Karen Healy

In my role as Senior Divisional Administrator, I coordinate the day-to-day operations for both the Rhetoric and Humanities divisions, which includes two departmental chairs and approximately 27 faculty members. Some of my responsibilities include:

• Serving as the point of contact for both divisions.
• Assisting the divisional chairs with various faculty actions such as the faculty review process, faculty reappointments, faculty searches, new appointments, promotions, etc.
• Serving as an administrator for BU Digication. In this capacity, I assist with uploading and maintaining student lists each semester and serve as a point of contact for faculty and students who need support throughout the semester. I also assist the Assessment Committee with gathering student e-portfolios for their review process.
• Serving as point person for Boston-New England Team and executing logistics for booking trips and events.
• Onboarding and mentoring new divisional administrative assistants.
• Managing master proctoring schedule for tracking proctoring needs and assist with proctoring exams or finding coverage, as needed.
• Managing various Microsoft Teams’ sites for promotions cases, hiring and divisional needs.
• Holding check-ins with divisional administrative assistants to review upcoming action items and/or divisional issues to submit to Director of Finance & Operations.
• Covering for other divisions during admin absences.