CURRICULUM VITAE DR. LANCE R. GRAHN EDUCATION Ph.D ...

6o New weight training facility built.o New addition to the student recreation center planned.Dean, College of Letters and Science, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point,2004-2008.Institutional Context• A residential, comprehensive university in the University of Wisconsin Systemwith about 8000 FTE students (9000 headcount) and 400 FTE faculty andteaching academic staff.• Located 100 miles north of Madison in central Wisconsin.• Four colleges comprise the UWSP nucleus: Fine Arts and Communication,Letters and Science, Natural Resources, and Professional Studies. In 2008, about55 percent of the students were in Letters and Science; the other three collegescombined accounted for the other 45 percent.• Points of pride include the University’s national reputation in natural resourcemanagement, an exceptionally productive faculty in the College of Letters andScience, a historical teacher training mission, an especially vibrant fine artsprogram, and sustained intercollegiate excellence in basketball and ice hockey.Duties and Responsibilities• Academic oversight of nearly 5100 undergraduate students (majors and studentsin transition) in 44 programs of study and 225 FTE faculty and instructional staffspread across 14 departments and 4 interdisciplinary programs (InternationalStudies, American Studies, Peace Studies, and Women’s Studies).• Somewhat uniquely, one of these fourteen departments was UWSP’s Division ofBusiness and Economics, with its majors in Business Administration, ManagerialAccounting, and Economics.• In addition, the College of Letters and Science administered the UWSP Museumof Natural History (hence, the Museum CEO line on my c.v., which correspondsto the American Association of Museums’ records); a field research station—theNorthern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility (NADF)—on the Lake Superiorshoreline; and the University’s Collaborative Degree Program (CDP), which is abaccalaureate degree completion program offered primarily to non-traditionalplace-bound students in collaboration with two-year campuses in the Universityof Wisconsin System.• All of these programs, except the NADF, were supported by an annual budget ofabout $15 million, 92 percent of which covered personnel costs. The NorthernAquaculture Demonstration Facility’s operations were funded by an annual stateappropriation of $400,000 and two federal earmarks in three years totaling about$820,000.Institutional Affiliations and Accreditations• Higher Learning Commission (HLC) reaccreditation granted in Spring 2008.• Chemistry program accredited by the American Chemical Society.• AAC&U membership established in 2004, including membership in the UW