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Call for nominations

The executive director for global engagement and international programs is accepting nominations (including self-nominations) of individuals to serve as acting director of both the Principal Financial Group Center for Global Citizenship (PFGCGC) and the Nelson Institute for Diplomacy and International Affairs. The successful candidate will initially serve as assistant director (for both programs) with one course reassignment during the Spring 2017 semester, and then as acting director from July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018, filling in as a sabbatical replacement for the permanent director. For the 2017–2018 academic year, the position carries three course reassignments and a summer stipend. The acting director will report to the executive director for global engagement and international programs.

Responsibilities include:

  • Serving on Global/International Programs Academic Council (GIPAC), International Advisory Council, and International Grants committees
  • Implementing PFGCGC projects, including campus events, directing global and comparative public health concentration, assisting with recruitment of Global Practitioners, oversight of Global Ambassador program, and supervision of Global Citizenship Award selection process
  • Chairing Nelson Institute Advisory Group and implementing Nelson Institute projects, including simulation funding, Global Pressing Issues Grants, Visiting Diplomats, Student Travel Grants, and Nelson Undergraduate Conference on Global Affairs
  • Supervising administrative assistant
  • Assisting executive director of global engagement and international programs on related initiatives as needed

Nominees should be full-time faculty members with five or more years of experience at Drake at the start of the 2017–2018 academic year, demonstrated leadership capacity, and engagement with global/international initiatives at Drake.

Nominations should include a statement summarizing the qualifications of the nominee, the nominee’s letter of acceptance, and the nominee’s CV. Self-nominations should include a statement of interest and qualifications and a CV. Nominations and self-nominations also should include a letter of support from the nominee’s dean. The deadline for nominations and self-nominations is Oct. 21. Please send materials to Hannah Bildstein (hannah.bildstein@drake.edu).

—Denise Ganpat, Administrative Assistant 2