Elizabeth Reed Osika Email & Phone Number

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

As a member of the Office of Strategic Operations, I manage the development and execution of system-wide strategic projects initiated through the President’s Office.Primarily focusing on operational areas, projects in my portfolio have included: strategic hiring, program management and review, finance organizational structuring and processes, operational.

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

• As the second highest ranking academic official at Marian University, I direct academic operations and systems such as the Center for Teaching and Learning, Institutional Assessment Committee, University Library.
• Developed Management Program for high potential employees that became integral to overall Leadership Development Initiative by collaborating with other departments and subject matter experts, training presenters.
• Lowered personnel costs $125K+ per year by streamlining Academic Support Services to eliminate redundancies and leverage Integrated Support System.
• Slashed instruction costs and lowered reliance on adjunct instructors 16% while enhancing work life balance for faculty by equitably realigning division of labor: Launched system to document and monitor faculty.
• Authored and launched Academic Continuity Plan that enabled full transition to 100% online services in one weekend.
• Developed top talent by designing and leading Leadership and Management Development and Onboarding programs.

Indianapolis, Indiana

• In this role, I identified and mitigated the legal risk of non-compliance in online programs by establishing quality expectations and criteria, assessment reviews, and enforcing standards to ensure accountability.
• Rolled out a two semester Faculty Orientation and Onboarding Program that earned positive feedback from participants and demonstrated performance readiness as reported by supervisors.
• Exponentially improved satisfaction among users by rebranding Center as a learning partner for faculty, academic departments, and administration. End result: It now has the highest favorability ranking among campus.
• Successfully championed, engaged, and educated colleagues as well as high-level decision-makers in defining, promoting, and enforcing quality controls to achieve the organization's learning, enrollment, and business.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• During my time at Chicago State University, I was assigned two thirds of the time to administrative functions such as creating degrees, leading accreditation, and streamlining academic processes. Teaching.
• Played key role in administrative and process improvement initiatives in addition to teaching, mentoring, and evaluating students in courses such as Change Management, Fundamentals of Performance Improvement, and Data.
• Opened untapped markets for university by spearheading and creating online Master Science in Technology and Performance Improvement Studies.
• Led Library and Information Sciences Department in navigating international accreditation processes focused on program assessment, instructional quality, and institutional support. Team achieved first accreditation for.
• Effectively met needs of diverse stakeholders including faculty, unions, administrators, and vendors by transitioning university to an online portfolio system for promotion and tenure.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• I stepped into this interim role with a mandate to restructure operations in the Office of Distance Learning, the Center for Teaching Excellence, and the Learning Assistance Center. In addition to directing operations.
• Succeeded as a Change Manager by earning trust of executive decision-makers, including the university president, to implement sweeping changes to systems and processes.
• Navigated priorities while migrating campus to a new course management system within three weeks.
• Consolidated programs and slashed salary costs while increasing services to faculty and students by relocating and restructuring the Office of Distance Learning and the Center for Teaching Excellence.
• Ensured successful conversion to an online evaluation system by effectively negotiating an agreement with the union.

Ph.D, Educational Technology, Curriculum And Instruction

Master'S Degree, Instructional Technology

Master'S Degree, Labor And Industrial Relations / Human Resources

Bachelor'S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General