An itinerary for each candidate was announced and faculty are encouraged to participate in the forums and provide feedback to the committee and to President Whitlock as the search moves forward.The Provost Search Committee has worked diligently during the current semester and has narrowed the field of those under consideration to four exceptional candidates.
The finalists include two long-time EKU administrators inlcuding the current interim Provost, Janna Vice and Aaron Thompson who currently serves as Interim Vice President, Academic Affairs at CPE.
The finalists are...
Dr. Brad Bartel
Dr. Brad Bartel has served as President of Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colo., since 2004. Previously, he was Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at Florida Gulf Coast University, 2000-04; Dean of the Graduate School and Associate Provost for Research at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1991-2000; and Associate Dean, Graduate Division and Research, at San Diego State University, 1983-91. From 1975 until 1991, Dr. Bartel taught in the Department of Anthropology at San Diego State. Since 2005, Dr. Bartel has served on the Undergraduate Experience Committee of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU). In addition, he has been a State Representative on AASCU’s Public Policy Committee since 2004. Dr. Bartel earned a baccalaureate degree in anthropology from Brooklyn College (City University of New York) and a doctoral degree in anthropology from the University of Missouri.
Cover Letter, CV, Environmental Scan, Campus Visit Itinerary
Dr. Aaron Thompson
Dr. Aaron Thompson was named in 2009 as Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs with the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education. From 2001 to 2007, Dr. Thompson served as Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs at EKU, heading Enrollment Management the first four years and University Programs the latter two. Earlier, he served two years as EKU’s Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs and Executive Director of the Student Success Institute. Also, Dr. Thompson taught in EKU’s Department of Anthropology, Sociology and Social Work from 1991 to 1993 and from 1997 to 2007, and at the University of Missouri from 1993 to 1997. From 2007 until 2009, he taught in EKU’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies. A member of the EKU Hall of Distinguished Alumni, Dr. Thompson earned a bachelor’s degree in political science and sociology from EKU, and master’s and doctoral degrees in sociology from the University of Kentucky.
Cover Letter, CV, Environmental Scan, Campus Visit Itinerary
Dr. V. K. Unni
Dr. V.K. Unni has served since 1997 as Vice President for Academic Affairs at Bryant University in Smithfield, R.I. Previously, he was Dean of the School of Business and Public Administration at California State University at Bakersfield from 1993 to 1997, becoming the first Asian-American in California and the second in the U.S. to serve as Dean of an accredited business school. After four years at North Carolina A & T State University, Dr. Unni joined Illinois State University in 1980, teaching in the Management and Marketing program until 1989, when he was named Associate Dean of the College of Business at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. In 1997, Dr. Unni served as president of the U.S. Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Dr. Unni earned an M.B.A. degree from Atlanta University, a doctoral degree in business administration from Louisiana Tech University, and has participated in the Management Development Program and Institute for Educational Management at Harvard University.
Cover Letter, CV, Environmental Scan, Campus Visit Itinerary
Dr. Janna Vice
Dr. Janna Vice has served as Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs since July 2009 and as Associate Provost for Academic and Faculty Affairs at Eastern Kentucky University since 2007. She joined the EKU business faculty in 1974 and served from 1999 to 2007 as Associate Dean of the University’s College of Business and Technology. In 2004, Dr. Vice received a gubernatorial appointment to a four-year term on the Kentucky Board of Education. From 1994 to 2004, she served as EKU’s Faculty Athletics Representative to the Ohio Valley Conference and National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA). In 1999, Dr. Vice was named Kentucky’s Outstanding Business Education Teacher by the Kentucky Business Education Association. Dr. Vice earned baccalaureate and master’s degrees in business education from EKU and an Ed.D. degree, with a business communication emphasis, from the University of Kentucky. In 2009, she participated in the Management and Leadership in Education Program in Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education.
Cover Letter, CV, Environmental Scan, Campus Visit Itinerary
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