Dr. Trushar Patel
Student Issues
- Managing academic and non-academic offences and assessing appeals
- Managing grade appeals
- Assessing exam accommodation requests
- Liaising with the Accessible Learning Centre and Counseling Services
- Resolving miscellaneous complaints
Faculty Issues
- Approving grades and tracking distributions
- Approving and tracking grade changes
- Consulting on teaching, assessment, and student discipline policies
- Consulting on miscellaneous classroom management concerns
Faculty Space Planning and Space Assignment/Renovation
- Short-term decisions regarding space needs (temporary hires/graduate students/visiting scholars, Risk and Safety Services issues)
- Medium-term decisions concerning departmental growth, and moves triggered by new buildings and the inevitable shuffle which follows
- Long-term planning and providing advice to the Dean regarding space planning for new additions, and new buildings
- Oversight of research equipment and related renovations, as well as interfacing with Office of Research Services
- Consideration of equipment purchases, and equipment placement, supplies to buildings, and in many cases, renovations to floor-plans
- Working with the Office of Research Services as new projects are developed
Internationalization
- Collaborating with the International Centre for Students in the development and execution of offshore recruitment strategies
- Development of Articulation and other agreements, including Study Abroad/Exchange programs
Outreach
- Oversight of and liaison with various outreach groups in the Faculty of Arts & Science (groups under ASPIRE umbrella)
- Providing guidance and direction to these groups in line with the university’s Strategic Plan in regards to outreach and community involvement
- Development of new initiatives
- Supervising outreach staff
Necho Approvals
- Act as Dean’s designate, where needed, for one-over-one signing authority for expenditures by faculty members, Chairs, Coordinators
Searches
- Representing the Dean at teaching, research, and interview sessions for academic candidates
Public Relations/Advancement
- Attending, and occasionally hosting, public events on behalf of the Faculty and the University
Professional Activities Reports and Salary, Tenure, and Promotion Tasks
- Assisting in the process for annual/biennial evaluation of faculty members, and in the management/operation of activities of STP Committees
Other Duties
- Miscellaneous duties assigned and undertaken as needed, for the efficient functioning of the Dean’s Office