Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs & Provost

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Undergraduate Education

Robert McMaster
Vice Provost and Dean

About the Office of Undergraduate Education
The Office of the Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education provides support to students and academic units across campus.  Our initiatives focus on developing excellence and distinctiveness in arenas that will help us attract and retain the best students while creating a distinctive educational program that will graduate students who can solve problems, communicate effectively, think critically, and have the knowledge and skills to be productive life-long learners, leaders, and global citizens. 

Vision
Recruit, educate, challenge, support, and graduate outstanding students.

Mission
Our mission is to provide leadership in creating the premier undergraduate education experience among the nation’s public universities, and to provide outstanding support to students and academic units.  We do this in partnership with many other units including all undergraduate colleges, the Office of Student Affairs, the Academic Health Center and Health Careers Center, the Vice Provost for Distributed Education and Instructional Technologies, the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs, the Senior Vice President for System Academic Administration, the Vice President and Vice Provost for Equity and Diversity, and the Office of Institutional Research.

2009 Convocation

Watch and listen to the 2009 convocation speeches.

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Play James Kakalios (featured faculty speaker) segment.

Additional Resources

• Bridge to Academic Excellence
• First-Year Experience
• Graduation and Retention
• Reports and Analyses
• Strategic Positioning
• Units and Initiatives