JOHN NAURIGHT, Phd ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
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JOHN NAURIGHT, PhD 660 Toftrees Ave. Apt. 402 State College, PA 16803 Phone: 706-961-9759 Email: [email protected] ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS Dean, Stephen Poorman College of Business, Information Systems, and Human Services Lock Haven University (2019-present) Key Achievements • Increased graduate enrollment by 22% in a climate of overall enrollment contraction. • Secured successful refunding of Early Access Program (ACT 101) for 2019-20. $28,600. • Secured $10,000 funding gift to support launch of Cultural Heritage Management program and visit of Puy du Fou executives from France. • Increased our endowed scholarship funding by 9%. • Established educational partnership with Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club of the Premier League in England involving class projects, internships and creating of marketing strategies for the North American marketplace. • Established educational and research partnership with Preservation Pennsylvania for internships, jobs, consultancies and experiential learning for LHU cultural heritage management students. • Established partnership with Psynergy LLC in the area of mental health counselling to • Established a new Center for Criminal Justice Innovation and secured crime lab space and equipment for the Center for Fall 2020. • Established credit for prior learning program for criminal justice students completing Pennsylvania State Police Academy. • Secured membership for the College in AACSB. • Led in creation of new BS track in Cultural Heritage Management. • Led in creating a new Industrial Management BS track. • Led in developing collaborative online MBA tracks in partnership with AACSB accredited program at Bloomsburg University (begins Fall 2020). • Led in creation of a new MS track in International Sport Management. Established collaboration in research, teaching and innovation in international sport management and policy combining efforts of LHU new CISM with the Centre for Sport Management at Institute of Higher Economics including collaborative publishing of SportDiplom e- magazine/blog on contemporary sport policy and management issues. • Secured Police Academy credits for prior learning totaling one semester’s work for Criminal Justice students while ensuring students remained eligible for financial aid. • Developed plans for our Finance and Marketing Lab (construction Summer 2021). Fundraising $300,000 for the project; $50,000 committed to date. • Secured University funding for first year scholarships for Army ROTC three-year scholarship winners so all four years of tuition are funded for Army scholarship holders. • Directed the “Themed Environments and Regional Economic Development Summit including panelists from Puy du Fou in France, Kennywood Theme Park, Preservation Pennsylvania, and the PA Arts. 2 Key Leadership Responsibilities • Lead a multi-disciplinary College of 1,050 students and 62 faculty members and ten staff members across seven departments on our three campuses in two cities. College budgets total over $6 million per year. • Oversee operations of student services including: University Counseling; Library Services; Tutoring Program; TRIO; Early Access Program. • Member, Provost’s and President’s Councils. • Member, University Leadership Council. • Member, University Strategic Planning Oversight Committee. • Member, University Enrollment Council. • Member, University Minority Retention Committee. • Member, University Digital Transformation and Distance Education Working Group. • Member, ex-officio, University Curriculum Committee. • Member, Academic Affairs Assessment Council. • Member, University International Affairs Committee. • Member, University Facilities Planning Committee. • Member, University Task Force for Technology Transfer/Digital Transformation • Member, President’s Task Force on Mental Health. Working Group Report: Recommendations for Lock Haven University’s Campus Mental Health and Wellness Structure and Initiatives, submitted Feb. 27, 2020. • Member, University Task force on Campus Student Services. • Member, University Alternative Workload Leave Committee. • Member, Task force on Tenure and Promotion Reform. • Member, University COVID-19 Working Group on Faculty and Scheduling Flexibility. • Senior Administration Representative, University COVID-19 Working Group on Athletics. • Member, University Commencement Committee. • Coordinator, New Chair and New Faculty Orientations for the University. • Member, Environmental Studies Focus Group. • Advisory Board Member, University Educational Opportunity Program. • Chair, Dean’s Council of Chairs. • Director of the University’s New Department Chair Orientation Program. Innovation Focus: Cultural Heritage Management • Created BS degree track in Cultural Heritage Management enrolling in Fall 2020. It is the first program of its type in the region. • Internship program and capstone curriculum developed in partnership with Preservation Pennsylvania. • “Themed Environments and Regional Economic Development Summit including panelists from Puy du Fou in France, Kennywood Theme Park, Preservation Pennsylvania, and the PA Arts. Secured $10,000 funding gift to support launch of Cultural Heritage Management program and visit of Puy du Fou executives from France for the event. • Led feasibility study with faculty and students for potential Puy du Fou investment in Central Pennsylvania. • Partnering with Preservation Pennsylvania and Cumberland County Historical Society to preserve and create sustainable business plan for Mount Tabor African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Cedar St, Mt Holly Springs, PA. • Collaboration with National Museum of Industrial History, Bethlehem, PA to establish a National Training Center for Industrial Heritage encompassing a National Industrial Design Center and National Museum of Industrial History Storage and Curation facility. • Partnership for sustainable development of the historic site of Curtin Village at Eagle Ironworks, including student internships (Curtin Village was part of a large iron plantation operated by Roland Curtin and his family from 1810 to 1921. Today, the buildings and grounds are preserved to give visitors historical insights into life as it was in a company town in the 1800s) in collaboration with the local community, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Museum of Industrial History. • Created the first USA case utilizing the Ruritage Heritage Hub model. Ruritage is funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme, grant agreement #776465. 3 Department Chair & Professor (2016-2019) University of North Texas – Department of Kinesiology, Health Promotion and Recreation, College of Education Key Leadership Responsibilities As Chair • Led Academic Department with 25 full-time faculty lines; 6 support staff; 24 teaching fellow lines; 20 part-time faculty members. • Department served 1,500 majors, generating over 40,000 student credit hours a semester. 4 undergraduate degree programs: Kinesiology (Pre-Therapies; Physical Education Teacher Education; General; Health and Fitness Leadership); Public Health; Health Promotion; Recreation, Events and Sport Management; MS programs in Kinesiology and in Recreation, Event and Sport Management; Collaborative MS degree in Data Science (Sport Performance Analytics); Collaborative PhD programs in Biology (Exercise Science), Psychosocial Aspects of Exercise and Sport; Sport Pedagogy and Sport Administration; Health Services Research. • Managed budgets totaling $3.4 million per annum. • Managed a physical plant consisting of two research and instructional buildings and part of a third totaling 215,000 square feet, with sports courts and playing fields with total responsibility covering 385,000 square feet and $150 million in facility and equipment assets. • Oversight of CAEP reaccreditation for physical education teacher education program. • Collect, manage and report data on all departmental programs, faculty, students and operations. • Conduct annual performance reviews of all faculty and staff and manage faculty and staff affairs. • Manage departmental mentoring system and promotion, retention and reappointment of faculty. • Scheduling and staffing of all classes and facility use. • Led in departmental strategic plan development. • Chair faculty and faculty executive committee meetings. • Manage all departmental internal and external communication. • Led departmental fundraising, partnerships and community engagement development. • Represent the department at College of Education Executive Committee, University Chairs’ Council and the University Undergraduate and Graduate Curriculum Committees. Key Leadership Achievements • External fundraising initiatives increased scholarship endowment for Department by over 50%. • Increased Departmental research income from US$490,000 a year to over $1.5 million a year. • Led successful application to International Sports Medicine Federation (FIMS) and American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) for the first USA-based FIMS Collaborating Center Lab (FIMS official sports medicine federation linked to International Olympic Committee, four-year initial contract as the USA Center for FIMS 2017-2021). • Developed partnership with the Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre, UK to establish the Advanced Wellbeing Research Center USA working with Westfield Health; Canon Health; Sheffield Hallam University; City of Frisco, Texas; WellBeing 365 LLC (USA). • Increased graduate enrollment by 47% in master’s programs. • Developed new BBA and MBA concentrations in