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Provost's Staff Directory
| NAME | TITLE |
| Nancy L. Mergler | Senior Vice President and Provost |
| Paul B. Bell Jr. | Vice Provost for Instruction |
| Joyce Allman | Associate Provost, Academic Advising Oversight |
| Doug Elmore | Associate Provost |
| Gregory M. Heiser | Associate Provost and Director, Academic Integrity Systems |
| Cheryl Jorgenson | Associate Provost and Director of Institutional Research and Reporting |
| Cindy Cash | Director, Academic Personnel Records and Financial Operations |
| Robert Kelly Jr. | Assistant to the Provost for Technology Initiatives |
| Mechelle Gibson | Assistant to the Provost |
| Shelly Wahpepah | Financial Associate |
| Administrative Assistant | |
| Debra Dover | Staff Assistant |
| Breea Clark | Associate Director, Academic Integrity Programs |
| Will Spain | Assistant Director, Academic Integrity Programs |
Nancy L. Mergler
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND PROVOST
nmergler AT ou DOT edu
- Budget Planning and University Budget Council
- Personnel Appointments and Freeze Exceptions
- Program Review Oversight
- Tenure, Promotion, Recruiting, Annual Evaluation, Post Tenure Reviews
- Strategic Planning
- Faculty Governance Issues/Faculty Senate
- Liaison to all Provost Direct Units
Admissions, Registration, Academic Records, Bursar, and Financial Aid
Blankenship Chair
Carl Albert Center
Education Abroad and International Student Services
Faculty Senate
Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art.
Geological Survey
Institutional Research and Reporting
Instructional Development
International Programs Center
Oklahoma Scholar Leadership Program
Omsbud Services
Project Threshold
Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History
University Press
World Literature Today
Writing Center
- Provost's Advisory Committee on Women's Issues
- Provost's Advisory Committee on Financial and Administrative Management
- Provost's Advisory Committee on Academic Advising
- Enrollment Management and Tuition Waiver Budgets
Paul B. Bell, Jr.
VICE PROVOST FOR INSTRUCTION
pbell AT ou DOT edu
- Provost's liaison to Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, Council on Instruction
- Academic Program/Curriculum Issues
- Assessment (coordination of program outcomes assessment)
- Special Fees
- Provost's Advisory Committee on General Education Oversight
- Intersession Course Exceptions
Joyce Allman
ASSOCIATE PROVOST, ACADEMIC ADVISING OVERSIGHT
joyceallman AT ou DOT edu
- Serves as liaison to Provost’s Advisory Committee on Academic Advising (PACAA)
- Coordinates academic advising training and professional development
- Reviews formulation, interpretation and evaluation of advising policies and procedures
- Oversees professional adviser career advancement track
- Coordinates annual advising awards
- Oversees pre-professional advising
- Coordinates annual graduation audit
Doug Elmore
ASSOCIATE PROVOST
delmore AT ou DOT edu
- Academic Program Review
- Work on student writing curriculum issues
- Provide advice to the Provost on academic, personnel and budget issues
- Other miscellaneous projects (e.g. Chair. Instructional Development Director Search Committee and Writing Center Director Search Committee)
Gregory M. Heiser
Cheryl Jorgenson
ASSOCIATE PROVOST AND DIRECTOR, INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH AND REPORTING
cjorgenson AT ou DOT edu
- Institutional Research
- Coordination of Questionnaires
- Trend and ad hoc reporting on Academic Units
- Publication of Fact Book (Profiles of the University of Oklahoma)
- Budget Planning and Analysis
- Enrollment Management and Analysis
- Faculty Data Analysis
- Assessment Reporting
- Program Review (data analysis)
- Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education Unitized Data System
- Summer Session Budget
- Supervision of IRR Staff*
*Kris Betz, Emily Gui, Anne Halley, Patti Kessler, Susannah Livingood, Patti Otto, David Wilkins, Yan Zhou, Shawn Singer
Cindy Cash
DIRECTOR, ACADEMIC PERSONNEL RECORDS AND FINANCIAL OPERATIONS
ccash AT ou DOT edu
*Diana Fitzpatrick, Judy Oliger and Ebony Pope |
Robert Kelly Jr.
Assistant to the Provost for Technology Initiatives
rkelly AT ou DOT edu
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Mechelle Gibson
Administrator II - Assistant to the Provost
mgibson AT ou DOT edu
- Staff Support to Vice Provost on Fee Changes, Course and Program Changes
- Policy Review and Development, Faculty Handbook
- Coordinate OU Regents agenda items
- Academic Space Allocation and Review
- Coordinate and Liaison to Awards and Honors Committees:
Academic Advising Award
Ann Corbett Student Services Award
Faculty Awards and Honors
Graduate Teaching Assistant/PhD. Dissertation Awards
Honorary Degrees
Jennifer Wise Good Stewardship Award
OU Foundation Excellence in Teaching Award
Presidential Professorships
- Research and writing (reports & correspondence)
- Faculty Evaluations
- Committees and Councils
- New Sooner Convocation
- Coordinate Endowed Chairs and Professorships Database Updates
- Provost Professional Development Workshops
- Oversight of Start-up, E&G, Foundation and other Funds
- Supervision and Hiring Provost Front Office Staff*
*Shelly Wahpepah, Angela Kulhanek, Debra Dover
Shelly Wahpepah
FINANCIAL ASSOCIATE I
swahpepah AT ou DOT edu
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Angela Kulhanek
Administrative Assistant II
akulhanek AT ou DOT edu
- Maintain Provost calendar and appointments
- Provide administrative secretarial support for Provost, Deans Council, Deans Meeting, Enrollment Management Board, APR and weekly Provost’s Advisory and Staff Meetings
- Provost On-line calendar updates
- Provost On-line memos and forms updates
- Travel Arrangements for Provost and guest of the University
- Coordinate committees, taskforces, and position searches
- Log travel expenses and pre-travel authorization for Provost Direct Units
- Tracking of ROTC Assignment Memorandums
- Tracking of Schedule Change/Cancellation of a Scheduled Course
- Back-up receptionist
Debra Dover
Staff Assistant III
debradover AT ou DOT edu
- Greeting and routing office visitors
- Primary Receptionist/Phones
- Receiving, reading, and distributing incoming mail
- Maintain Provost contact database, email distribution lists
- Logging of Conflict of Interest and Extra Compensation forms
- Endowed Chairs and Professorships Database
- Responds to Sabbatical Reports
- President’s Honor Roll
- Ordering of office supplies
- File and Archive Management
- Tracking of Travel Reimbursement Forms, Food and Beverage Expense Certification Forms, and University of Oklahoma Foundation Payment Requests
- Provide administrative secretarial support to the Assistant Provost; Assistant Provost and Director of Institutional Research and Reporting; Director, Academic Personnel Records and Financial Operations and the Assistant to the Provost
