Brad Baumgardner Email & Phone Number

Union City, Tn, Us

Martin, Tn

• Supervise and lead a team of seven full time student success professionals and one full time administrative assistant.• Oversee the administration of all FYE courses on campus, including budgets, curricular development, hiring of over forty instructors and eighty student leaders, and the coordination of Welcome Weekend orientation events.• Oversee the administration of STEM lab and supplemental instruction tutoring efforts including budgets, the hire of over thirty student peer educators and construction and administration of a training program for all student peer educators.• Creation of new technology tools and reports to accurately reflect retention trends• Developed, funded, and hired two new positions – Student Services Coordinator and Assistant Director of First Year Experience• Named QEP Director within first year of hire• In partnership with the Provost’s office, developed UTM’s first advising and placement guide for use during summer onboarding• Service on the SACSCOC reaccreditation team (2022-2023)• Lead writer on successful Title III grant (1.5 million over five years)• Within first 2.5 years of hire, increased first-time full-time retention by 7 full percentage points, representing the highest recorded retention rate in the institution’s history and the single greatest 3 year growth rate.• Within first 2.5 years of hire, increased overall undergraduate retention by over 4 percentage points.• Secured new recurring funding of $275,000 annually in support of supplemental instruction and tutoring, allowing equitable pay structures for student tutors and expansion of the program in terms of coverage, subject matter, and in-person tutoring availability at satellite campus locations.

• Supervise and lead a team of eight full time academic advisors and one full time secretary• Maintain budget and allocate resources• Service on College Curriculum Committee• Oversaw rollout and implementation of the DegreeWorks platform for advising in the College of Liberal Arts• Verify approved coursework for students receiving VA benefits and CPoS concerns• Developed and implemented procedures and practices that doubled the four year graduation rate for the College of Liberal Arts with a growth of 115%• Serve on leadership and steering committees to develop advising policies and assess advising technology and resources for campus wide implementation• Service on five-member CLA Crisis Response team to address challenges faced by the College of Liberal Arts and MTSU since March 2020• Increased retention to a college wide record of 87.1% during the Fall 19 to Fall 20 period during the pandemic.

• Principle advisor for all music majors – tripling the four year graduation rate for music majors in under five years with a growth of 200.4%, with overall music retention eclipsing 90% twice• Coordinator of orientation and registration procedures for music students• Collaboration with multiple faculty groups including curriculum, scholarship, and long term planning committees.• Developed revised data tracking and audition procedures that resulted in a gain of 12.5% in overall retention after implementation and a 20% gain in retention of first time freshmen• Designed and implemented a campus wide TN Lottery Scholarship retention campaign to assist first time freshmen at risk of losing state lottery funding

• Undergraduate Courses Taught – Introduction to Music, Music Theory and Aural Skills II• Graduate Courses Taught – Music and Revolution, Masters in Liberal Arts Capstone Project, Music Theory Pedagogy• Courses Developed – Music and Revolution (graduate music history course), Music Theory Pedagogy (taught as a component of the MME program)

At KCKCC I taught Introduction to Music Business and instituted a guest lecture program that brought industry professionals to campus for special events.

Kansas City, Mo

I managed all customer accounts including billing and monthly statements, managed the instrument rental program, and assisted customers.

Olathe, Kansas

At MNU I taught Music Theory III and IV, Applied Clarinet, Jazz Band, Woodwind Techniques, and Woodwind Studio Class.

Louisville, Ky

As an adjunct professor I taught a two semester sequence of Ensemble Scoring.As a program assistant I aided the department of bands by maintaining multiple databases, managing multiple accounts, administering our honors and summer programs, aiding in recruiting efforts, and managing enrollment and logistics for our athletic bands.

Dma, Music Composition

Activities and Societies: Graduate Teaching Assistant Artistic Director of Musica Nova Co-Founder of the Digital Honkbox Revival

Mm, Music Composition

Activities and Societies: Co-Founder U of L Improv Ensemble

Ba, Music