Dan Volchok Email & Phone Number

Boxford, Ma, Us

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Boston, Ma

Lecturer - M.Ed., Higher Education Administration Program Education Law, Policy and Finance Faculty, Curriculum and Academic Community Higher Education Law Retention and Enrollment Strategies The Landscape of Higher Education Lecturer - Ed.D., Higher Education Administration Concentration Financial Decision Making in Higher Education Global and Historical Perspectives in Higher Education Post-Secondary & Institutional Public Policy Strategic Management in Higher Education Dissertation Chair First reader and chair of the doctoral research committee for doctoral students.Lecturer - M.S., Global Studies Program Global Focus: Education and Technology Immigration and Legal Issues in International Higher Education

A newly created, strategically focused, University-level position designed to address the needs and services of undergraduate and graduate students across the University and globally. • Created the Office of Graduate Student Life, offering a centralized resource for students across graduate programs.• Established monthly Graduate Student Life meetings with representatives from all the colleges, fostering collaboration and communication.• Member of the Graduate Studies Council, governing graduate curriculum and program approval.• Served as advisor to the Graduate Student Government, facilitating their active participation in University governance and visibility with graduate students. • Collaborated with student affairs departments on assessment, programs, and projects.• Graduate student representative on the WeCare (Student Support Services) team, ensuring appropriate actions and services were provided.• Envisioned and created online, private social community (Husky Commons) to support students outside of Boston, engaging students and offering a connection back to the University.• Member of the Business Affairs Working Group responsible for the development of the global campus expansion.• Member of the initial development team for LearnX, a MOOC-like learning initiative.

Managed the provision of all academic and student services for the MBA, MSF, MSIB, and School of Technological Entrepreneurship programs. • Collaborated with the School’s academic planner and the University Registrar on course scheduling, faculty assignments, and registration, resulting in course scheduling optimization.• Provided support for the use of the Banner Student Information System. Explored the development of an enterprise-level advising and degree audit system.• Advised faculty and program directors on course concerns, curriculum coordination, and in-classroom issues. • Integrated the Entrepreneurship program from the College of Engineering to the School of Business, expanding business school offerings.• Managed, trained, and developed a team of program staff responsible for academic advising, academic progress, and graduation clearance.• Oversaw the orientation services for each academic program, resulting in a smooth student transition to the University.• Recognized as the School’s knowledge leader on student affairs, crisis management, and academic integrity issues.• Developed and coordinated International Field Study student trips to China, Russia, South America, Turkey/Greece, and India. • Created and led a business skills course for the full-time MBA program. • Academic representative to the Office of Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution Appeals Board.

Work with the team of consultants on a variety of projects and engagements with colleges and universities across the county in a variety of areas including:• Institutional Vision and Strategy• Strategic Organizational Leadership• Market and Program Analytics• Finance and Data Analytics• Institution-wide Policy Manual Development

Provide consulting services to higher education and technology clients on projects, including the exploration and evaluation of student portal systems, staff training programs, technology in student affairs, and online orientation services. Clients include: Encore Consulting Group, Fig Street Marketing Group, Mitchell College, Montclair State University, StudentOnline.com, the Western Cooperative for Educational Technology, Southern Connecticut State University, Northeastern University, and CollegiateLink.• Student Affairs Organizational Evaluations: Conducted external, independent reviews of the Residential Life program at Southern Connecticut State University and Northeastern University. Interviewed staff and evaluated the current organizational structure to recommend changes to the structure, reporting lines and staff assignments based on best practices and the needs of the organization.• CollegiateLink - Director of Education and Community Relations: CollegiateLink was a small higher education start-up company providing an online solution for co-curricular program management, student engagement, and assessment. Developed marketing programs, established relationships with professional associations, wrote journal articles, and worked with campus users.

Greater Boston Area

Responsible for the operation of the graduate school including Academic Affairs, Faculty Affairs, Student Services, Registrar’s Office, Admissions, and affiliated services. Provide direction on policies, procedures and training, and oversight to ensure that program directors, faculty, departmental administrators, and staff provide efficient, effective, and proper student/faculty-oriented service. • Supervise staff responsible for enrollment management, registration, academic program management, career services and major events (orientation, speakers, awards, commencement). • Member of the Executive Council, Programs & Faculty, Awards and Nominations Committees.• Manage all policy development and enforcement, including academic requirements and curriculum plans. • Adjudicate all academic issues include leaves of absence, classroom issues, thesis approval and academic dishonesty.• Facilitate new course and program development.• Manage the faculty appointment process.• Serve as the disability services and Title IX Officer.• Advise the Graduate Student Council and all student led clubs and organizations. • Serve on a variety of school and university wide committees including the Faculty Affairs Working Group, University Committee on Teaching and Faculty Development, Mental Health Task Force, Information Technology Executive Board, Commencement Committee, and the Student Policy Working Group.• Co-lead the school’s Anti-racism Working Group and a member of the Health Sciences Campus Bias Resource and Education Team. • Oversee all publications and marketing including the website, Catalog, Student Handbook, and individual academic program guides.• Collaborate with a variety of university-level offices/services including Office of Equal Opportunity, Provost Office, Health Services, Student Affairs, Career Services, Mental Health and Faculty Affairs.• Manage the graduation clearance process including thesis review and defenses.

The senior administrator responsible for most non-academic student services, including: Commencement, Community Service, Health and Counseling Services, First Year Student Experience, Judicial Affairs, Leadership Development, Residential Life, Student Activities, and Student Government.• Created the Diversity Education Resource Center and increased programming and awareness of multi-cultural issues on campus. Chair of the college-wide Diversity Committee.• Redesigned the New Student Orientation Program to include a greater emphasis on an academic orientation. Chair of the First Year Experience Committee.• Participated as a member of a number of College committees, including President’s Council, Faculty Development, Strategic Planning, Assessment, Commencement, and Orientation.• Increased collaboration between the Student Development division and the Academic Deans, Admissions Office, International Student Services, Athletics, and Office of Academic Support.• Managed the strategic planning initiative for the division and wrote the “Students” section for the NEASC accreditation self-study report.

Director of User Community RelationsServed in a variety of roles that supported students, faculty, and other users through the development of the Student Resource Center. Managed and marketed a number of programs, including the WebCT Institute Program and regional user groups. • Supervised the Exemplary Course Project which evaluated nearly 100 courses and selected a very few which exemplified the best in course design and pedagogical uses of online learning. • Consulted with faculty on course design, conversion of courses to an online format, and utilization of digital resources in online and hybrid courses.• Managed the $1.2 million annual user conference and lowered the net expense from $900,000 to $30,000 while increasing program offerings and attendee satisfaction.• Assisted higher education institutions in their use and growth of online education programs and the development of web-based student support and learning programs.• Wrote and developed the Student Resource Center, an online student service center providing academic and student support resources, utilized by campuses worldwide.

Edd, Higher Education Administration

Bachelor Of Business Administration (Bba), Business

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.)