On behalf of the Director for Student Success and Retention search committee, please join us for an upcoming finalist campus presentation and/or campus partner panel interview.
Three finalists have been selected for the Director of the Office for Student Success and Retention. Finalists will visit campus on Friday, June 30; Friday, July 7; and Monday, July 10.
Friday, June 30, 2023:
- 2:00 pm – 2:45 pm: Campus Partner Interview
- 3:00 pm – 3:45 pm: Campus Presentation
Friday, July 7, 2023:
- 10:00 am – 10:45 am: Campus Presentation
- 11:15 am – 12:00 pm: Campus Partner Interview
Monday, July 10, 2023:
- 10:00 am – 10:45 am: Campus Partner Interview
- 11:00 am – 11:45 am: Campus Presentation
If you are interested in joining for one or more campus presentations or campus partner interviews, please email Dr. Dustin Grabsch (dgrabsch@smu.edu), chair of the search committee. Calendar invites with candidate materials, presentation prompts, and other applicable information will be shared with interested community members. We appreciate your input as we select this important campus leader.
About the Role: The Director is critical and collaborative in supporting undergraduate retention and graduation initiatives at SMU. The primary role is supervising three full-time staff and providing day-to-day problem-solving for students trying to remain, depart, or return to SMU. Working closely with the Assistant Provost for Undergraduate Education and Academic Success and the SMU in Four initiative, the Director operationalizes processes to identify at-risk students, strategically outreaches to inspire engagement, coordinates interventions, tracks academic progress, and assesses our institutional strengths and weaknesses. The Director chairs a university-wide retention and financial support committee to retrain undergraduate students. The position serves as a critical partner to the Office of the Dean of Students.