[Ucrfacultyandstaff] 5th Year Senior Leadership Review for Dean Kathryn Uhrich

[Provost]

Dear Campus Community:

I am writing to request your review of the accomplishments of Dr. Kathryn Uhrich, who has served as Dean of the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences<cnas.ucr.edu> (CNAS) at the University of California, Riverside since January, 2016.

I would appreciate your thoughts and comments about Dean Uhrich's leadership and management of the college. Your comments about her performance will form an important part of the assessment, and will be shared with the confidential review committee, and held in strict confidence in conformity with the Statement Concerning Confidentiality of Letters of Evaluation (copied below this message).

It would be helpful if you could address the following areas in your comments:

1.   What strengths and weaknesses have you observed in Dean Uhrich's performance over the last five years, and what suggestions, if any, do you have for improvement?  Please include comments on the following areas, as appropriate to your knowledge and experience:

            a.         Leadership, vision and goal-setting

b.         Communication

c.         Recruitment and development of personnel

d.         Innovative problem-solving

e.         Management, including of the student experience, degree programs and diversity/climate issues

f.          Impacts beyond UCR and the academy

g.         External relationships

2.   What challenges and opportunities do you believe the College faces in the coming years, and what advice would you offer the Dean for addressing them?

Your comments may be submitted via a Qualtrics survey here<https://ucriverside.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8izm6bUHjF8a2j3>, and you can find a copy of Dean Uhrich's self-assessment, the CNAS organizational chart, and other supporting material here<https://provost.ucr.edu/cnas-dean-kathryn-uhrich-5-year-review>. The survey will accept anonymous feedback, if you prefer. If you have any questions or would like to provide comments by phone, please contact Associate Provost Ken Baerenklau at associateprovost at ucr.edu<mailto:associateprovost at ucr.edu>.

We hope to hear from you by November 16, 2020.

Thank you in advance for your participation.

Sincerely,

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Thomas M. Smith

Interim Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor





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