The Council of Deans shall consist of: the executive vice president and provost, chair; the vice provosts; the deans; the dean of the University Libraries; and such additional academic personnel as the executive vice president and provost and the deans shall deem appropriate and necessary to the work of the council. The council members are directly responsible to the executive vice president and provost.
Duties:
To act as an advisory body to the executive vice president and provost concerning all matters relating to the administration as it affects academic matters;
To serve as a liaison body between the units of the university that they represent and among constituent parts of their respective units;
To initiate policy and to transfer recommendations of academic policy to the president's staff and the University Council.
Council of Deans
The Council of Deans meets on selected Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. in Altgeld 203.
MEMBERSHIP
2022-2023
*Executive Vice President & Provost
Beth Ingram
Senior Vice Provost
Omar Ghrayeb
Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs
Chad McEvoy
Senior Associate Vice Provost for Academic Diversity and Chief Diversity Officer
Vernese Edghill-Walden
Executive Director for Institutional Research and Analytics
Greg Barker
Vice President of Research and Innovation Partnerships
Jerry Blazey
Dean, College of Business
Balaji Rajagopalan
Dean, College of Education
Laurie Elish-Piper
Dean, College of Engineering & Engineering Technology
Donald Peterson
Interim Dean, College of Health and Human Sciences
Beverly Henry
Dean, College of Law
Cassandra Hill
Dean, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Bob Brinkmann
Dean, College of Visual & Performing Arts
Paul Kassel
Dean, Graduate School
Kerry Wilks
Dean, University Libraries
Fred Barnhart
Vice President for Student Affairs
Clint-Michael Reneau
Vice President for International Affairs
Kerry Wilks
**Business/Administrative Associate, Office of the Provost
Tim Condon
**Vice President, Enrollment Management, Marketing and Communications
Sol Jensen
**Associate Vice President, Office of the Provost
Celeste Latham
**Executive Director, Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning
Jason Rhode
**Vice President for University Advancement
Catherine Squires
**Associate Vice Provost, Faculty Mentoring and Diversity