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Heinze & Associates Executive Search is pleased to assist Bemidji State University and Northwest Technical College in its search for Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs.For priority consideration, please apply by December 1, 2024.The Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs (Provost) provides leadership for Academic Affairs, fostering an engaging, challenging, and inspirational environment for students, faculty, student affairs educators, and professional staff focused on the advancement of holistic student learning and success grounded in diversity, equity, and inclusion. The Provost provides instructional leadership ensuring rigorous, high-quality educational experiences for undergraduate and graduate students through on-campus, online, and multimodal instruction and through state-wide and international partnerships. The Provost supports faculty in scholarly and creative achievements and research, continuing preparation and ongoing professional development, contributions to student learning and development, and service to the university and community.The Provost is the senior academic affairs officer and the second-ranking executive officer at Bemidji State University (BSU). As a member of the President's executive cabinet, the Provost engages in team leadership with cabinet peers and advances shared governance inclusive of faculty, student affairs educators, professional staff, and students as well as alumni and members of the community.Working collaboratively with deans, faculty, student affairs educators, and professional staff, the Provost develops and administers academic policies, helps establish academic priorities, oversees the curriculum, encourages faculty and student research, and assures compliance with system, state, regional, and federal educational policies. The Provost participates in university-wide and academic strategic planning and is the primary administrative liaison with the faculty union. The Provost is also the senior liaison for academic matters with the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system, particularly as connected to instructional aspects of its Equity 2030 goal to eliminate educational equity gaps at every Minnesota State college and university. The Provost also shares responsibility for the internationalization of the BSU campus.The scope of responsibility includes two academic colleges and nine schools. Responsibility also includes several academic support units including Grants Administration; Center for Professional Development; the A.C. Clark Library; Honors Program; Liberal Education Program; and the McNair Program. The Provost is responsible for oversight of the Academic Affairs budget.Bemidji State University is aligned with Northwest Technical College (NTC), also located in Bemidji, Minnesota. The Provost works with the President and the Executive Vice President and Senior Academic Officer at NTC to enhance the relationship between the two institutions with particular attention to collaboration in the development of educational programs and offerings that serve the region as well as pathways for students to transition between NTC and BSU. Partnerships between BSU and NTC provide a foundation for broader collaboration with two-year colleges and Tribal Colleges across Northern Minnesota as well as with businesses, industry, organizations, and communities in the region. This position reports directly to the President and may serve as senior administrator in charge in the President's absence.
CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:LeadershipOn the idyllic shores of Lake Bemidji, cradled among the limitless natural beauty of the North Woods and neighbored by Minnesota's three largest Indigenous nations, Bemidji State University offers opportunities for the extraordinary.Bemidji State University has been ranked as one of the top 30 public institutions in the Midwest region by U.S. News & World Report each year since 2019. BSU offers its diverse student body a comprehensive spectrum of opportunities with nearly 120 undergraduate degrees and emphasis areas in more than 50 areas of study, 14 pre-professional programs, and 14 graduate programs and certificates.As Bemidji State continues its second century of service, our vision is simple: we educate people to lead inspired lives. To achieve this, BSU centers diversity, equity, and inclusion as a core value and strives to create a campus culture in which all members are free to be their authentic selves. BSU also proactively engages with Indigenous communities in northern Minnesota and nationwide toward its goal of becoming a destination university.BSU is a member of the Minnesota State system of colleges and universities, the third-largest system of higher education institutions in the United States. It shares a unique alignment with Northwest Technical College, with administration and student services generally having dual responsibilities to serve both campuses. Through this alignment, NTC students can take advantage of services, support, activities, and opportunities at BSU that expand and enhance their college experience — such as full access to BSU's library and the ability to live in BSU's on-campus resident housing.For the first time, a joint strategic planning process will guide the future directions for both institutions. The schools are pursuing four shared strategic priorities: student success, the Nisidotaading initiative, northern distinction, and telling our story. These priorities will serve as the foundations for master planning processes for facilities, academic programs, fundraising, information technology, intercollegiate athletics, and diversity, equity, and inclusion, among others.The Nisidotaading initiative — named for an Ojibwe phrase meaning “building mutual understanding” — is creating a statewide center of excellence. It will develop communities of practice meant to help Minnesota State colleges and universities better educate their campus communities on historical trauma and lived experiences of their Indigenous populations, and how to most effectively guide Indigenous students toward their educational goals. In addition, BSU is the first university in the United States to expose all of its students to a course on Indigenous people before graduation.Bemidji State University acknowledges that it is located on land and water that is the current and ancestral homeland of the Ojibwe and Dakota. We acknowledge the painful history of genocide, forced assimilation, and efforts to alienate the Indigenous inhabitants from their territory here. We honor and respect the many diverse Indigenous peoples still connected to this land, retained tribal sovereignty, treaty rights, and cultural resilience. Indigenous people are spiritual and physical caretakers of this land to which we all belong. Bemidji State University respects these sacred lands, stands with the community members from these Nations, and will fight injustice in all its forms.At Minnesota State, the work we do is more than just a job. In their pursuit of purpose, connection, and growth, our employees play a critical role on our campuses. They develop policies, provide essential services, and work to improve the well-being and quality of life for our students and for all Minnesotans. Minnesota State is committed to equity and inclusion, and we invest in our employees by providing benefits, support resources, and training and development opportunities. Unlock your potential through possibility.The City of BemidjiBemidji State University and Northwest Technical College lie amid the lakes and forests of northern Minnesota. Bemidji State occupies a wooded campus along the western shore of Lake Bemidji while Northwest Technical College lies just three miles east, near Bemidji's robust industrial district.The city sits between Minnesota's three largest American Indian tribal nations: the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, the Red Lake Nation, and the White Earth Nation. When settling the Bemidji area in 1750, the Ojibwe people named the lake Bemidjigamaag, which means “a lake with crossing waters” as the Mississippi River flows in from the south and exits on the east. Today, a city proper with a population of around 15,000 serves as a regional economic and cultural hub for about 100,000 Minnesotans.Located just minutes away from a thriving downtown Bemidji, both the BSU and NTC campus communities have convenient access to affordable restaurants, fine-dining experiences, cozy coffee shops, grocery stores — including a natural foods co-op — city parks, and nearly unlimited outdoor recreational opportunities. Small, locally-owned shops and art sculptures line Bemidji's downtown streets, while national chains are also found in and around the area. The historic Paul Bunyan Playhouse has a calendar of classic shows, restaurants offer weekly live music performances, the First Friday Art Walk provides a tour of new monthly art exhibits, and annual festivals bring the community together throughout the year.Additionally, the North Woods setting means students, staff, and faculty have a variety of activities available at their fingertips year-round. With more than 400 lakes — and a 240-acre research forest owned by BSU — within 25 miles of the city, there is easy access to kayaking, canoeing, swimming, boating, paddle boarding, hunting, hiking, biking, foraging, fishing, and more. An expansive network of multi-use trail systems is available for running, cross-country skiing, single-track or fat-tire biking, and skijoring. Further, downhill skiing, snowboarding, and tubing lie just north of Bemidji at the Buena Vista Ski Area.Bemidji is also near two of Minnesota's 66 state parks: Lake Bemidji State Park, which sits along Lake Bemidji's northern shore, and Itasca State Park, home to the majestic Mississippi River Headwaters. Both parks are popular recreational and camping destinations where locals and tourists gather for sailing, swimming, and fishing during the summer months, and skating, hockey, curling, and—yes—more fishing in the winter.Of course, no tour of Bemidji is complete without a visit to — and a selfie with — its two most famous residents: the iconic statues of Paul Bunyan and his trusty companion, Babe the Blue Ox. The famed duo, which has greeted visitors to Bemidji since 1937, is on the National Register of Historic Places and was once ranked by Kodak as the second most-photographed statue in America.For further information about BSU visit
To ApplyFor best consideration, please apply by December 1, 2024.External Applicants: Apply for Vacancy Posting JR000#######, on our career site: or at Internal Applicants: All current employees will need to log in to the career site in Workday to apply for a position. Employees will search for “Browse Jobs – Employees” in Workday via the search bar at the top to view open positions.A complete application shall include the following:Additional Postings available from Bemidji State University
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