Manager of Special Projects and Strategic Initiatives
Greta Essig joined the College of Arts & Sciences as manager of strategic initiatives and special projects in June 2022. In this role, she helps Dean Harris advance her vision for the College by driving new initiatives forward and realizing their implementation through collaboration with the dean’s executive team and other stakeholders on campus.
Essig helped launch the college’s annual “Big Read” and the Dean’s Academy Futurists group, and supports all programming related to Rethinking the Academy. She shepherded the development of the College’s Guiding Principles and tries to embody those principles in her daily work. Her goals include helping to improve the status quo, generating solutions to short and long-term challenges facing the College, and championing innovation.