Job Description Position Title: Director of the Ann and John Tickle Honors College and Honors College Endowed Chair Division: Academic Affairs Reports To: Dean of Arts and Sciences Appointment: Full-time, 12-month appointment with administrative responsibilities and faculty rank in an appropriate academic department; teaching load of between three and four courses per year (2-2 or 2-1), dependent upon seniority and record Start Date: July 1, 2027, with a preference for an earlier start in order to accommodate planning and lead recruitment of the inaugural cohort before the fall 2028 launch Position Summary The Director provides strategic, academic, and spiritual leadership for the John and Ann Tickle Honors College. Reporting to the Dean of Arts and Sciences, the Director is responsible for launching the college on the timeline in the approved proposal: developing honors programming and curricula, recruiting and enrolling the inaugural cohort of twenty students, appointing and developing Faculty Fellows and Faculty Mentors, establishing the Honors Hub in the Tadlock building and the honors living community in Parks Hall, and building the campus, local, national, and global partnerships the college's experiential model requires.