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Academic Affairs Staff Directory


Andrea Schokker, Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, has direct administrative oversight for all colleges and academic units.


To schedule a meeting with the Vice Chancellor, contact Vickery French at 218-726-7104 or vfrench@d.umn.edu

Office Address
500 Darland Administration Building
1049 University Drive
Duluth, Minnesota 55812
For general inquiries, call 218-726-7103 or email vcaa@d.umn.edu




Associate Vice Chancellors for Academic Affairs

Staff Member

Primary Responsibilities

Tim Holst
435 Darland
218-726-6246
tholst@d.umn.edu

Associate Vice Chancellor for Graduate Education and Sponsored Research

  • Administrative oversight of:
    • UMD Graduate Programs
    • UMD research activities
    • Sponsored Projects Administration

Gerald Pepper
401 Darland
218-726-7274
gpepper@d.umn.edu

Associate Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate Education

  • Undergraduate curriculum
  • Liberal education
  • Program review
  • Honors program
  • Assessment
  • Faculty Development

Kim Riordan
421 Darland
218-726-7251
kriordan@d.umn.edu

Associate Vice Chancellor for Outreach and Online Delivery

  • Campus-wide online delivery initiatives and support
  • International Education Office and international initiatives
  • Office of Civic Engagement
  • Continuing Education

To schedule a meeting with Tim Holst, contact Steve Frickstad at 218-726-7523 or frick105@d.umn.edu

To schedule a meeting with Gerald Pepper or Kim Riordan, contact Nancy Burley at 218-726-7103 or nburley@d.umn.edu



For questions about specific Academic Affairs office activities, please contact one of the staff members listed below.


Academic Affairs Staff

Staff Member

Primary Responsibilities

Mary Allen
405 Darland
218-726-8836
mallen@d.umn.edu

Senior Budget Officer

  • Oversight of all budget functions for the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and liaison to all academic units
  • Oversight of all Academic Fees
  • Oversight of Position Management

Irina Bezroukova
249 Darland
218-726-8369
ibezrouk@d.umn.edu

Institutional Research

  • Develop code to extract data from the Data Warehouse
  • Prepare the reports to be used internally and for the external agencies
  • Respond to the institutional survey requests

Nancy Burley
422 Darland
218-726-7103
nburley@d.umn.edu

Curriculum

  • Course and Program coordination
  • Administrative support to Kim Riordan and Gerald Pepper
  • Liberal Education coordination
  • UROP coordination

Vickery French
500 Darland
218-726-7104
vfrench@d.umn.edu

Associate to the Vice Chancellor

  • Advise and assist in implementing administrative response or resolution regarding a variety of academic, administrative, and personnel issues
  • Coordinate and manage the EVCAA’s ongoing commitments and responsibilities
  • Serve as a liaison with senior administrative officers, faculty, staff, and student governance leaders and respond to a wide variety of internal and external inquiries

Steve Frickstad
420 Darland
218-726-7523
frick105@d.umn.edu

Graduate Education Office

  • Liaison for graduate students, faculty, and staff
  • Communicate Graduate Education policy and process updates
  • Graduate Education general office coordination

Jennifer Gilles
424 Darland
218-726-6676
jrgilles@d.umn.edu

Administrative Director

  • Fiscal management, human resources, HRMS, and payroll administration for SPA, VCAA, Civic Engagement, Office of International Education, UMD Graduate School, Honors Program, Financial Aid, Registrar, Students in Transition, and Admissions.

Shannon Godsey
218-726-8201
sgodsey@d.umn.edu

Director of Student Learning Assessment

  • Coordinator of campus-wide assessment activities
  • Resource for student learning assessment
  • Accreditation Liaison to the Higher Learning Commission

Karen Hansen
410 Darland
218-726-6993
khansen2@d.umn.edu

Accountant
Assist in oversight of financial functions for the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and various units that report to this office including:

  • Budgeting
  • Purchasing
  • Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable
  • Student Payroll
  • Reimbursements

Gail Kehoe
410 Darland
218-726-7579
gkehoe@d.umn.edu

Room Scheduling

  • Inventory UMD space
  • Assist Space Coordinator with MFM analyses, room assignments, etc.
  • Maintain UMD space files

Mary Keenan
403 Darland
218-726-7009
mkennan@d.umn.edu

Director
Strategic Enrollment Management
http://www.d.umn.edu/vcaa/sem/

Linda Kinnear
426 Darland
218-726-8732
lkinnear@d.umn.edu

Academic Human Resources

  • Academic search and hiring
  • UEA contract interpretations, negotiations, administration, and grievances
  • Faculty, P&A and Grad Assistant HR/payroll policy and procedure development, interpretations, and administration
  • HRMS key contact
  • ESUP HR campus project lead

Lisa Klassen
420 Darland
218-726-7855
lklassen@d.umn.edu

Principal Accounts Specialist

  • Reconciliation for Financial Aid and Students in Transition
  • Payroll/Pay Entry, Timesheet verification
  • Hiring paperwork for student employees
  • On-line I-9 verifications

Tracy Priley
410 Darland
218-726-7538
tpriley@d.umn.edu

Personnel Document Analyst

  • Academic payroll entry and corrections
  • Vacation/sick entry

Maria Rinne
426A Darland
218-726-8545
mrinne@d.umn.edu

Administrative Professional

  • Academic HR
  • HRMS backup
  • Delegations of Authority

Rebecca Teasley
218-726-6433
rteasley@d.umn.edu

Faculty Fellow for Space Utilization

  • Coordination, planning, and assigning of short and long-term space needs on the UMD campus as well as off campus areas
  • Identification and analysis of space needs in coordination with the Minnesota Facilities Model (MFM)
  • Interfacing with space users to determine needs (space and renovation;
  • Coordinating renovation needs with Facilities Management

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