Cory augments the Department Head’s capacity to lead a broad-based academic unit. Coordinates and organizes calendar and travel schedule of Department Head, determines communication access and flow to head. She manages departmental faculty promotion and A/P advancement processes and coordinates preparation of promotion documents and advancement documents. She oversees implementation of departmental performance appraisal system. Plans and organizes departmental faculty vacancy searches, working closely with faculty search chairs. Cory serves as the departmental administrative liaison with College of Agriculture and other university administrative offices. Additionally, she acts as the departmental liaison with International Students and Scholars to obtain appropriate employment visas for faculty and staff. She trains and supervises the secretarial staff and manages work distribution.