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Provost's Staff Directory

NAME TITLE
Nancy L. MerglerSenior Vice President and Provost
Paul B. Bell Jr.Vice Provost for Instruction
Joyce AllmanAssociate Provost, Academic Advising Oversight
Doug Elmore Associate Provost
Gregory M. HeiserAssociate Provost and Director, Academic Integrity Systems
Cheryl JorgensonAssociate Provost and Director of Institutional Research and Reporting
Cindy CashDirector, Academic Personnel Records and Financial Operations
Robert Kelly Jr.Assistant to the Provost for Technology Initiatives
Mechelle GibsonAssistant 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

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  • 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

ASSOCIATE PROVOST AND DIRECTOR, ACADEMIC INTEGRITY SYSTEMS

gheiser AT ou DOT edu

 

  • Legal Affairs/Research
  • Research Misconduct
  • Faculty Grievances and Complaints
  • Student Academic Misconduct, Appeals and Complaints
  • Liaison to President's Hotline
  • Faculty/Staff Immigration Issues
  • Service Learning

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

  • Management of Personnel Policies & Budget Implementation
  • Management of Faculty Files & Scanninng Operations
  • Liaison to Provost's Advisory Committee on Financial & Administrative Management
  • Manage Procedures for Personnel Action Forms
  • Budget Revisions
  • Budget Worksheets, Salary Changes
  • Tracking Faculty Recruitment
  • Preparation of Faculty Offer Letters
  • Tracking Tenure/Promotion Recommendations
  • Special Pay Requests
  • Tracking Overload / Extra-Compensation Payments
  • Summer Session
  • Endowed Chair Accounts
  • Supervision Personnel Records Staff*

*Diana Fitzpatrick, Judy Oliger and Ebony Pope

Robert Kelly Jr.

Assistant to the Provost for Technology Initiatives
rkelly AT ou DOT edu

  • Academic Liaison for Technology
  • Advisor to the Provost on Academic-related Technology Issues
  • Computer Networking and Technology Fees
  • Content Management and Web Development
  • Database Administration
  • Management of Networking/Hardware/Software systems for Provost's Office, Institutional Research & Reporting and Academic Personnel and Budget Records
  • Technology Procurement
  • Serve through regular attendance on the following standing and ad hoc committees, councils :
        ADA Awareness Committee
        Campus Information Technology Leaders
        Information Technology Council
        OU-NC Dean’s
        OU-NC Dean’s Council
        Provost’s advisory Committee for Classrooms
        Provost’s Advisory Staff

    More information: http://www.linkedin.com/in/robertdkelly

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

 

  • Oversee and maintain fiscal year budgetary information
  • Maintenance of  Provost Office Foundation Accounts
  • Prepare and process PAF’s
  • Enter Hourly Payroll Data & Monthly Leave Data
  • Monitor expenses for Dean searches
  • PCard Representative
  • Prepare purchase orders
  • Prepare travel reimbursement claims
  • Budget Revisions
  • Start-up, E&G and other Fund Accounts
  • Oversee College/PDU accounts
  • Dispersing special university funding awards. (i.e. Associates Funds, Retired Presidential Professors)
  • Log Shared Tuition Course Request forms
  • Carry-forward disbursement
  • Track grant proposals
  • Maintain General Education and Self-Support accounts
  • Back-up receptionist

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

Breea Clark

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, ACADEMIC INTEGRITY SYSTEMS
breea AT ou DOT edu

 

  • Academic Integrity System
  • Student Issue Resolution

Will Spain

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, ACADEMIC INTEGRITY PROGRAMS
wcs AT ou DOT edu

 

  • Academic Integrity System
  • Student Issue Resolution