Dean Sanford Heimarck School of Health Professions

Concordia College seeks a dynamic Dean to provide visionary strategic, academic, and administrative leadership for the Sanford Heimarck School of Health Professions. The ideal candidate will inspire collaboration and advance the School’s vision and the mission of Concordia College. With recent enrollment growth and a compelling strategic vision and the mission set forth by President Colin Irvine, this is an exciting time to join Concordia College, a mission-driven and collaborative institution with a reputation for preparing exceptional leaders in health professions and related fields.

The Sanford Heimarck School of Health Professions is one of Concordia College’s three academic Schools, dedicated to preparing the next generation of health professionals, leaders, and change agents. Programs span Nursing, Social Work, Public Health, Healthcare Leadership, Exercise Science, Nutrition and Dietetics, Sociology, Clinical Laboratory Science, and multiple pre-health professions pathways. The School also houses the interdisciplinary Center for Population Health, which is poised for further development as a hub for applied research, community partnerships, and innovative programming in health equity and systems change.

Looking ahead, the School is deeply committed to simulation-based learning experiences and boasts a growing simulation program across all health professions programs; the School also aspires to explore the practical and ethical application of artificial intelligence in health professions practice and policy.

The School’s twenty full-time faculty, along with a wide network of highly qualified adjuncts and professional staff, bring together deep disciplinary expertise with significant professional experience. Together, they create a dynamic environment that integrates classroom and simulation-based instruction with clinical placements and internships, under a shared commitment to interprofessional, team-based learning. The director of pre-health professions also reports to the Dean of the School and works closely with students seeking admissions to health professions programming, such as medicine, physical therapy, occupational therapy, dentistry, etc.

Through a committed network of advisors, the College provides support for pre-health professions students, most of whom major in the School of Arts and Sciences or the School of Health Professions.

With a record of high licensure pass rates, strong graduate school placement, and outstanding employment outcomes, the School has earned a reputation for producing competent, compassionate professionals with strong leadership capacity ready to meet pressing health needs.

The 23,000 square foot Heimarck Center provides state-of-the-art teaching and simulation spaces designed for contemporary health education. The Heimarck Center, along with the newly renovated Integrated Science Center, are the key teaching and research spaces for the School of Health Professions.

Strong partnerships with regional healthcare systems and organizations ensure that students are exceptionally well prepared for professional roles or further study, while also providing fertile ground for community-engaged scholarship and collaboration.

The School is well-positioned for continued growth and innovation. The Dean will play a pivotal role in sustaining this momentum and leading the School into its next chapter of excellence.

Concordia College is a vibrant primarily undergraduate institution whose mission is to “influence the affairs of the world by sending into society thoughtful and informed men and women dedicated to the Christian life.” With 1913 undergraduate students, the College is committed to academic and inclusive excellence and holistic student development across all dimensions of campus life. The College is also committed to growth in graduate education with six master’s programs currently offered.

Undergraduate enrollment has experienced significant growth under the direction of President Colin Irvine’s strategic leadership, with the college experiencing its largest enrollment since 2018. Undergraduate students are significantly…