Office of the Provost

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April 28, 2021
Members of the ϳԹ community, particularly faculty in STEM-related fields, are invited to attend the next meeting of the STEM Faculty Recruitment and Retention Journal Club. Pathway 4 of the university’s strategic plan, Think Big, seeks to increase recruitment and retenti...

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April 19, 2021
Welcome to our fifth annual Legacy Week! When Legacy Week was established in 2017, the intent was to observe and showcase the history of ϳԹ. I think it’s safe to say that the past year has been one of the most defining in our university’s momentous history.
The past yea...

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April 14, 2021
The Conversations on JUSTICE with Inamori Ethics Prize Winners and Colleagues event series was selected as a ϳԹ North Star experience by the Office of the Provost. The Inamori Center invites ϳԹ students (undergraduate, graduate and professional students) who attended one of these two events (or ...

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April 02, 2021
On Wednesday, April 7, from noon to 1 p.m., the Office of the Provost will host the fourth installment in the North Star Seminar Series. The event will feature Jonathan Holloway, a U.S. historian and 21st president of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
Holloway's talk is titled “Framing a...

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April 02, 2021
Hear from Provost and Executive Vice President Ben Vinson III to wrap up Employee Appreciation Month
In early March Interim President Cowen announced that the community’s contributions this academic year had been so significant that the traditional Employee Appreciation Week was too brief a time to celebrate faculty and staff. Instead, he extended it for the entire month.
Though the month of Marc...

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March 23, 2021
At ϳԹ we value our employees and their contributions to our university. Now, as part of Employee Appreciation Month, we want to recognize those employees with a personalized message from Provost and Executive Vice President Ben Vinson III. Members of the university commu...

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March 17, 2021
Members of the ϳԹ community, particularly faculty in STEM-related fields, are invited to join the next meeting of the STEM Faculty Recruitment and Retention Journal Club. Pathway 4 of the university’s strategic plan, Think Big, seeks to increase recruitment and retention of historically disenfranc...

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March 17, 2021
Members of the ϳԹ community, particularly faculty in STEM-related fields, are invited to join the next meeting of the STEM Faculty Recruitment and Retention Journal Club. Pathway 4 of the university’s strategic plan, Think Big, seeks to increase recruitment and retention of historically disenfranc...

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March 04, 2021
The Office of the Provost and the entire Think Big team are pleased to announce plans for the spring. With the help of the Think Big Pathway Leaders, the team is forging ahead with projects and activities to help ϳԹ move along its four pathways, toward its North Star.
“The Think Big strategic pla...

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March 03, 2021
Provost Ben Vinson III invites the university community to submit nominations for the 2021 Frank and Dorothy Humel Hovorka Prize.
This prize recognizes an active or emeritus faculty member whose exceptional achievements in teaching, research and scholarly service have benefited the community, the n...