Academic Affairs Office Staff
Dr. James Aageson
Division Chair for Arts and Humanities
Religion Professor
218.299.3425
aageson@cord.edu
Aageson oversees the departments of art, history, music, philosophy, religion, theatre art, women’s studies, political science and cultural events and music organizations’ programs.
Dr. Per Anderson
Division Chair for Global Education
Religion Professor
218.299.3932
anderson@cord.edu
Anderson oversees the global studies program and the Office of Global Education.
Dr. Cynthia Carver
Division Chair for Professional Programs and Communication Studies
CSTA Professor
218.299.3154
carver@cord.edu
Carver oversees the departments of business, accounting and economics, communication studies, family and nutrition sciences, international business, church professions, education, nursing, social work and graduate programs.
Dr. Mark Covey
Division Chair for Sciences and Mathematics
Psychology Professor
218.299.4213
covey@cord.edu
Covey oversees the departments of biology, chemistry, clinical laboratory science, earth science, environmental studies, major projects, health professions, mathematics and computer science, physics, psychology and sociology.
Dr. Gregg Muilenburg
Division Chair for Core and Academic Development
Philosophy Professor
218.299.3619
muilenbu@cord.edu
Muilenburg oversees the core curriculum, Credo program, faculty development and faculty and student scholarship.
Dr. Mary Rice
Division Chair for Language, Literature and Culture
Chair/Professor, Spanish and Hispanic Studies
218.299.3311
mrice@cord.edu
Rice oversees the departments of English, classical studies, German, Scandinavian studies, French and Russian, Spanish and academic advising.
Assistant to the Dean
218.299.3001
amundsen@cord.edu
Amundsen coordinates the day-to-day activities of the Office of Academic Affairs. She oversees Academic Affairs’ budgets, personnel issues, grants, events and works on a variety of special projects.
Pat Bastion
Administrative Assistant
218.299.4514
bastion@cord.edu
Bastion works directly with the dean to maintain his daily schedule, files and projects. She coordinates all faculty evaluation, promotion and tenure files and sabbatical information. She prepares materials for meetings with the board of regents, faculty senate and other committees as needed by the dean, maintains committee lists and various Academic Affairs calendars, and coordinates the dean’s list mailings and summer faculty mailings.
Laura Hoverson
Administrative Assistant
218.299.3257
lhoverso@cord.edu
Hoverson serves as the primary contact at the front desk and on the phone. She schedules meetings and provides administrative assistance to division chairs, Rebecca Amundsen and Bruce Vieweg. She maintains the Academic Affairs web pages and generates faculty Cobweb announcements. She also coordinates academic events such as fall workshop, Opening Convocation, Commencement and Honors Weekend.
Shanda Schmidt
Administrative Assistant
218.299.4344
sschmidt@cord.edu
Schmidt maintains the faculty database, processes all faculty contracts and assists with faculty searches and the hiring process. She maintains various budgets within academic affairs including faculty development, dean’s travel, centennial grants, summer study and degree completion grants. She also coordinates catalog changes, summer workshops and summer school pay requests and provides administrative assistance to Kay Schneider.
Kay Schneider
Director of Assessment and Institutional Research
218.299-4723
schneide@cord.edu
The Director of Assessment and Institutional Research coordinates assessment of the core curriculum and supports the departmental assessment process. The director is responsible for providing technical support in data analysis, analyzing institutional data, and reporting institutional information to internal and external constituencies.
Dean's Office Staff
