Owensboro Community & Technical College announced the hiring of two Dean of Academic Affairs positions Wednesday.
After conducting a nationwide search that resulted in a very qualified pool of applicants, OCTC selected Stacy Edds-Ellis and Marc Maltby, who both held the positions on an interim basis for more than a year while the college restructured several departments to gain a more student-centered focus. They will join Chief Academic Officer Dr. Veena Sallan in the Office of Academic Affairs.
OCTC’s Dean of Academic Affairs positions provide leadership for the college’s two academic divisions and their associated departments, including on-campus, off-campus, and extended campus programs; library services, academic student support services; and the alternative delivery of courses.
These positions are responsible for regional and program accreditation as well as the development, preparation, and evaluation of all curriculum and programs within the divisions. Included in their duties are the scheduling of classes, implementation of student success and institutional effectiveness measures, facilitation of various grants, and the development of comprehensive plans for academic growth in support of OCTC’s mission and vision.
Edds-Ellis has been at OCTC since 2002, when she started her career building the Discover College program. She became the Director of OCTC’s first Title III Strengthening Institutions grant in 2006, and served as an Associate Dean of Academic Affairs in 2010, spearheading the college’s regional accreditation efforts. In her new role as Dean, she continues to lead the OCTC Discover College program in addition to the Division of Professional and Technical Studies’ Departments of Manufacturing and Skilled Trades; Business, Health, and Public Service; and Nursing.
Maltby has been at OCTC since 1988, beginning his career as a faculty member teaching History. Maltby became a Division Chair in 2000, leading the Social Sciences, Business and Public Services Division. In 2011, he was promoted to Associate Dean of that division. In 2016, he was named Interim Academic Dean of the Division of Arts and Sciences. In his new role, he oversees the Department of Humanities and Fine Arts and Department of Math, Natural and Social Sciences, and will lead OCTC’s regional accreditation process.
