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WVU to hire associate provost for undergraduate education; Campbell focuses on research

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Continuing its emphasis on student success and retention, West Virginia University will hire an associate provost to lead those efforts and more across the entire system, Vice Provost Paul Kreider announced today (May 22). 

The new associate provost will “create, implement and manage the strategic direction for retention and policy for undergraduate education at the main campus in Morgantown, West Virginia University Institute of Technology in Beckley and Potomac State College in Keyser,” Kreider said. 

Also, Kreider said, the associate provost will work with the administration and faculty to seek increased external funding to support undergraduate education and to promote the importance of research, scholarship and creative activity in fulfilling the University’s mission. The search will be internal. 

The associate provost, who will report to Kreider, will also:

In conjunction with this, current Vice Provost John Campbell, a recognized expert on the use of technology to improve retention, has elected to step away from an administrative role and focus on research on technology and student success research, effective July 1. 

Until the associate provost is in place, Kreider will oversee the departments currently reporting to Campbell. 

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CONTACT: John A. Bolt; University Relations/Communications
304.293.5520; jabolt@mail.wvu.edu 

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