In a fast-emerging honors environment, the Director of Honors Academic Success identifies and leads a team that works in an innovative and strategic way to push forward ideas, innovation, execution and culture, driving Old Dominion University honors education to new heights using experiential learning, appreciative advising, and professional mentorship. The director is responsible for identifying, developing and executing the most effective strategies to reach and connect with the University’s key target audiences. The director serves as the honors college point of contact for student matriculation through honors curriculum, creation and marketing of co-curricular honors activities, and university wide partnerships that enhance Honors Students’ academic success (i.e. campus advisors, high impact practices committees, and various other university-wide collaborations). This position supervises a team of graduate and professional honors advisors and mentors, and co-curricular facilitators, and leads professional mentoring efforts of PHC faculty fellows.
The chief objective of this position is to develop, administer, and assess the Perry Honors College’s efforts in undergraduate advising, recruiting and academic support using the Appreciative Advising Framework.