 The
dean of the College of Optical
Sciences is ultimately responsible for sound fiscal management and
administration of approved University of Arizona policies with respect to
personnel, academic programs and sponsored projects. Faculty
governance is important to the administration of academic programs and
policies, and faculty committees
are established to recommend policy and procedures. Professor
Thomas L. Koch, dean, can be reached at 520-621-2448 or
tlkoch@optics.arizona.edu.
 Ms. Luz Palomarez,
special assistant to the dean, is the key resource and liaison for the
college's associate deans, division and unit directors, core group
representatives, dean’s executive committee, faculty, staff and
students. She can be reached at 520-626-6959 or
luz@optics.arizona.edu. Her areas of responsibility include:
- Administrative Staff: managing of administrative associates
- Colloquium Lecture Series: coordinating weekly lecture series
- Conference Rooms: managing and troubleshooting
- Dean's Office: scheduling appointments and meetings, providing
telephone triage, performing faculty reviews and annual reports,
writing confidential correspondence and miscellaneous reports
- Dean’s Office Management and Appointed Staff: providing periodic
support to directors in finance and administration, human resources,
development, alumni and external relations and technology transfer
- Faculty Affairs: processing promotions and tenures, adjunct and
joint faculty appointments
- Faculty Recruitment: providing administrative support to
appointed chairs for faculty searches
- Foundation Accounting: reporting gifts, maintaining donor lists
- International Visa and Exchange Program: providing
administrative support and guidance to international scholars and
researchers with processing of petitions for H1 and J-1 visas as
liaison to the Office of International Faculty and Scholars
- Retail Merchandise: designing, ordering and maintaining
inventory
- Special Events: coordinating symposiums, special guests and
dean-associated tours
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