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Work with stakeholders to establish and maintain a long-term vision for the department that is consistent with the departmental, academic division, and university missions. Serve as a liaison between the department and other units of the institution. Ensure departmental compliance with University, System, and State rules and regulations. Oversee curriculum development and revisions for undergraduate and graduate programs. Also, review and assess academic programs offered by the department. Initiate new academic programs and projects when appropriate. Manage course schedules that serve programs and student needs. Manage course registrations and instructor assignments. Oversee the department's fiscal operations; develop and regularly monitor the department budget. Review department information published in the university catalog. Recruit, appoint, and supervise faculty and administrative staff. Evaluate faculty and staff performance. Support and oversee the overall development of the department faculty and staff. Support student success working in coordination with the Deanship of Student Affairs. Participate in research and scholarly activities in the discipline. Participate in community service activities as appropriate.

Courses: Marketing Principles, Digital Marketing, Management and Leadership Principles; Entrepreneurship; Strategic Planning; Project ManagementTeaching undergraduate students in business and entrepreneurship. Developing and managing the class syllabus and ensuring that the syllabus meets department and college standards. Planning and creating lectures, in-class discussions, and assignments. Grading assigned papers, quizzes, and exams. Assessing grades for students based on participation, performance in class, assignments, and examinations. Reporting student learning outcomes, class reviews, and analyzing student data to ensure assessment process. Collaborating with colleagues on course curriculum. Advising students on how to be successful in class and Campus.

Oversees the academic/programmatic components of the program. Review course evaluations for the specific offerings of the program for the purpose of curriculum development and maintaining quality standards. Assures that curriculum development and other planning for the program takes into consideration current policy and/or anticipated changes. Responsible for facilitating appropriate accreditation of the program and evaluation of the success of the program. Looks for opportunities to foster professional growth and development of faculty and staff members within the program. Monitoring and evaluating faculty and staff performance and advises the Chair Department in formulating recommendations for faculty and staff hiring, merit, equity, promotion, tenure, and termination.

Supervise the Project Success operation and implementation in Main Campus and additional sites. Coordinate with ECMC the logistics and compliance of Project Success in UAGM Gurabo.

Manage the Universidad Ana G. Méndez, Gurabo Campus-wide Retention Management System and Institutional Retention Model. Supervise and manage the annual budget assigned to the office. Collect, analyze, and report student persistence/learning/satisfaction data and compare it to internal benchmarks and national/peer institution data. Maintain individual statistical data, creating weekly, monthly, semester, and annual reports. Analyze the entering class and identify students who are potentially “at risk”. Supervise the academic advising with “at risk” students prior to enrollment. Develop and implement means of determining the current needs of students at risk for dropping out. This includes the development and implementation of a retention plan and programs to meet identified risks. Coordinate retention programs and services with offices, schools, campus sites, faculty and personnel, including data collection, analysis, and reporting. Identify priorities, strategic goals, and action plans to enhance student progress to degree completion. Identify campus policies and procedures that lead or contribute to attrition.

Design, implement and manage the Universidad Ana G. Méndez, Gurabo Campus-wide Retention Management System. Supervise and manage the annual budget assigned to Office of Student Retention. Collect, analyze, and report student persistence/learning/satisfaction data and compare it to internal benchmarks and national/peer institution data. Maintain individual statistical data, creating weekly, monthly, semester, and annual reports. Analyze the entering class and identify students who are potentially “at risk”. Communicate with “at risk” students prior to enrollment, insuring that they are aware of available student services and academic support services. Develop and implement means of determining the current needs of students at risk for dropping out. This includes the development and implementation of a retention plan and programs to meet identified risks. Coordinate retention programs and services with offices, schools, campus sites, faculty and personnel, including data collection, analysis, and reporting. Identify priorities, strategic goals, and action plans to enhance student progress to degree completion. Identify campus policies and procedures that lead or contribute to attrition.

Supervise Title V project staff members and work in coordination with Deanship of Academic Affairs, School of Engineering and School of Natural Science and Technology to leverage project's work. Manage project budget according to United States Department of Education (USDE) general administrative regulations and UAGM policies and procedures. This includes: predictive budget analysis, efficient resource allocations, and balancing all projects within scope of activities. Develop, implement, and manage internal, project processes to ensure compliance with relevant College and grant-related rules and regulations. (i.e., eligibility, purchasing, equipment inventory, closing documents, and external contract vendors). Convene strategic planning sessions with departments across the institution such as Academic Affairs and STEM+H Schools to implement persistence, transfer, and completion activities. Manage and facilitate project scope for consultants on the expansion of technology in collaboration with faculty, IT department, and administration. Work with Academic Affairs and HR to hire additional staff, increase wrap around services for all students and increase academic resources. Work with Gurabo campus to scale up instructional support. Work with all internal offices and external partners as necessary to ensure compliance with grant requirements. Work with grant accountant to ensure financial compliance and budget monitoring. Accurately track all grant purchased equipment. Maintain all grant records to the standard of being audit ready. Work with external evaluator, share results with staff and supervisor, and respond to recommendations for improvement.

Plan, organize and coordinate the institutional processes that impact student service units. Development of activities to promote student integration into the campus social and academic system and creating an environment that promotes community well-being. Ensure compliance with federal and state procedures and regulations that govern service offices and financial assistance programs. Supervise institutional enrollment management processes, including aspects of marketing, recruitment, admission, and enrollment.

Supervise and manage the annual budget assigned to office. Coordinate retention programs and services with offices, schools, campus sites, faculty and personnel, including data collection, analysis, and reporting. Identify priorities, strategic goals, and action plans to enhance student progress to degree completion. Identify campus policies and procedures that lead or contribute to attrition.

Manage, along side the PD, a $2.6 million budget assigned to the TV project. Direct planning, budgeting, vendor selection, analyzing data to create new operation process and quality assurance efforts. Recommend process and system improvements. Supervise the work of more than 40 team members, offering constructive feedback on their work performance. Implement a set of comprehensive tracking processes to monitor project performance. Collaborate with the Assistant Vicechancellor of Student Retention and Academic Success to increase in 2% to 5% the retention of client.

Advice students to help them to develop their academic planning efficiently, achieving a maximization of resources. Certify that students meet the prerequisites of their curricula. Identify the problems that might confront the students in the following areas: academics, economics, personals, psychology, health, reasonable accommodation and employment. Inform students with the educational resources and support services available at the institution. Provide academic monitoring and direct contact with students via phone, email and social networks. Evaluate students that are candidates for graduation. Realize academics assessments of students and presenting progress reports.

Responsible for recruitment and supervision of the human resources in the Center. In charge of event coordination and extraordinary activities for the better academic achievement of students. Serve as a link between participating students and colleges.

Responsible for data entry into the SUAGM intelligent system. Analyze and totalize data for the preparation of statistical reports. Study and redact the findings of the results in order to measure and comprehend the effectiveness of the services given to the high risk courses and the students participating in the Supplemental Instruction Center.

Provide mentoring services to students in the area of ​​basic management accounting, mathematics, business administration, statistics and quantitative methods. Approval of 70% of the students served.

Courses: Business Creativity; Strategic Management; Human Relations in Trade; Labor Relations; Business Ethics; Management and Leadership Principles; EntrepreneurshipTeaching undergraduate students in business and entrepreneurship. Developing and managing the class syllabus and ensuring that the syllabus meets department and college standards. Planning and creating lectures, in-class discussions, and assignments. Grading assigned papers, quizzes, and exams. Assessing grades for students based on participation, performance in class, assignments, and examinations. Reporting student learning outcomes, class reviews, and analyzing student data to ensure assessment process. Collaborating with colleagues on course curriculum. Advising students on how to be successful in class and Campus.

Review the design and instruction of distance courses in business administration. Specifically: Policies and Management Strategies and Management Sciences.

Develop and design attractive strategies and events that satisfies the customer needs. In addition to, I coordinate the strategic promotional content to promote and positioning the enterprise in social media networks. Make decisions in difficult situations. Monitor compliance of the company in the court area. Conflict resolution in order to meet customer needs.

Design strategies based on four P’s for the family business marketing. Offer consultancy about the virtual promotional effectiveness and accessed by the target market of the business. Once the strategies were implemented, sales increased 60%.