Director of the Eugene S. Pulliam Center for Contemporary Media
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Location: Greencastle, IN 46135
Description:
DePauw University is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer: Women, members of underrepresented groups, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Position will remain open until filled.
DePauw University is a top 50 nationally ranked private liberal arts university with a diverse student body of just over 1900 undergraduates from across the country and around the globe. Just over 19% of DePauw students are domestic students of color and 23% are international students. DePauw's mission, "developing leaders the world needs through an uncommon commitment to the liberal arts," is supported by our vision statement, relational and core values, and transcendent priorities. For more than 185 years, DePauw has created an atmosphere of intellectual challenge and campus engagement that prepares students for lifelong success. DePauw's ongoing commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging seeks to create an environment where all students thrive. DePauw is conveniently located in Greencastle, Indiana, approximately a 45-minute drive from the Indianapolis International Airport and a three hour drive from Chicago.
DePauw has produced an uncommon number of journalism leaders over the years and Indiana's oldest college newspaper, The DePauw, has been named the state's best college newspaper eight times by the Indiana Collegiate Press Association. WGRE Radio, which recently celebrated its 75th anniversary, has a long and distinguished history providing radio service to DePauw and west central Indiana. WGRE has been ranked by the Princeton Review in the top 10 campus radio stations and the station has been a finalist three times for the Crystal Award given by the National Association of Broadcasters. The Society of Professional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi, the largest professional journalism organization, was founded by students on the DePauw campus in 1909.
Opened in 1991, the Center for Contemporary Media has been a one-of-a-kind resource for college students seeking to gain experience in mass media. In April of 2000, the facility was renamed the Eugene S. Pulliam Center for Contemporary Media (Pulliam Center) in honor of a generous gift from the Pulliam Family, a prominent Indiana newspaper family. The Pulliam Center houses facilities for students and faculty to explore various methods of mass communication from a hands-on perspective. Highlights within the building include The DePauw, WGRE, D3TV and a studio dedicated to podcasting. All students, regardless of their major, are welcomed to be involved in any of the media organizations housed at the Pulliam Center and may use the facilities for personal or class projects.
Summary of Position
DePauw University seeks a full-time Director of the Pulliam Center, to start by summer 2025. The Director will help the University deepen the connection between its liberal arts education and contemporary media by ensuring that the Pulliam Center offers media literacy learning and experiential opportunities across traditional/legacy and new media platforms. These opportunities give students experience with analog and digital formats, and with interactive and asynchronous formats. The enhanced vision for the Pulliam Center is expected to align with the University's ambitious Bold and Gold 2027 strategic plan being implemented under the leadership of President Lori S. White. The plan builds on DePauw's historic strengths developing students to be leaders using the hallmarks of a liberal arts education and also showcases and enhances some of our academic areas including launching a School of Business and Leadership in fall 2023 and a Creative School in fall 2024. These new schools complement the long-standing strengths of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences where the Pulliam Center is housed. The center, like all our centers and schools, is charged with providing opportunities to students, faculty and staff across the entire University.
The Director of the Pulliam Center will be responsible for helping DePauw develop our future vision for one of the nation's finest experiential learning programs in media leadership and literacy within a liberal arts setting. They will build and cultivate programming, skills development, internships, student organizations, and alumni mentoring and networking for a broad diversity of students from multiple disciplines interested in complementing their studies with media, journalism, and marketing skills, insights and experiences.
The Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics states "public enlightenment is the forerunner of justice and the foundation of democracy." In keeping with that theme, in parallel with the work described above, the Director of the Pulliam Center will lead a collaborative process to develop a proposal for an enhanced Pulliam Center that will broaden its focus to leverage media to support civic discourse and engagement in ways that strengthen democracy. The successful director will be well-positioned for this part of the role and excited by the prospect of helping DePauw chart this new path as well as implementing the path after the proposal is approved, including collaborating with DePauw's Development and Alumni Engagement Division to secure the necessary resources.
In addition to helping DePauw develop and implement the future vision of the Pulliam Center, the Director, with support of the associate director, advisors to the media organizations, and the building engineer is responsible for the ongoing management of building operations.
Position Highlights
Qualifications
Candidates may come from diverse academic and/or non-academic backgrounds. Candidates will hold the Ph.D., other terminal degrees, or a M.A. degree with significant experience in areas such as journalism, media, marketing, government, non-profits, advocacy, public service, civic discourse or other areas where candidates can connect their experiences with the qualifications listed. With approval of the relevant academic area, candidates with appropriate academic credentials will also be considered for a part-time faculty appointment and may be expected to teach up to one course per semester. The ideal candidate will have the following qualifications:
Application Instructions
Applications should be submitted through Workday and must include: (1) a cover letter highlighting how the candidate is prepared to meet the multi-faceted requirements of the position and (2) a resume or CV.
In application materials, candidates should demonstrate a commitment to fostering and engaging with a diversity of ideas and experiences, in order to promote an inclusive environment at the Pulliam Center and at the University. Review of applications will begin January 24, 2025, and will continue until the position is filled. Questions may be directed to Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dr. Dave Berque, at [redacted] and to Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Dean of the Faculty, Dr. Bridget Gourley at [redacted].
We are proud to recognize the active participation of faculty and staff in adding to the heritage of building and supporting vibrant, intellectual and creative lives for students and for ourselves. Principles of collaboration, respect for each other, diversity, freedom of expression, accountability and service guide the daily decisions and interactions across campus.
DePauw University, in affirmation of its commitment to excellence, endeavors to provide equal opportunity for all individuals in its hiring, promotion, compensation and admission procedures. Institutional decisions regarding hiring, promotion, compensation and admission will be based upon a person's qualifications and/or performance without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age, gender, gender identity or gender expression, except where religion, gender, or national origin is a bona fide occupational qualification.
DePauw University's goals and commitments are best served if the institution reflects the diversity of our society; hence, DePauw seeks diversity in all areas and levels of employment and abides by all local, state, and federal regulations concerning equal employment opportunities. The University admits, hires and promotes individuals upon their qualities and merits.
Employee Benefits Overview
There are many benefits offered to DePauw Employees.
For full time benefits eligible employees these benefits include medical, dental and vision insurance. Basic Life insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) and Long Term Disability are paid for by DePauw University. Full time employees may elect to purchase additional voluntary life insurance for themselves and their dependents. Additional voluntary benefits, Tuition Remission and Exchange, as well as Relocation Allowance are also employee benefits. See the Benefits Hub.
All employees may participate in the retirement savings plan, as well as employee discounts and access to University resources.
At DePauw, we recognize that our employees need to balance work and home. Please refer to University Policies for Vacation Time, Personal Time (hourly) and Sick Time policies in the Employee Handbook for more information on these and other benefits. When you need support, the Cigna Employee Assistance benefit is available to all employees and their households.
ENJOY ACCESS TO THE AMAZING FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS DEPAUW UNIVERSITY HAS TO OFFER, SUCH AS:
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DePauw University is a top 50 nationally ranked private liberal arts university with a diverse student body of just over 1900 undergraduates from across the country and around the globe. Just over 19% of DePauw students are domestic students of color and 23% are international students. DePauw's mission, "developing leaders the world needs through an uncommon commitment to the liberal arts," is supported by our vision statement, relational and core values, and transcendent priorities. For more than 185 years, DePauw has created an atmosphere of intellectual challenge and campus engagement that prepares students for lifelong success. DePauw's ongoing commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging seeks to create an environment where all students thrive. DePauw is conveniently located in Greencastle, Indiana, approximately a 45-minute drive from the Indianapolis International Airport and a three hour drive from Chicago.
DePauw has produced an uncommon number of journalism leaders over the years and Indiana's oldest college newspaper, The DePauw, has been named the state's best college newspaper eight times by the Indiana Collegiate Press Association. WGRE Radio, which recently celebrated its 75th anniversary, has a long and distinguished history providing radio service to DePauw and west central Indiana. WGRE has been ranked by the Princeton Review in the top 10 campus radio stations and the station has been a finalist three times for the Crystal Award given by the National Association of Broadcasters. The Society of Professional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi, the largest professional journalism organization, was founded by students on the DePauw campus in 1909.
Opened in 1991, the Center for Contemporary Media has been a one-of-a-kind resource for college students seeking to gain experience in mass media. In April of 2000, the facility was renamed the Eugene S. Pulliam Center for Contemporary Media (Pulliam Center) in honor of a generous gift from the Pulliam Family, a prominent Indiana newspaper family. The Pulliam Center houses facilities for students and faculty to explore various methods of mass communication from a hands-on perspective. Highlights within the building include The DePauw, WGRE, D3TV and a studio dedicated to podcasting. All students, regardless of their major, are welcomed to be involved in any of the media organizations housed at the Pulliam Center and may use the facilities for personal or class projects.
Summary of Position
DePauw University seeks a full-time Director of the Pulliam Center, to start by summer 2025. The Director will help the University deepen the connection between its liberal arts education and contemporary media by ensuring that the Pulliam Center offers media literacy learning and experiential opportunities across traditional/legacy and new media platforms. These opportunities give students experience with analog and digital formats, and with interactive and asynchronous formats. The enhanced vision for the Pulliam Center is expected to align with the University's ambitious Bold and Gold 2027 strategic plan being implemented under the leadership of President Lori S. White. The plan builds on DePauw's historic strengths developing students to be leaders using the hallmarks of a liberal arts education and also showcases and enhances some of our academic areas including launching a School of Business and Leadership in fall 2023 and a Creative School in fall 2024. These new schools complement the long-standing strengths of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences where the Pulliam Center is housed. The center, like all our centers and schools, is charged with providing opportunities to students, faculty and staff across the entire University.
The Director of the Pulliam Center will be responsible for helping DePauw develop our future vision for one of the nation's finest experiential learning programs in media leadership and literacy within a liberal arts setting. They will build and cultivate programming, skills development, internships, student organizations, and alumni mentoring and networking for a broad diversity of students from multiple disciplines interested in complementing their studies with media, journalism, and marketing skills, insights and experiences.
The Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics states "public enlightenment is the forerunner of justice and the foundation of democracy." In keeping with that theme, in parallel with the work described above, the Director of the Pulliam Center will lead a collaborative process to develop a proposal for an enhanced Pulliam Center that will broaden its focus to leverage media to support civic discourse and engagement in ways that strengthen democracy. The successful director will be well-positioned for this part of the role and excited by the prospect of helping DePauw chart this new path as well as implementing the path after the proposal is approved, including collaborating with DePauw's Development and Alumni Engagement Division to secure the necessary resources.
In addition to helping DePauw develop and implement the future vision of the Pulliam Center, the Director, with support of the associate director, advisors to the media organizations, and the building engineer is responsible for the ongoing management of building operations.
Position Highlights
- Partner with campus leaders to build a strategic plan for the Pulliam Center that is inclusive of students across all majors and programs and that will give students innovative media tools needed to tell important multi-channel stories.
- Lead a collaborative process to develop a proposal for enhancing the Pulliam Center in ways that will teach students, and by extension the broader campus community, to leverage media to support civic discourse and engagement including encouraging the free flow of information in support of a flourishing community and society, leading to the strengthening of democratic norms.
- Establish strong relationships on campus with students, faculty and staff, and off-campus with media and industry thought-leaders including alumni.
- Provide support and collaboration to the Development and Alumni Engagement Division to secure funding to implement the plan.
- Support an environment of discovery, entrepreneurship and innovation, and develop experiences, products and services for audiences on and off campus, embracing DePauw's legacy media, with its unique traditions and history, as well as emerging media, audience development and content analytics.
- Identify and cultivate partnerships within the industry among nonprofits, foundations and private sectors.
- Provide support to the faculty advisors of student-led media outlets to help students achieve cross-platform competencies and recommend strategies for helping these groups explore opportunities for media convergence.
- Serve students across the all three DePauw University schools, including by coordinating projects with academic departments and programs and with other Center directors such as the Tenzer Center for Technology, the Prindle Institute for Ethics, the McDermond Center for Management and Entrepreneurship, the Justin and Darianne Christian Center for Diversity and Inclusion, and the Hubbard Center for Student Engagement to enhance student learning and awareness of media's influence across disciplines.
- Collaborate with the Division of Development and Alumni Engagement, and senior alumni and board leaders to nurture external funding for additional resources that will contribute to innovation and impact.
- Collaborate with the director of the Media Fellows program, housed in the Pulliam Center, which provides highly motivated students extensive curricular and co-curricular opportunities.
Qualifications
Candidates may come from diverse academic and/or non-academic backgrounds. Candidates will hold the Ph.D., other terminal degrees, or a M.A. degree with significant experience in areas such as journalism, media, marketing, government, non-profits, advocacy, public service, civic discourse or other areas where candidates can connect their experiences with the qualifications listed. With approval of the relevant academic area, candidates with appropriate academic credentials will also be considered for a part-time faculty appointment and may be expected to teach up to one course per semester. The ideal candidate will have the following qualifications:
- Demonstrated understanding of the value of liberal arts in journalism, media and marketing.
- Demonstrated understanding of journalists, marketers, story-tellers, and media consumers.
- Ability to connect democracy, journalism and the liberal arts.
- Experience in interdisciplinary collaboration.
- Demonstrated support and commitment to serving international students and historically under-represented communities in higher education (e.g., first-generation students, women, domestic students of color).
- Ability to navigate an academic environment and develop cooperation from diverse stakeholders; ability to negotiate the complexities of organizational change.
- Experience creating strategic and operational plans.
- Eagerness to engage with students and to work closely with them to support their academic and professional development.
- Public presentation and communication skills that can generate enthusiasm in others.
- Demonstrated awareness of advancements in the journalism and media industry and ability to assist students with preparing for recent and future changes.
Application Instructions
Applications should be submitted through Workday and must include: (1) a cover letter highlighting how the candidate is prepared to meet the multi-faceted requirements of the position and (2) a resume or CV.
In application materials, candidates should demonstrate a commitment to fostering and engaging with a diversity of ideas and experiences, in order to promote an inclusive environment at the Pulliam Center and at the University. Review of applications will begin January 24, 2025, and will continue until the position is filled. Questions may be directed to Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dr. Dave Berque, at [redacted] and to Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Dean of the Faculty, Dr. Bridget Gourley at [redacted].
We are proud to recognize the active participation of faculty and staff in adding to the heritage of building and supporting vibrant, intellectual and creative lives for students and for ourselves. Principles of collaboration, respect for each other, diversity, freedom of expression, accountability and service guide the daily decisions and interactions across campus.
DePauw University, in affirmation of its commitment to excellence, endeavors to provide equal opportunity for all individuals in its hiring, promotion, compensation and admission procedures. Institutional decisions regarding hiring, promotion, compensation and admission will be based upon a person's qualifications and/or performance without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age, gender, gender identity or gender expression, except where religion, gender, or national origin is a bona fide occupational qualification.
DePauw University's goals and commitments are best served if the institution reflects the diversity of our society; hence, DePauw seeks diversity in all areas and levels of employment and abides by all local, state, and federal regulations concerning equal employment opportunities. The University admits, hires and promotes individuals upon their qualities and merits.
Employee Benefits Overview
There are many benefits offered to DePauw Employees.
For full time benefits eligible employees these benefits include medical, dental and vision insurance. Basic Life insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) and Long Term Disability are paid for by DePauw University. Full time employees may elect to purchase additional voluntary life insurance for themselves and their dependents. Additional voluntary benefits, Tuition Remission and Exchange, as well as Relocation Allowance are also employee benefits. See the Benefits Hub.
All employees may participate in the retirement savings plan, as well as employee discounts and access to University resources.
At DePauw, we recognize that our employees need to balance work and home. Please refer to University Policies for Vacation Time, Personal Time (hourly) and Sick Time policies in the Employee Handbook for more information on these and other benefits. When you need support, the Cigna Employee Assistance benefit is available to all employees and their households.
ENJOY ACCESS TO THE AMAZING FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS DEPAUW UNIVERSITY HAS TO OFFER, SUCH AS:
- Welch Fitness Center and wellness classes
- Indoor Tennis and Track Center
- University Libraries
- Peeler art galleries
- Green Center for the Performing Arts events and programs
- Ubben lecture series
- Free athletic events
- Bookstore and Starbucks (Greencastle) discounts
- Employee discounted meal plan
- Free parking
- Nature park, including walking and biking trails
- Personal duplicating and printing discounts
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