Academic Programs Office

Ellen Guyer, Dean of Academic Programs
Lynn Hertz, Assistant Dean of Academic Programs
Brenda Piatz, Program Assistant

The primary responsibilities of the Academic Programs Office focus on coordinating various student academic programs and on supporting the Provost's Office in managing the academic side of the college. Our work with students includes mailing Registration Guidebooks to incoming students and registering new students for First Year Courses; processing change of adviser forms; working with students applying for major scholarships such as Watson Fellowships, Fulbright Scholarships, Truman Scholarships, etc.; administering summer research programs such as the Mellon-Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program; reviewing learning contracts for students doing preceptorships for academic credit or summer independent projects; offering language placement tests and other assistance to students relating to the second language proficiency requirement; and reviewing student academic records to assure that students are making progress towards graduation, and working with students on academic probation. We provide academic records, audits and grades to faculty advisers. We work with academic departments on such things as the Honors Program for seniors and the Honors Convocation where departmental prizes are awarded. Together with the Provost's Office we administer a speakers fund that supports major college speakers as well as speakers in individual classes.

We share office space in Weyerhaeuser 215 with:

Associate Provost's Office

Dan Balik, Associate Provost
Brenda Piatz, Program Assistant

The Associate Provost's Office works primarily with faculty development. This is the office where faculty members obtain reimbursements out of their travel and research accounts and apply for such things as supplemental research funds, Wallace research and travel grants, sabbatical leaves, etc. This is also the office that administers the Leonard Fund, which supports out of class interaction between students and faculty by providing meals for classes or other small groups of students in faculty homes. Other responsibilities of the Associate Provost's Office include assisting with New Faculty Orientation, assisting the Faculty Personnel Committee with pre-tenure, tenure and promotion reviews of faculty, and working with the Resources and Planning Comittee.