Mark Schaub, Dean

Office Address: 224 Lake Ontario Hall
Phone: (616) 331-8655
Email: [email protected]

Distribution of Duties:

• Brooks College Appointing Officer
• Strategic Planning and Implementation for College
• Oversight of and Support for College Programs
• University-Wide Interdisciplinary Initiatives
• Institutional Review Board (IRB) Approvals for Brooks Faculty
• Grant review and applications
• GVSU Budget Review Group (BRG)
• University Personnel Review Committee (Deans' Representative)
• Leadership Council Chair
• Liaison with College Personnel Committee
• Faculty & Staff Evaluation
• International Risk Assessment Committee
• Budget: Requests, Planning, Allocation
• Development & Fundraising
• Alumni Relations
• College and University Committees
  • Member of Provost's Cabinet
  • Kutsche Office Advisory Council (Ex-Officio)
  • Padnos/Sarosik Center for Civil Discourse (PSCCD) Advisory Council (Ex-Officio)
  • Liaison to Sustainable Agriculture Project Advisory Board
• Brooks College Representative at Events
• Annual Report
• Workload Planning, Management, & Accountability

Melanie Shell-Weiss, Associate Dean

Office Address: 224 Lake Ontario Hall
Phone: (616) 331-8655
Email: [email protected]

Distribution of Duties:

• Inter-College & Unit Connections/Relations
• Facilities Management
• Liaison with Records for all Brooks curriculum changes and university initiatives
• Liaison with Supplemental Writing Skills Director and University Writing Skills Committee
• Strategic Planning data collection and analysis
• Self-Study and Assessment Review & Support
• Catalog Revision Support
• Digital Measures Support
• Faculty Qualification Assurance Review & Support
• Collect, present, and interpret quantitative and qualitative data to assist the College and its unit with decision-making and annual reporting
• Negotiating Contracts, Leaves, and MOUs (including joint appointments, FMLA, phased retirement, reassigned time, etc.)
• Inclusion Advocate
• Liaison with College Curriculum Committee
• Curricular liaison to dual enrollment, direct credit, and programs outside of Brooks College
• Faculty Development & Mentoring Programs
• Support Unit Head Development and New Faculty Development
• Coordinate new faculty hires within the College
• Brooks College Representative at Events
• Assist with Faculty & Staff Workload, Management, & Accountability

Kate VanDerKolk, Assistant Dean

Office Address: 224 Lake Ontario Hall

Phone: (616)331-8655

Email: [email protected]

Distribution of Duties:

• Student Success & Support: 
  • Liaison with Brooks College Advising and the Division of Graduate & Lifelong Learning to support new student advising, orientation, student recruitment and retention, and support to graduation. 
  • Liaison with the Brooks College Writing Center
  • Liaison with external partners including OMNi/Adult & Continuing Studies and OMNi Career Services
  • Student/Academic grievances
• Liaison with Records for Brooks College grading, registration issues, and university initiatives.
• Addressing student, faculty, and staff-related ADA requests.
• Late adds, permits, override support, and Incomplete grades
• First point of contact for unit heads and directors on Navigate student success and policy concerns/questions
• Coordination of Brooks College Alumni activities
• Lead on Marketing and Communication activity for Brooks College, including student recruitment and admissions activities, monthly newsletter, college website oversite, and social media coordination with Brooks units and programs

Noreen Savage, Administrative Assistant to the Dean

Office: 224 Lake Ontario Hall
Phone: (616) 331-8655
Email: [email protected]

Distribution of Duties:

• Budget
  • Oversee fiscal operations for Brooks College
  • Budget requests/tracking
  • Requisitions/approvals/transfers
• Personnel
  • Faculty/staff search process
  • Receive transcripts
  • Issue contracts/appointment letters
  • Support for personnel actions
  • Joint appointments
  • Sabbatical notices
  • FARS/FWP collection
  • Personnel issues
  • Submit College awards nominations
• Adjunct overload             
  • Issue part-time contracts
  • Facilitate borrow/lend forms
  • Provide adjunct projections
• Dean’s special projects
• Provide budget/financial administration support for the Padnos/Sarosik Center for Civil Discourse

Lynnette Keen, Office Assistant

Office: 224 Lake Ontario Hall
Phone: (616) 331-8655
Email: [email protected]

Distribution of Duties:

• Assistant to the Associate and Assistant Deans
• Dean's Calendar
• Associate Dean's Calendar
• Leadership Council Agenda, Minutes, & Support
• College event planning
• Supervise and hire Dean's Office student employees
• Processing and logging student registration-related and other forms requiring Deans’ signature and/or review:
  • Incomplete Grades, Grade Changes, Course Changes, Grad. Assistant forms, Faculty-Led Study Abroad forms, Continuing Ed. Stipends, Room reservations needing Dean's Signature, etc.
• Process travel and expense reports, key requests, requisitions, and other university forms for the College
• Assist with Faculty Governance nominations, elections, and communications
• Ensure smooth coordination/completion of high-quality clerical work for the office, which includes serving as a liaison between the Dean’s Office and the university
• Support shared governance committees within the college, including taking minutes for standing committees as needed
• Manage the College nomination process for faculty and staff awards
• Assist with clerical duties associated with faculty and staff searches
• Assist Deans with research/data collection to support college analytics, strategic planning, and reporting
• Assist with Brooks College strategic planning processes, assessments, accreditation, and related reports
• Assist with marketing and promoting Brooks College programs and events
• Support internal searches (Unit Head / Directors / Coordinators)
• Awards of Distinction GVSU faculty recruiting for Admissions
• Assist with FQA collection and processing
• Provide support for Supplemental Writing Skills Program, including tracking tasks and generating assessment reports
• Coordinate new faculty onboarding support and new employee processing
• Assist with Facilities planning
• Coordinator of Alumni Outreach
• Processing Forms / Logging in database:
  • Incomplete Grades, Grade Changes, Course Changes, T&Es, Grad. Assistant forms, Faculty-Led Study Abroad forms, Continuing Ed. Stipends, Room reservations needing Dean's Signature, etc.
• Coordinate College Admissions Recruiting Events
• Order supplies
• Concur administration and support for Brooks College

Maureen Strand, Office Coordinator (on leave)

Office: 224 Lake Ontario Hall
Phone: (616) 331-8655
Email: [email protected]