Oakton Board Book for May 2015

AGENDA ITEM 5/15-15
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Authorization to Hire Full-time, Tenure-track Faculty Member
The recommendation to hire Erick Rohn to a full time, tenure track faculty position in Graphic Design
for the 2015-16 academic year, beginning in August 2015, was made after reviewing the College’s need
for faculty in the Graphic Design program.
The position was posted on the Oakton Community College website and on Oakton job boards around
the Des Plaines and Ray Hartstein campuses. The position was advertised in five print publications
including the Chicago Tribune, the Chronicle of Higher Education, and three diversity publications.
Also, the Graphic Design position was posted on twent-two websites, including the Chicago Tribune’s
careerbuilder.com website; American Graphics and Arts Institute, and thirteen additional websites
focused on diversity recruitment, including the Organization of Black Designers. E-mails were sent to
recent graduates of doctoral programs listed with the Committee on Institutional Cooperation, graduates
listed with the Diversifying Higher Education faculty in Illinois initiative, and to members registered
with higheredjobs.com and hbcuconnect.com.
There were thirty-six applicants for the Graphic Design position. The search committee conducted five
on campus interviews for this search and selected two finalists to bring to campus for interviews with
Linda Korbel, Dean of the Languages, Humanities, and the Arts division and Dr. Thomas Hamel, Vice
President for Academic Affairs before a recommendation of hire was made for Mr. Erick Rohn to the
full time, tenure track Graphic Design position.
Mr. Erick Rohn earned his BFA degree from the Columbus College of Art and Design and his MFA
from the Rochester Institute of Technology. Mr. Rohn currently serves as adjunct instructor at
Westwood College and Northern Illinois University. Previously, Mr. Rohn was a School Chair in the
School of Drafting and Design at ITT Technical Institute and earlier as adjunct instructors at Waubonsee
Community College and ITT Technical Institute. He also has freelanced as artist and animator,
rendering artist, motion graphics designer and editor, animator, and creative director.
MRM/ca
5/20/2015
President’s Recommendation:
That the Board adopt the following resolution:
“Be it resolved that the Board of Trustees of Community College District 535 approves the full-time,
tenure-track faculty hire of Erick Rohn for the 2015-16 academic year, beginning on August 17, 2015.
He will receive the salary associated with the lane and step described as follows:
Name Academic Rank and Assignment Lane, Step, Salary
Erick Rohn Assistant Professor of Graphic Design E-4, $66,028.”