitment purposes.

Admissions Counselor (1974 to 1975) – Responsible for five-state area as well as much of Virginia; developed high yields accounting for one-third of freshmen class.

* Led college’s conversion from card registration system to computerized on-line system

Served on administrative team that studied and recommended change in mission from women’s college to coeducational institution.

Served as college’s first men’s fraternity advisor, wrestling coach and rugby club advisor.

Helped effect admissions increases of 17%, 20% and 10% in three consecutive years; opened up northern Virginia market in the process.

Successfully served as college’s minority recruiter during time Virginia was under Federal mandate to increase minority admissions.

SELECTED RESEARCH AND SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES

“Partnering to Help Disadvantaged First-Year Students: The Colorado Governor’s Opportunity Scholarship Program and the University of Northern Colorado” First-Year Conference-West, San Francisco, January 29, 2000.

Focus Group – evaluation of new instrument, “Your First College Year” – developed by UCLA Higher Education Research Institute – San Francisco, January 28, 2000.

Interviewed by National Center for First Year Experience for 2000 Teleconference Series – San Francisco, January 28, 2000.

Focus Group – Health Educators and Leadership Program of NASPA – HIV Presentation NASPA/ACPA Convention, March 22, 1997.

“Adapting a Developmental First-Year Seminar to Address Issues of Cultural Diversity” – Annual Conference, Northwest College Personnel Association, Park City, Utah, October 23, 1995.

“Student Affairs in the 21st Century: A Perspective,” Panelist – 1995 NASPA Western Regional Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah – January 20, 1995.

“Adapting a Developmental Freshman Seminar to Address Issues of Diversity” – Seventh Annual Conference for Small Colleges, Minneapolis, MN – October 21, 1994.

“With No Apologies—Teaching a Freshman Colloquium from an African-American Perspective” – a “Back by Popular Demand” presentation; The Freshman Year Experience Small Campuses Conference, Oak Brook, IL, October, 1993.

Ohio Association of Student Personnel Administrators (OASPA) Culture Audit Training Workshop, facilitated by George Kuh and Elizabeth Whitt; Ohio Wesleyan University, September 1993.

“Adapting a Developmental Freshman Seminar to Address Issues of Diversity”—presentation at Sixth International Conference of the First-Year Experience, Boston, MA, July, 1993.

“Designing a Syllabus for Interdisciplinary Colloquia Based on Student Development Theory”—published in The FYE Newsletter, spring, 1993.

“The Freshman Colloquium from an African-American Point of View”—published in The FYE Newsletter, fall, 1991.

“A Liberal Arts Freshman Seminar: Hiram College’s Freshman Colloquium Taught from a Developmental Perspective”—presentation at The Freshman Year Experience Small Campuses Conference, Mystic, CT, November 1991.

“A Liberal Arts Freshman Seminar: Hiram College’s Freshman Colloquium Taught from a Developmental Perspective”—presentation at Second U.S.-Canadian Conference on the First-Year Experience, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CANADA, 1990.

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