Announcement
October 4, 2004
Dear Colleagues:
Two years ago, I merged the responsibilities held within the vice provost for academic affairs and vice provost for student affairs positions in an effort to provide better service to students and to make it possible to coordinate student and academic affairs more effectively. Jack L. Daniel, then Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, agreed to accept the newly created position of Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies and Dean of Students.
Throughout his career, Dr. Daniel, Professor of Communication, has focused on continuous improvement of undergraduate education, facilitating efforts to provide students with exemplary educational opportunities both inside and outside the classroom. In his new role, Dr. Daniel helped us strengthen the necessary connection between student and academic life. Under his leadership, a number of major Student Affairs objectives have been realized, and, perhaps even more importantly, the important work of aligning academic and student affairs has been accomplished.
At this point in his career, however, Dr. Daniel has asked to be able to focus more of his time on other institutional priorities and on his scholarly activities. He has also persuaded me that, while integrating academic affairs and student affairs continues to be vital to our ongoing efforts to optimize undergraduate education, those responsibilities are sufficiently weighty that it might be better to have two individuals working to fulfill them.
In light of that, I will initiate a search for a person to fill the Vice Provost and Dean of Students position, to be effective September, 2005. Dr. Daniel will continue to serve as Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies and Dean of Students until the new position is filled, at which time he will hold the title of Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies. I am very happy that Dr. Daniel’s academic and administrative leadership will continue to help the University build on its strengths and focus on critical priorities in undergraduate education.
Sincerely,