Associate Provost Roles and Responsibilities

Associate Provosts serve as strategic thought-partners to and lead special projects at the direction of the Provost. Within their respective areas of focus, the Associate Provosts provide leadership, support, and oversight to offices within Academic Affairs. Associate Provosts serve as members of the Provost’s Council, alongside the Provost, Deans, and Faculty Senate Chair.

Associate Provost: Faculty Success

Dr. Wilson Terrell Jr. supports the Provost in carrying out the University’s teaching and learning mission by:

• Shepherding shared governance structures and processes, including the Academic Faculty Assembly, the University Curriculum Council, the Graduate Commission, the Faculty Development Committee, and the Commission on Tenure and Promotion.
• Coordinating faculty recruitment and hiring in collaboration with deans and department chairs.
• Collaborating with Human Resources for faculty hiring, appointments, and record-keeping.
• Supporting academic deans, department chairs, and individual faculty members in all matters related to development, evaluation, and promotion and tenure.
• Organizing New Faculty Orientation, working alongside the Collaborative for Learning and Teaching.
• Supervising the selection process for the Z. T. Scott Faculty Fellowship, Murchison term professorships, the Piper Professor nomination, and other faculty awards.

• Providing strategic leadership for the Collaborative for Learning and Teaching and the Center for International Engagement. 

   

Associate Provost: Student Success

Dr. Kyle Gillette supports the Provost in carrying out the University’s teaching and learning mission by:

• Facilitating Trinity’s general education curriculum with the academic deans, chairs, advisors, and First Year Experience Coordinator.
• Developing strategies to enhance the student academic experience.
• Serving as the primary Academic Affairs liaison to Student Affairs. The Associate Provost collaborates with the Office of the Dean of Students to advance student retention, persistence, and resilience and to coordinate interventions for students with academic or personal challenges.
• Shepherding programs to foster constructive dialogue and listening across differences, such as The Conversation at Trinity.
• Overseeing the Academic Honor Council, academic programs for New Tiger Orientation, and Physical Education courses as well as the Health Professions, Pre-Law, and Lecturers and Visiting Scholars committees.
• Planning academic ceremonies, including New Student Convocation, the Honors Awards Convocation, and Commencement, with colleagues across divisions.
• Supervising the First Year Experience Coordinator, Director for the Center for Experiential Learning and Career Success, and Senior Director for the Office of Academic Success, who oversees Advising, Student Accessibility Services, Coaching, the Writing Center, and the Quantitative Reasoning and Skills Center.