The Office of the Dean is the main administrative office for the College of Education and Social Services. The office oversees and supports each program within the college, and implements college and university policies.
Address: 309 Waterman Building, University of Vermont, Burlington VT 05405
Telephone: (802) 656-3424
Fax: (802) 656-0855
Provides back-up to the Dean in all areas; Develops academic programs, including the advancement of new programs and curriculum initiatives; Promotes scholarship and research; Oversees accreditation, including CAEP, CACREP, and CSWE; Promotes communications concerning public outreach and scholarship; Serves as liaison to the Graduate College, Continuing and Distance Education, and the Honors College; Oversees Governor’s Institute of Vermont on Asian Cultures.
Collaborates with Chairs, Graduate Program Coordinators and Roman Vogel to identify areas that may benefit from: more/different support for coordination; program development; enrollment management; and marketing and communication. Responsible for fellowship allocation. Liaison to the Graduate College and Continuing & Distance Education.
(802) 656-0824
Jean.Evans@uvm.edu
Primary contact and liaison for the Dean. Jean coordinates both offices of the dean and ensures operations are in sync between both colleges, working closely with the support staff. Oversees processes for sabbaticals and RPT’s. Specializes in human resource functions within CESS, specifically faculty services, leaves of absences, FMLA, Workman’s compensation and other human resource special projects. Oversees planning of the CESS Advisory Board.
(802) 656-7880
Tiffanie.Spencer@uvm.edu
Provides leadership in facilitating community partnerships to expand diversity initiatives for the College, with emphasis on collaborating with local and national organizations, as well as on-campus colleagues to develop, implement, and assess inclusive excellence activities to enable accessible pathways for UVM students, faculty, and staff from historically underrepresented backgrounds.
(802) 656-2936
Roman.Vogel@uvm.edu
Works closely with Dean's Office, chairs and graduate program coordinators on administration of new graduate program initiatives, including marketing. Plays a key role in outreach and recruitment of new graduate students, oversight of admissions processes, and supervision of the operational aspects of student registration, retention, and progress to graduation. Serves as liaison to the Graduate College, Business Office, Office of Student and Academic Affairs, and graduate program administrative staff.
(802) 656-1275
Pamela.Blum@uvm.edu
Oversight of all financial, budgetary, and human resource activities for the College.
(802) 656-8576
Kunie.Renaud@uvm.edu
Oversight of all financial and human resource activities for the Department of Education and the Department of Leadership and Developmental Sciences. Specializes in financial and data analysis and all research-related grant funding for the College of Education and Social Services.
(802) 656-3468
Lynn.WhiteCloud@uvm.edu
Curriculum management; student concerns; recruitment; retention; Commencement Weekend; June Orientation; first-year student experiences; Dean's designee for all student-related forms.
(802) 656-1446
Gillian.Homsted@uvm.edu
Advising; enrollment management; transfer student coordination.
(802) 656-1442
Meghan.Jaird@uvm.edu
Public relations; data management; academic advising.
(802) 656-3468
Margaret.Coan@uvm.edu
First point of contact for CESS Student Services office; helps coordinate enrollment management, student support, departmental communication, enrichment engagements for students, and special events.
(802) 656-3878
Amanda.Simpfenderfer@uvm.edu
Coordinates and leads efforts around assessment, data management and accreditation activities. Provides support as needed to programs, faculty and administrators in the development, implementation and analysis of assessment and accreditation projects.
(802) 656-8352
Douglas.Gilman@uvm.edu
Oversees the design, coordination, implementation and evaluation of communications strategies. Responsibilities include the CESS communications plan, website, social media, news, advertising, and other media/outreach activities.
(802) 656-4490
Erika.Nestor@uvm.edu
Coordination of major gift fundraising on behalf of the College of Education and Social Services.
