Matthew S. Rader EDUCATION Doctorate of Education: Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan Major: Educational Leadership Cognate: Student Affairs Dissertation: The Socialization of Students at a Midwest College Master of Arts: Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan Major: College and University Administration with a Student Affairs Emphasis Cognate: Management Bachelor of Arts: Albion College, Albion, Michigan Major: Speech Communication and Theatre Minor: English PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Institute for the International Education of Students, Chicago, Illinois October 2003 present (Associate Dean of Students October 2003 January 2005) * Serve as the Senior Student Affairs Officer for global operations of a 225-member college consortium with approximately 5,800 students annually. * Manage the day-to-day operations of the Dean of Students Office. * Monitor, direct, and train 70 Student Affairs staff worldwide. * Supervise an Associate Dean of Students, an Assistant Dean of Students, and a Student Services Assistant in the Chicago Office. * Liaise with the IES Consulting Psychologist and IES Medical Consultant. * Responsible for student life issues at 32 Centers worldwide. * Assist Program Deans, Center Directors and faculty who have academic and/or social concerns with students. * Interpret and implement IES polices in accordance with the IES MAP (Model, Assessment, Practice The IES Abroad Intercultural Competency Model). * Coordinate all IES protocols regarding student emergencies and response in conjunction with the IES Crisis Management Team and Behavior Intervention Teams. * Serve as the primary point of contact for parent concerns and issues. * Responsible for the overall direction of the student disciplinary process that includes advising 35 Center Directors on disciplinary procedures and serving as the final appeal on all judicial hearings. * Facilitate Title IX compliance. * Coordinate pre-departure assistance to students with physical and mental health concerns and coordinate specialized healthcare arrangements with Student Affairs Staff worldwide. * Manage and negotiate an international student health insurance policy with a budget of over $850,000. * Coordinate Student Affairs assessment efforts. * Serve on the IES Operations and New Center Management Teams. * Monitor student safety and housing worldwide that includes the inspection of apartments, residence halls, and homestays. * Develop and implement Student Affairs staff training sessions worldwide through site visits, monthly teleconferencing and web-conferencing, and periodic meetings in Chicago and abroad. * Provide program guidance for Center orientations and re-entry sessions worldwide. * Provide alcohol, other drug, and wellness programs and intervention assistance to Center staff. * Collaborate with Customized Programs, Enrollment Management, and Recruiting staffs in the admissions process. * Edit all Student Affairs publications including the IES Student Handbook, Family Guide, and web resources. * Make global site visits to assess student life issues related to health, safety, housing, orientation, and student activities. * Strengthen relationships within the 225-member college and university consortium through college visits and presentations at the IES annual conference and other professional conferences.
M. Rader Page 2 Associate Dean of Students Albion College, Albion, Michigan July 1999 September 2003 * Managed the day-to-day operations of the Dean of Student Office. * Supervised the Office of Residential Life, Office of Career Development, the Student Athlete Retention Coordinator, and the Learning Disability Specialist. * Provided direction to Campus Programs and Organizations, Counseling Services, First-Year Experience, Health Services, Intervention/Prevention Services, Multicultural Affairs, and Safety and Security Offices in absence of the Vice President for Student Affairs. * Connected students in academic trouble and/or at-risk of leaving the College with student support services to maximize their success. * Assisted faculty who had academic and/or social concerns with students. * Chaired the College Retention Committee and oversaw the Retention Tracking Plan for the College. * Tracked students on academic probation, leave-of-absence, or who had withdrawn from the College. * Served as the College Judicial Coordinator for both Academic and Social Infractions. * Coordinated Student Affairs assessment efforts. * Assisted with Student Affairs and Departmental Strategic Planning. * Served as the Student Affairs liaison to the Admissions Office, the Athletic Department, the Chaplain s Office, the Center for International Education, and the Women s Center. * Represented the Division of Student Affairs at Admissions Day Events for prospective students and their parents. * Coordinated the Student Affairs Division staff development program. * Edited Student Affairs publications including the Student Handbook. * Fostered relationships with area Graduate Schools to obtain Graduate Assistants for the College. * Coordinated the development and implementation of the Comprehensive First-Year Experience Learning Strategies. * Assisted students with learning disabilities and their accommodation plans. * Represented Student Affairs on the College Information Technology Committee and BANNER Steering Committee. * Served on the Academic Petitions Committee. * Advised Student Senate. * Chaired the College-wide disaster emergency management committee. * Oversaw budgets totaling of over $3,200,000. * Served as a Steering Committee Member to the Shurmur Education Institute. Assistant Dean of Students and Director of Residential Life Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota June 1997 June 1999 * Chaired the College of Liberal Arts Retention Management Council comprised of faculty, staff and students. * Assessed retention programs and efforts and made suggestions for improvements. * Oversaw the implementation of the Noel-Levitz Retention Management System. * Created a retention tracking system using BANNER technology. * Served as the Student Affairs Project Manager for technology improvements and training. * Served as the Student Affairs representative to the First-Year Seminar faculty group. * Performed duties of Director of Residential Life listed below. Director of Residential Life Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota July 1993 October 1997 * Oversaw the marketing and management of six residence halls, eighteen rental properties for faculty, staff and/or nontraditional student housing, and six student theme houses. * Supervised, trained and evaluated 3 full-time Master's level Residence Hall Directors, 1 Secretary and 25 Resident Assistants. * Facilitated the creation, promotion and tracking of student development programming and community development. * Advised Hamline Inter-Residence Council (RHA). * Created long-range plans for Residential Life in collaboration with the University Dean of Students. * Managed a 2,000,000 dollar budget. * Served on the University Council, Student Life Committee, Enrollment Management Committee, Data Management Committee, University Technology Committee, and Energy Task Force. * Created and oversaw a residential living/learning program with 8 teaching faculty members. * Assessed the need for a 150-bed student apartment building that was built and opened in August 2000.
M. Rader Page 3 Complex Director/Residence Hall Director Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York July 1990 - June 1993 * Responsible for the overall administration of a coeducational residential complex of over 1000 students. * Supervised, trained and evaluated 2 full-time Assistant Complex Directors, 1 part-time Graduate Residence Coordinator, 2 full-time Receptionists, 33 Resident Assistants and 25 College Work Study Staff. * Assessed and identified specific interests and needs of students to implement student development program goals. * Provided in-service training for students, student leaders and staff. * Served as the primary disciplinary hearing officer in ensuring proper standards of behavior. * Managed a budget of 46,000 dollars. * Maintained building facilities by planning improvement, damage investigation and billing. Staff Advisor for Leadership Development and Graduate Resident Advisor Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan December 1988 - June 1990 * Aided the Assistant Director of Student Life in creating new approaches to recruit student leaders on a campus of 42,000 students. * Developed and implemented programs for Student Group Advisors. * Created the first co-curricular checklist given to all first-year students. * Coordinated information tables on student group involvement. * Investigated areas of attention for minority leadership development * Assisted in the administration of a coeducational residence hall of 1250 students. * Supervised, trained and evaluated 6 Resident Assistants. * Conducted individual advising and conflict management meetings with students. COMMITTEE AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Operations Committee IES Abroad. Serve as a Senior Staff Member in identifying and solving organizational issues both in the U.S. and abroad. July 2008 present. New Centers Committee IES Abroad. Assist in the identification of new program locations of study for students. Provide leadership in identifying student life issues, program and services that need development and monitoring for new locations (Brazil, Costa Rica, France, Galapagos Islands, India, Morocco, South Africa, and Turkey). July 2008 - present. Summer Institute for Intercultural Communication (SIIC) Pacific University. Selected as one of 8 people nationally to participate in a week-long advanced seminar focused on How to Coach Global Executives facilitated by George Renwick and Milton Bennett. July 2004. Chair, Retention Committee Albion College. Responsible for all retention programs and assessment throughout the College. Wrote and received a 3-year $160,000 grant through the State of Michigan King-Chavez-Parks (4-S) Program to create a summer bridge program that assists first-generation, low-income, and Students of Color in the academic and social transition to Albion College. Assisted in writing and obtaining a 4-year $32,000 grant through the Michigan Colleges Foundation for an Albion College/ Albion High School pre-college program for first-generation, low-income, and Students of Color in the City of Albion. December 1999 September 2003. Multicultural Orientation Program Albion College. Collaborated with the Assistant Dean for Multcultural Affairs to create and implement an orientation program specifically designed for underrepresented students (Students of Color and International Students), which assisted in the cultural and academic transition of attending a predominately White college. August 2003. Albion College Technology Advisory Group (ACTAG) Albion College. Represented the Student Affairs Division and provided guidance to the Information Technology Division on technology issues that kept Albion College one of the most wired liberal arts colleges in America. July 2001 September 2003. Assessment Committee Albion College. Faculty committee charged with creating a culture of assessment for academic departments and the entire institution. September 2002 September 2003. Faculty Advising Committee Albion College. Charged with training new faculty advisors and improving the existing academic advising program. September 2002 September 2003.
M. Rader Page 4 Sleight Leadership Academy Albion College. Presented a three-day leadership training institute that assisted students in understanding the Social Change Model of leadership. Summer 2001. First-Year Experience Task Force - Hamline University. Aided in the design and realization of a centralized first-year experience with Academic and Student Affairs staffs. January 1996-1999. Chief Housing Officer Training Institute - Texas Christian Women s University. Selected as one of thirty people to attend the ACHUO-I Institute for Chief Housing Officers desiring knowledge in strategic planning, political environments, leadership and financial environments. January 1997. Early Alert - Hamline University. Created and implemented, with faculty and staff, a retention effort that identifies students who are at-risk of leaving the University. September 1995-1999. Leader Scholars - Hamline University - Taught a credit-bearing course to students in leadership development. Supervised seven student affairs staff in the facilitation of the program. September 1993 1999. Chair, Chemical Health Task Force - Hamline University. Provided alcohol and other drug education to a campus of 2500 students. Assisted in obtaining a FIPSE consortium grant. Administered the FIPSE Core Survey. July 1993-1999. New Student Days Committee - Hamline University. Assisted in the planning and actualization of the University orientation program. Trained 70 New Student Day Orientation leaders. July 1993 - January 1996. Judicial Policy Committee - Hamline University. Helped in the formation of a University Judicial Code. Personally wrote initial Judicial Procedures that were later adopted. September 1993 - July 1994. National Housing Training Institute (NHTI) - University of Florida. Selected as one of twenty-five people to attend the ACHUO-I Institute for middle managers desiring knowledge to be Senior Housing Officers. June 1993. Alcohol Education Seminar (AES) - Office of Residential Life, Syracuse University. Designed and implemented an Alcohol Education Seminar based on the Michigan State University model. Trained and supervised 15 professional staff in the facilitation of the seminar. January 1991 - June 1993. Toward Responsible Awareness of Chemicals (TRAC) - Syracuse University. Facilitated a six-week alcohol and other drug program which served as an educational judicial sanction for violators of University alcohol and other drug policies. September 1990 - June 1993. Advisor, ALANA Residential Association - Syracuse University. Helped found and then advised a 25 member student support group which worked to combat the feelings of isolation while developing leadership skills of African, Latino, Asian and Native American students. August 1991 - June 1993. Chair, Alcohol Awareness Committee - Office of Residence Life, Syracuse University. Charged with providing resources to educate students and staff in the area of alcohol and other drugs. Accomplishments included the introduction of a substance free floor, centralized alcohol awareness week, packaged programs for Resident Advisors on "other drugs" and a grant proposal to ACHUO-I for the development of a peer student alcohol intervention organization. July 1991 - June 1992. Advisor, Residence Hall Judicial Board (RHJB) - Syracuse University. Responsible for the coordination of eight student justices in their facilitation of residence hall disciplinary hearings. February 1992 - June 1992. Coordinator/Facilitator, Growth Opportunities in Leadership Development (GOLD) - Office of Residence Life, Syracuse University. Coordinated five facilitators in the design and implementation of a two-day workshop that focused on leadership development. Fall 1990, Fall 1991 and Spring 1992. ALANA GOLD - Office of Residence Life, Syracuse University. Assisted in the design and presentation of a two-day workshop that focused on leadership development for under-represented students. Fall 1990 and Fall 1991. Advisor, Akers Black Caucus - Akers Hall, Michigan State University. Advised 100-member student support group responsible for promoting the development of African-American students. September 1989 - June 1990. SELECT PRESENTATIONS Zika Virus in the News: Revisiting Best Practices in Health and Travel Education on Campus, NASPA Online Learning Community, 2016.
M. Rader Page 5 Commitments that Work: Removing Barriers for Students with Disabilities, IIE Generation Study Abroad Summit, 2015. Sexual Assault Reporting by 3rd Party Providers and Title IX Abroad, Chicago Area Study Abroad Professionals, 2014. Students Abroad & Mental Health Crises: Plans & Protocol, PaperClip Communications, 2014. Understanding and Managing U.S. Parent Concerns in Overseas Study, NASPA International Symposium, 2013. Students with Disabilities Abroad, AHEAD Conference, 2012. Encouraging Appropriate Risk-Taking in Study Abroad, The Forum Annual Standards of Good Practice Institute: Beyond the Basics of Health, Safety and Risk Management, 2011. Utilizing Student Development Theory to Advance Education Abroad, The Forum Conference, 2011. Study Abroad 101, NAFSA Region V Conference, 2009 and 2008. Why Should Student Affairs Care About Study Abroad?, NASPA Conference, 2008. Preparing Students for Global Success, NASPA International Symposium, 2008 High-Risk Drinking and Education Abroad: Using On-Campus Resources for Results Overseas, NAFSA Conference, 2008. Our Responsibility to Students Studying Abroad, ACPA/NASPA Joint Meeting, 2007. A New Day: Handling Student Crises Abroad, NASPA IV-E Conference, 2007. A Call to Action When a Student Crisis Happens Abroad, NASPA Conference, 2006. Mental Health on Campus and Abroad: Where Health Care and Legal Issues Collide, NASPA Conference 2006. When Students Misbehave Addressing Student Conduct between Cultures, NAFSA Conference, 2005. A Dean s Dilemma Student Alcohol and Other Drug Use Abroad, NASPA Conference, 2005. Multicultural Student Issues Abroad, NASPA Conference, 2005. Learning, Assessment, and the Private College, ACPA Conference, 2003. "Redefining Higher Education: The New American College", NASPA Region IV Conference, 1996 and NASPA Conference, 1996. "Making the LINK: A Skill-Based Student Organization Referral System", ACPA Commission IV Sponsored Program, ACPA Conference, 1991. PUBLICATION Rader, M. (2014) The Role of the Dean of Students in Study Abroad. New Directions for Student Services, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American College Health Association, 2010 to present. American College Personnel Association, 1988 to present. Commission XVIII Directorate, 1992 1995. Association for Student Conduct Administration, 2010 to present. Association of College and University Housing Officers International, 2004 to present. Associated Twin Cities College Housing Administrators, 1993 1999. 1996 ATCCHA RA Training Host. 1997 ACUHO-I Host Committee Member. Illinois College Personnel Association, 2005 to present. International Association of Student Affairs and Services, 2009 to present. National Association for Student Personnel Administrators, 1990 to present. International Knowledge Community Membership Chair 2014 2018. 1998 NASPA IV-E Host Committee Member. Voting Delegate, 2005 to present.