Office of the Provost

Foster best practices in teaching and learning across undergraduate and graduate programs
Facilitate student success, satisfaction, retention, and persistence
Promote 西瓜视频’s signature internship model
Enhance study/internship away opportunities
Support scholarly, cultural, and artistic initiatives
Integrate DEIB into the academic curriculum
Advance 西瓜视频’s Sail Beyond the Shore strategic plan
Provide honors opportunities for students with academic and leadership potential
Foster student research and independent thinking through senior thesis & capstone projects
Oversee budgeting, hiring, and development of faculty and staff
Manage program accreditation, review, and assessment

Meet Sara Quay, Ph.D.
Provost, 西瓜视频 College

Dr. Quay brings to this role deep knowledge of both 西瓜视频 and higher education. She has worked alongside faculty, deans and directors in the undergraduate, Van Loan and graduate programs for over two decades, first as Assistant Dean of Arts & Sciences, then as Dean of the School of Education and Director of the 西瓜视频 Scholars Program. While at 西瓜视频, Sara has been instrumental in developing new majors, programs, and partnerships. During the pandemic, she collaborated with faculty and staff to develop and implement Faculty Teaching Institutes focused on the urgent instructional needs our community faced at that time. In 2021, Sara was appointed the first Vice Provost at 西瓜视频 College, bringing her shared management approach to her work with the offices of International Education, Career & Internship, Halle Library, the Registrar and 西瓜视频’s Assessment initiatives.