Cara M. Macaluso, Ed.D. Email & Phone Number

I form a coaching alliance with clients to create a thought-provoking process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential, facilitate the creation and development of personal, professional or business goals, and to develop and carry out a strategy and plan for achieving those goals.

New Brunswick, NJ, US

• Oversee the day-to-day management of the program review process of Religious Life.
• Conduct benchmark research on religious, secular, spiritual programs at peer and aspirant institutions.
• Oversee the internal program review process.
• Provide logistical support for the external program review process.

New Brunswick, NJ, US

• Lead administrative activities and direct office operations and both internal and external communication for the Division of Undergraduate Academic Affairs and the Office of the Vice Chancellor.
• Manage division-wide communication and conduct high-level employment searches.
• Develop and implement a professional development program for division staff. Workshops topics included pre-college programs, initiatives for first-gen students, undocumented students, active learning, and fundraising.
• Administrate faculty enrichment grants to support curricular activities, retention efforts, and faculty-led initiatives. Program provided approximately $80,000 per year to 100 professors across the curriculum and.
• Coordinate programming for the Office of the Vice Chancellor including lecture series, workshops, seminars, and forums. Speakers including Donna Brazile, Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum, and Dr. John Villasenor.
• Administrate Phi Beta Kappa Alpha Chapter of NJ including student selection criteria, selection of Visiting Scholar, initiation ceremony, development of a new student organization, and coordination with national office.

New Brunswick, NJ, US

• Marketed, administrated budget, and chaired faculty committee for Educational Enrichment classroom grants with yearly budget between $100,000 and $210,000. Well-over 120 professors and 5,000 students across the.
• Collaborated with five senior faculty members to develop thematic campus programming and initiatives to enrich experience of undergraduate students with annual budget between $200,000 and $250,000. Campus programing.
• Provided workshops on first-year students and programmatic and logistical support for the Byrne Seminar program, a one-credit, faculty-taught seminar program for first-year students (2007-2011)
• Collaborated for development of the Darien Learning Community: Citizenship and Civic Engagement (launched fall 2012) and bi-yearly lecture. Funded but a gift, this non-residential learning community focused on youth.
• Served as project manager for the University-wide effort to launch utilization of ePortfolios for undergraduate students. PI for FIPSE Making Connections Grant (2009-2010) and FIPSE Connect 2 Learning Grant (2011.

New Brunswick, NJ, US

• Responsible for daily operations of student center
• Scheduled, planned, and coordinated events at Douglass College Center and Voorhees Chapel
• Supervised Information Desk, College Center Catering, Setup Crew, and Building Managers including hiring, training, writing manuals, and conducting performance appraisals
• Conducted inventory and ordered furniture and equipment
• Developed and implemented strategic marketing plan
• Coordinated vendor fundraising program

Ed.D., Social And Philosophical Foundations Of Education

Ed.M., Adult And Continuing Education

B.A., American Studies, Women'S Studies