Senior Officers | Chancellor's Office Staff

Virginia Adams

The dean of the School of Nursing is responsible for administrative functions of the school, consistent with university policies and procedures, and reports to the provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs.

The dean is responsible for personnel and budget and functions as a contributing member of the school, the university, the community and the profession. The dean serves at the pleasure of the provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs with an initial appointment for five years.

Responsibilities:

• Maintains authority and responsibility for development and administration of the School of Nursing.
• Makes recommendations for development for the School of Nursing to the provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs.
• Initiates, recommends, implements and evaluates policies and procedures of the School of Nursing
• Makes recommendations to the provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs for faculty salaries and all matters relating to appointment, reappointment, promotion and tenure
• Submits budgetary requests and administers budgeted allocations
• Approves clinical agency agreements
• Promotes the image of School of Nursing
• Chairs the School of Nursing faculty organization
• Maintains responsibilities for accreditation/approval process for the nursing program
• Provides for the periodic evaluation of the program, faculty and staff
• Implements the Standards, North Carolina Board of Nursing
• Approves student-related functions within the school
• Provides for the development, implementation and evaluation of the curriculum, including learning resources
• Maintains final authority for admission of students, upon recommendation by the faculty
• Serves as liaison between the School of Nursing, communities and professional organizations.

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