Klaas Heinrich Van Der Wey
Manager, UCSC Operations

Klaas H. Van Der Wey is Manager of UCSC Operations in the Division of the Vice President for Campus Life and Dean of Students in the University. His tenure began on October 1, 2007. Currently, Van Der Wey contributes to key divisional initiatives including the Human Resources Workgroup for New Staff Orientation and involvement with an exploratory task force on Co-curricular Life. Previously, he served as Coordinator of the Career Resource Center at the U of C.

Van Der Wey is a member of UCSC’s professional team providing strategic support for services and programs geared toward graduate and undergraduate students’ civic engagement and personal development. He oversees administration (operations, communications and media relations, marketing and development), including human resources functions for 30 staff, provides clarity on University policy, and manages the department’s physical plant and risk management operations. He also monitors and plans budgeting for 14 programs in 5 focus areas: co-curricular programming, direct service, leadership development, organizational development and professional preparation.

Under his supervision is the Investment in Diversity program focusing on the recruitment of, support for, and retention of students of color through free campus tours. Investment in Diversity tours present the college experience to middle and high school freshmen of historically under-represented, first generation, and minority students and groups from all over the country.

During Van Der Wey’s tenure at the Career Resource Center, he took the lead in modernizing the university’s career resources, co-producing career preparation web-casts such as How to Create a Compelling Résumé, How to Interview Like a Pro and How to Work a Career Fair, among others. He was also responsible for supervising career resource staff, managing a library (with over 800 titles, nearly 100 “homegrown” career guides, and numerous electronic resources), assessing student career interests and making referrals to a staff of 25 generalists and specialists.

Prior to U of C, Van Der Wey studied Marketing Communication & Public Relations at Columbia College where he also held positions in the offices of admissions, student activities, and its’ governing body, the College Council. Following Columbia, he served as an administrator in the MBA Career Center of the Graduate School of Business at the George Washington University.

Elsewhere in the community he continues to be a supporter of the arts having previously acted, directed and produced plays for small theatres in Nashville, TN and Chicago, IL.

University Community Service Center at the University of Chicago

Career Advising & Planning Services