Dean, College of Nursing

Witt Kiefferis proud to partner with SUNY Upstate Medical University (SUNY Upstate) in their search for a visionary and strategic dean of its College of Nursing (CON). SUNY Upstate is extending the search that was launched earlier this year and encouraging new applications.

SUNY Upstate Medical University seeks an innovative leader committed to promoting and fostering excellence in teaching, research, professional practice, and service as its next Dean of the College of Nursing. This is an opportunity for a creative academic leader to build on the current success of the College and its faculty and take it to the next level of its development as a national leader in nursing education.

SUNY Upstate, located in Syracuse, is the only academic medical center in Central New York. It is also the region's largest employer with more than 13,000 employees. SUNY Upstate is anchored by its four colleges—Graduate Studies (biomedical sciences), Health Professions, Medicine, and Nursing. Since 2006, student enrollment has grown by 16.4% as Upstate responds to the health care needs of the region and its biomedical research enterprise focuses on the most prevalent human diseases.

The Upstate University Health System serves 1.8 million people per year.

This is an exciting time for SUNY Upstate's College of Nursing to continue building programs that prepare for the future of nursing and health care where technology and new teaching methodologies are changing the landscape of higher education. The Dean will play a pivotal role in advancing a compelling vision that will define what it means to be a forward-thinking college of nursing and address the critical needs of the profession.

The Dean will capitalize on opportunities for interdisciplinary and interprofessional programs and research within the university, while working to address the state's health care needs, including health care disparities and their negative impact, including the unique needs of a rural population.

Minimum requirements include an earned doctoral degree (such as a Ph.D., Ed.D., D.N.P., or D.N.Sc.), experience with conducting and supporting academic research and scholarship, prior leadership experience gained within an academic setting at the bachelor and graduate levels, and credentials that merit appointment as a tenured full Professor in the College.

The new Dean must be able to foster collaborative partnerships with other colleges within SUNY Upstate, the SUNY Upstate clinical enterprise, other programs of nursing, other institutions of higher education, and health care organizations. The Dean must have a record that indicates the ability to grow the scholarship and research success of the College and demonstrated ability to generate financial support to achieve the goals of the College through engagement with donors, alumni, and the community.

SUNY Upstate Medical University is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status or disability or other protected classes under State and Federal law.