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nmergler@ou.edu
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND PROVOST

• 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
                  Expository Writing Program
                  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
  
  

pbell@ou.edu
VICE PROVOST FOR INSTRUCTION

• 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
  
  

mjohair@ou.edu
VICE PROVOST FOR SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS

• Connect K-12 partnerships across the University;
• Develop local and global community partnerships;
• OUImpact – creating learning opportunities for OU students through civic engagement and service;
• K20 Center – creating interactive learning communities.
  
  

delmore@ou.edu
ASSOCIATE PROVOST

• 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) 
  
  

gheiser@ou.edu
ASSISTANT PROVOST

• 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
  
  

cjorgenson@ou.edu
ASSISTANT PROVOST AND DIRECTOR OF INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH AND REPORTING

• Institutional Research
• Coordination of Questionnaires
• Ad hoc reporting on Academic Units
• Publication of University Profiles
• Budget Planning and Analysis
  
• Enrollment Management and Analysis
• Faculty Salary Analysis
• Assessment Reporting
• Program Review (data and survey analysis)
• Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education Unitized Data System
• Summer Session Budget
• Supervision of IRR Staff*

*Kris Betz, Anne Halley, Jennifer Ferguson, Emily Gui, Patti Kessler, Patti Otto, David Wilkins, Yan Zhou, Debbie Zizzo

ccash@ou.edu
DIRECTOR, ACADEMIC PERSONNEL RECORDS AND FINANCIAL OPERATIONS

• 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*

*Carol Toney, Diana Fitzpatrick, Cindy Clark, Susan Clement

rkelly@ou.edu
MANAGER. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

• Academic Liaison for Technology
  
• Information Technology Council                  
• Advise the Provost on academic-related IT issues
• Database Administration
• Computer Networking and Technology Fees
• Management of Networking/Hardware/Software systems
  
         Provost's Office
          Institutional Research & Reporting
          Academic Personnel and Budget Records
  
  
• World Wide Web Development
  
• Technology Procurement
  
  

mgibson@ou.edu
ASSISTANT TO THE PROVOST

• Policy Review and Development, Faculty Handbook
• Coordinate OU Regents agenda items
• Coordinate and Liaison to Awards and Honors Committees:

                   Academic Advising Award
                   Ann Corbett Student Services Award
                   Faculty Awards and Honors
                   Graduate Teaching Assistant/Ph.D. Dissertation Awards
                   Honorary Degrees
                   Jennifer Wise Good Stewardship Award
                   OU Foundation Excellence in Teaching Award
                   Presidential Professorships

• Research and writing (reports & correspondence)
• Staff Support to Vice Provost on Fee Changes, Course and Program Changes
• Academic Space Allocation and Review
• Faculty Evaluations
• Committees and Councils
• New Sooner Convocation
• Coordinate Endowed Chairs and Professorships Database Updates
• Provost Professional Development Workshops
• Oversight of Section 13, Start-up, E&G and other Funds
• Supervision and Hiring Provost Front Office Staff
  
  

swahpepah@ou.edu
FINANCIAL ASSOCIATE

• Oversee and maintain fiscal year budgetary information
• Maintenance of  Provost Office Foundation Accounts
• Prepare and process PAF’s
• Monitor expenses for Dean searches
• PCard Representative
• Prepare purchase orders
• Prepare travel reimbursement claims
• Budget Revisions
• Section 13, Start-up, E&G and other Fund Accounts
• Oversee College/PD accounts
• Dispersing special university funding awards. (i.e. Associates Funds, Retired Presidential Professors)
• Log self-support request
• Carry-forward disbursement
• Track grant proposals
• Maintain General Education and Self-Support accounts
• Endowed Chair Database
• Back-up receptionist
  
  

rmeyer@ou.edu
MANAGERIAL ASSOCIATE

• Maintain Provost and Associate Provost calendar and appointments
• Provide administrative secretarial support for Deans Council, Deans Meeting, Enrollment Management Board, CDRP and weekly Provost’s Advisory and Staff Meetings
• Provide administrative secretarial support for Provost and Associate Provost
• Take minutes for various committee and council meetings
• Travel Arrangements for Provost and guest of the University
• Logging of Conflict of Interest and Extra Compensation forms
• Tracking of Schedule Change/Cancellation of a Scheduled Course
• Tracking of ROTC Assignment Memorandums
• Coordinate committees, taskforces, and position searches
• Log travel expenses and pre-travel authorization for Provost Direct Units
• Back-up receptionist
  
  

breea.bacon@ou.edu
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

• Policy Research
• Academic Integrity System
  
  

mhosler@ou.edu
STAFF ASSISTANT

• Greeting and routing office visitors
• Primary Receptionist/Phones
• Maintain distribution/contact database
• Receiving, reading, and distributing incoming mail
• 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
• Assists with Academic Misconduct
• President’s Honor Roll
• File and Archive Management
• Responds to Sabbatical Reports
• Enter Hourly Payroll Data & Monthly Leave Data
• Copy & assemble Faculty Handbooks
• Ordering of office supplies
• Drafting, typing, and proofreading memoranda, letters, reports, and records
• Assist with day-to-day responsibility for coordinating and performing specialized clerical functions
• Provost On-line calendar updates
• Provost On-line memos and forms updates
• Make copies and assemble materials