Several student dean positions are vacant and waiting to be filled.

The deans work hand-in-hand with the administrative deans, and field all the concerns of students that have a major in that particular college.

“This is a great opportunity to develop leadership skills, and interact with the faculty,” said Nick Owens, student dean of the College of Sciences.

“You get to meet a lot of people and get involved in activities you may not have known about in the past.”

Jessica Catto, student vice president for academic affairs, said the positions are “very important.”

“We really need to get them filled,” she said. “I still need student deans for the College of Business, the College of Arts and Humanities, the College of Education, and the Graduate School.”

“In order to stay informed on all areas of study on this campus, I count on the student deans to report to me about what is going on in their individual colleges.”

“The student deans have a meeting with me once a week to discuss their individual progress and ask me any questions they can think of,” Catto said.

Reporting to Catto is just one of the prescribed duties for the office of student dean.

Aside from meeting with Catto, the student deans from the colleges meet with each other to discuss situations they each face.

They are also responsible for informing the students of their college about what is transpiring on campus academically.

“Student deans remain in contact with the administrative dean of their college on a regular basis, so they should be most well informed on what goes on,” Catto said.

The deans also serve as the head of the Student Advisory Council of their college, which is a group of students with majors in that college who come together and discuss changes and make comments about the way that college conducts itself.

“Anyone interested in these positions should pick up an application in the Student Activities Center on the second floor of the Union, fill it out and leave it in my mailbox.”