The Provost and Sr. Vice President is responsible for all academic and student affairs matters at the University, including the faculty and their development, student persistence, completion, and success, excellence of the academic programs and curriculum development, assessment and improvement of student learning and institutional effectiveness, personnel and operating budgets, aligning budget with planning and strategic priorities, the libraries, the Institute for International Studies, community partnerships, and strategic directions of academic affairs; for all aspects of enrollment management, including recruitment, admissions, and student services; for Student Affairs, including co-curricular activities, career and professional development, judicial affairs, residence life, and dining; and for advancing the financial health and future of the institution through workforce and budget management. She is the institutional liaison with the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, the University’s regional accreditor, the liaison for Academic Affairs and Student Affairs with the Office of the Chancellor of Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education, the liaison for university administration with the faculty union, and works cooperatively with the Lock Haven University Foundation and Alumni Affairs to cultivate advancement opportunities. Reporting directly to the Provost are the Deans of the College of Liberal Arts and Education, the College of Business, Information Systems, and Human Services, and the College of Natural, Behavioral and Health Sciences, the Director of Libraries, the Associate Provost for Enrollment Management, the Associate Provost for Student Affairs, the Director of the Clearfield Campus, the Director of the Institute for International Studies, the Special Assistant to the Provost for Assessment and Accreditation, the Director of the Global Honors Program, and the Director of the Hope Center.

Planning, implementation, and assessment of strategic initiatives in academic affairs, staff development, budget allocation, curriculum development, fostering community partnerships, structural reorganization, development of international education and global engagement

Higher education administration, strategic planning and budget allocation, assessment and continual improvement, curriculum development, student success, strategic initiatives

Undergraduate and doctoral instruction in Classics and Ancient History, curriculum development, advising, shared governance through committee and task force responsibilities, research and publication, service to the profession through review of manuscripts and programs, departmental leadership and strategic planning, director of honors college, faculty and student mentoring, grant writing