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Dean of Students, CSAO
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Chris Carlson is listed as Dean of Students, CSAO at Gordon College, based in Greater Boston, United States. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Chris Carlson.
Chris Carlson previously worked as Director of the A. J. Gordon Scholars Program at Gordon College and Dean of Student Success at Gordon College. Chris Carlson holds M.S., Human Development Counseling And Family Studies, College Student Personnel from University Of Rhode Island.
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Chris Carlson is a Dean of Students, CSAO at Gordon College. Colleagues describe them as "Chris was the best boss I ever had. He was always incredibly supportive of those who worked for him and was fantastic at challenging and pushing the group to be the best version of themselves. Three things about his leadership always stood out to me: 1. His fierce commitment to our mission. No matter what was going on within our organization, Chris was always focused on creating the best learning environment for our students. 2. His ability to understand the strengths and weaknesses of those who work for him and put them in a position to succeed. Individuals always do their best work under Chris because of his ability to align projects to peoples abilities 3. His program management expertise. Chris always did a remarkable job managing cross functional teams on major college wide initiatives with ease. He did a phenomenal job bringing individuals together to accomplish complex goals. Chris is a fantastic administrator who would be an asset to any organization. " and "Chris is a strategic thinker, thoughtful mentor, and faithful leader who knows how to ask the right questions in order to bring about the best results. He is rarely satisfied with the status quo, and always looking to gently push his colleagues and the students he leads toward excellence. In our four years of working together at Gordon College, Chris modeled humble leadership and added immense value to every project of which he was a part. I value Chris not only for his professional skills, but also for his good humor, genuine interest in knowing others holistically, steady demeanor, and wise counsel. He is unwavering in his commitment to championing students and helping them grow into their strengths. Any institution or organization would benefit greatly by having Chris on their team. "
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Dean Of Students, Csao
CurrentSenior Student Affairs Officer shaping student campus experiences and chief advocate for holistic student success in residence and community life, First Year Experience, academic advising and transitions, outdoor education and leadership, campus and local community engagement, student activities, governance and organizations, multicultural and international student programs, campus police, campus recreation and facilities, counseling, health and wellness programs, student discipline, and campus partnerships that frame the College’s goals for formational faith, learning, and living outcomes. Joined by 45 full and part-time professionals and 200 student employees that help each new and continuing student feel welcome, and achieve a sense of belonging so they can engage campus and off-campus experiences that lead to personal and professional thriving and success for their first work after college.
Sep 2023 - Present
Director Of The A. J. Gordon Scholars Program
CurrentCultivated emerging leaders and scholars through this selective, integrated, cohort program exploring each student's personal and professional discovery of and commitment to strengths, curiosity, learning, leading and faith across their College experience. Recruit and inspire two-dozen scholars each year while sustaining four-year programming across all cohorts totaling 80 scholars.
Jan 2002 - Present
Dean Of Student Success
Creatively developed and sustained campus-wide emphasis on First Year Experience and Second Year success through Orientation, second-year pre-professional initiatives, and extending the impact of Academic Advising with faculty and campus departments and programs. Designed and launched the College's co-curricular Experience Transcript and co-developed a mobile-friendly data platform to deliver it, and an experiential learning lab for students to apply their academic imagination to build marketplace skills. Grew and sustained critical partnerships for student success in academic delivery, early success initiatives, career development, multicultural affairs, honors programs, student engagement, and recruiting, enrollment, retention and persistence.
Jul 2016 - Aug 2023
Lead Partner And Chief Imagineer, Goco Tech Lab
Lead Partner and (unofficial) Chief Imagineer for GoCo Tech Lab application development team extending the user experience for Gordon 360 - our mobile, daily campus engagement app designed and built by students for the 2,000 students, faculty and staff at the College. Chief champion for the user experience in platform development and in coaching emerging developers, systems managers, and user support specialists in a agile team format.
Mar 2016 - Aug 2023
Dean Of Student Engagement
Guided strategic cross-departmental development in First Year Experience programs and Academic Advising linking student success from the Admissions application point into and through the student’s first year. Led student engagement staff, programs, and initiatives in campus activities, recreation, fitness and wellness, student governance and clubs and organizations, including student leadership development programming and annual conference. Directly supervised 3 full-time and two part-time staff, and over 100 student employees and student leaders. Served actively on the Enrollment and Persistence Council, the Student Life Dean’s Council, and the President’s Administrative Council.
Jul 2011 - Jun 2016
Associate Dean Of Students For Student Life
Accelerated development in campus activities, orientation and first-year experience, campus recreation, and fitness and wellness programs; and coached and developed student governance leadership, clubs and organizations administration; and the annual student leadership development conference. Formalized the College’s Deciding major program for academic advising and concentrated on initiatives for successful college transitions across a student’s college journey.
Jul 2002 - Jun 2011
Fitness Director
Gordon College
Conceived, developed, and sustained a campus fitness and wellness program and facilities to promote and deliver individually-oriented wellness habits and practices to hundreds of students, faculty, staff and alumni. Annually selected, trained and coached dozens of highly-motivated student Fitness Instructors to teach and encourage safe, healthy fitness techniques and habits of personal wellness.
Aug 1992 - Jul 2002
Assistant Dean Of Students
Gordon College
Pioneered a new role linking critical components of developing student physical, social, and professional success in campus activities, recreation, fitness and wellness, leadership development, student governance and their 50 clubs, activities and organizations. Developed sustainable partnerships with athletics, spiritual formation programs, faculty, Admissions, academic support and key student services.
Aug 2001 - Jun 2002
Director Of Campus Activities And Recreation Programs
Gordon College
Broadened the impact of student activities and campus recreation in student co-curricular experience, leadership, and governance. Supervised the College athletics and recreation facility with 4 professional staff andover 150 student employees in 6 program areas, and achieved over 85,000 annual campus recreation visits, hundreds of athletics team and competition visits, and hundreds of alumni and contract uses generating 50% of annual operations revenue through $100,000 of facility contracts.
Jul 1997 - Jul 2001
Assistant Director Of The Bennett Center
Launched and developed all operations and fitness and recreation programs for the new 72,000 square foot Bennett Athletics and Recreation Center (1996); overseeing fitness and group-fitness, aquatics, recreation-intramural and alumni and campus member programs, facility scheduling, rentals and athletics logistics. Also served as Fitness Directorand as Director of the newly organized Recreation-Intramural program (Rec-IM).
Jul 1996 - Jul 1997
Resident Director
Responsible for overall Residence Life education programming, discipline and administration for two college residences with over 200 residents and 12 student resident advisors. Launched and developed the first Gordon College Fitness Center facility and program as Fitness Director supervising four student staff.
Aug 1992 - Jun 1996
Assistant Director, Admissions And Financial Aid
Administering financial aid awarding and adjustments, federal reporting, student loan program administration for half of the College enrollment, supervision of College Work Study and Perkins Loans programs; and, Admissions recruiting with territorial travel and regional College Fairs. Institute in Financial Aid Administration (College Board; 1991).
Oct 1990 - Jul 1992
Coordinator, Player And Coaches Development
Hamilton-Wenham Youth Soccer Association
Advancing the technical development of young players across their soccer experience in our town program takes a hundred volunteer coaches, and we support these coaches through ongoing orientation and training sessions, curriculum development specific to each age group, player evaluations, and advice, support and encouragement throughout each season. Good coaches inspire young players for a lifetime of confidence, accomplishment and teamwork.
Apr 2008 - Jul 2018
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Chris Carlson education
M.S., Human Development Counseling And Family Studies, College Student Personnel
B.A., Psychology
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Chris Carlson is based in Greater Boston, United States while working with Gordon College.
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Chris Carlson has worked for Gordon College and Hamilton-Wenham Youth Soccer Association.
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Chris Carlson holds M.S., Human Development Counseling And Family Studies, College Student Personnel from University Of Rhode Island.
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