C.B. Wilson, Associate Provost for Academic Personnel
After more than 40 years at West Virginia University, Associate Provost for Academic Personnel C.B. Wilson plans to retire effective Sept. 1.
Wilson began his tenure at WVU as chair and professor of Music in 1977 and took on progressive leadership roles in the College of Creative Arts, first as associate dean and later as interim dean of the College.
He began his administrative service at the university level in 1993, and subsequently served as assistant vice president for faculty development and associate provost for faculty development before his role was given its current title (associate provost for academic personnel) to more accurately reflect its scope. In all, he has been a member of the leadership team in the Office of the Provost for 26 years.
“It is impossible to overstate C.B. Wilson’s contributions to WVU,” said Provost Joyce McConnell. “He has brought his wisdom, his powerful moral compass and his incisive wit to the role of associate provost for academic personnel in our office, ensuring that the faculty of WVU—who are the foundation of our academic enterprise—are always held to the highest standards and also always supported and well-served by our institution as they pursue their teaching, research and service. We are so deeply grateful to CB for his service and for the caliber of his leadership and wish him the best in his much-deserved retirement.”
As associate provost for academic personnel, Wilson acts as the Provost’s principal deputy in all matters of faculty hiring, promotion, tenure, grievance and appeal. He coordinates the university-level promotion and tenure activity that leads to annual recommendations made to the Provost. In 1996-1997 and again in 2013-2014, he oversaw the development of an updated university-level promotion and tenure policy, soliciting and incorporating input from across WVU to ensure broad-based buy-in and support for the new document, then communicating key elements of the update to faculty on all campuses and advising Colleges and academic departments as they revised their local documents to match the new university-level policies.
A thoughtful advocate for faculty at all levels and in all disciplines, Wilson has also guided the creation and implementation of numerous university-wide faculty professional development initiatives. He led the provost’s Committee on Faculty Incentives and Rewards, was responsible for the creation of the teaching-track faculty category and chaired the committee that initiated and revised the Board of Governors’ Faculty Rules. He has also chaired or served as a member of numerous university committees and councils.
Prior to joining the WVU faculty, Wilson held teaching and administrative positions at Northwestern University, Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Institute of Music.
Throughout his career in academia, Wilson has also maintained an impressive career as a musical director, conductor and manuscript arranger, most notably serving as director and conductor of the Morgantown Municipal Band for three decades. The Band’s public program July 4 in front of the WVU Creative Arts Center, will be its 30th consecutive Independence Day Concert.
Members of the university and local community are invited to attend a public retirement celebration for Wilson in the Event Hall of the WVU College of Law Monday, May 6 from 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. Hors d’oeuvres and other light refreshments will be served. No RSVP is required.
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Assistant Vice President for Academic and Strategic Communication
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