McKaig
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Richard McKaig, vice chancellor for student affairs and dean of students at IU Bloomington, has been awarded the Scott Goodnight Award for Outstanding Performance as a Dean by the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators.
The Goodnight award is given to a dean who has demonstrated sustained professional service in student affairs work, high-level competency in administrative skills, innovative response in meeting students’ varied and emerging needs, effectiveness in developing junior staff members, and leadership in community and university affairs.
The award recipient also must have earned stature among and support of students, faculty and fellow administrators on his or her campus and made significant contributions to the field through publications or professional involvement.
“Dean McKaig is very deserving,” said Ken Gros Louis, senior vice president for academic affairs at IU and chancellor of the Bloomington campus. “He strikes the perfect balance between student advocacy and institutional responsibility. For as long as I have known him, he has been a strong advocate for student issues, a wonderful leader and a caring colleague. Dick does an outstanding job handling all types of situations that can arise from our very active and diverse student body.
“He has always handled difficult situations very well. He remains calm and reasoned. The most remarkable thing is his ability to stay fresh. Meaning, he could get stale; each semester he may be asked the same question he has answered 30 times before, but he always give a thoughtful response,” Gros Louis continued. “He knows that for each student it is the first time they have asked the question.
“The students are lucky to have him in their corner, and IU is even more fortunate to have him at our service.”
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