February 22, 2005: Headlines: COS - Philippines: University Administration: University of Wisconsin: Phillipines RPCV John Wanat is Provost and Vice Chancellor
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February 22, 2005: Headlines: COS - Philippines: University Administration: University of Wisconsin: Phillipines RPCV John Wanat is Provost and Vice Chancellor
Phillipines RPCV John Wanat is Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at University of Wisconsin
Phillipines RPCV John Wanat is Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at University of Wisconsin
John Wanat
Provost and Vice Chancellor
for Academic Affairs
Office: 215 Chapman
Phone: 414-229-4501
Fax: 414-229-4929
E-mail: jwanat@uwm.edu
The role of the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs is primarily that of the chief academic officer of the campus. As such, John Wanat is responsible for advancing academic and scholarly life of the campus.
The Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs is responsible for the vision, environment and incentives that lead to student success and to faculty and staff excellence.
In close collaboration with faculty and staff the Provost works to develop and implement academic policy, foster new academic programs, monitor programmatic effectiveness, identify and establish academic priorities and collaborate with university leadership and statewide higher education administration to advance campus concerns.
He supervises the recruitment and appointment of faculty and staff. Further at the campus level he has the responsibility for the processes and programs of faculty and staff development. He supervises the promotion and tenure process for faculty and indefinite status appointment process for academic staff at the campus level. The emeritus and sabbatical processes are also his responsibilities.
Through the Graduate School the Provost fosters scholarship on campus through the dissemination of information about research opportunities and by assisting faculty and staff in advancing their research agendas and securing external funding.
The ten degree granting colleges plus the Graduate School and the School of Continuing Education report to the Provost.
Units supporting faculty and scholarship are directed by the Provost, including the library and technology functions. Additional special units, such as the OASIS project (student information system) and the Roberto Hernandez Center, are direct reports. He also has oversight of international activities on campus.
In his role as Provost, he is the chief operating officer of the campus, responsible for prioritizing resource needs, securing resources for campus programs, and allocating resources to units. The P/VCAA supervises the budgets of all academic units. Subject to collaboration with administrators, faculty, staff, and governance units, the Provost allocates and reallocates financial resources. Additionally, he is tasked with the assignment and management of space.
To advance the strength, satisfaction, and productivity of all campus employees, Human Resources and Equity/Diversity Services also report to the P/VCAA.
The Provost also serves as the deputy to the Chancellor, acting in his stead as directed and when he is unavailable.
BACKGROUND
John Wanat is currently the Provost and Vice Chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, a position he has held since July, 2000. He holds an academic appointment as professor of political science, and prior to his current position at UW-Milwaukee, served at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), in the capacity of Vice Provost and Executive Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and was UIC's Interim Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. Before UIC, he was on the faculty of the University of Kentucky.
Dr. Wanat earned his undergraduate degree in Mathematics from Loyola University in Chicago in 1963, his Master's in Political Science from Northern Illinois University in 1968, and his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1972. His area of scholarly specialization is public administration
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