While leading an institution of almost 1,600 students, including a robust population of dual enrollment students, into its next decade of prosperity and distinction, the new president will also provide leadership for higher education in Maine’s beautiful St. John Valley.
Bowdoin College seeks a full-time assistant director of THRIVE. THRIVE is a college-wide initiative designed to foster achievement, belonging, mentorship, and transition among low-income students, first-generation-to-college students, and students of color.
Responsibilities include coordinating and facilitating Colby’s institutional arts strategy, as well as developing and executing the larger local and regional arts strategy and serving as a key member of the teams developing the Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts and the Paul J. Schupf Art Center.
We seek a scholar or scholar/practitioner in cultural studies, literature, or performing/studio arts who is attentive to hierarchies of power and privilege and can offer cross-cultural and/or transnational perspectives on environmental traditions.
The Executive Director will lead the Center through rebranding; establishing the vision and programmatic direction of the Center; the identification, recruitment, and selection of policy practitioners for year-long fellowships; establishing networking and collaborative opportunities with partner institutions throughout the globe; organizing symposiums, conferences, speakers, and fellows to advance the goals of the Center; identifying and selecting policy projects; and overseeing the educational program development, ensuring integration with Colby undergraduate programs.
The AVP will play an important role in building upon the institution’s strategic plan, Our World, Our Future, by leading UNE’s HR program and collaborating across the institution as an innovative partner.
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