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MCC Daily Tribune

Search Update: MCC Provost and VP, Academic and Student Affairs

Co-chairs Dr. Robin Cole Jr. and Becky Babcock are pleased to announce the members of the Provost and Vice President, Academic and Student Affairs Search Committee:

  • Sheila Banks Manns, School of Applied Sciences and Technologies
  • Joy Braselton, Academic Foundations
  • Kelsey Bright, Academic and Student Affairs (Provost and VP’s Office)
  • Christine Casalinuovo-Adams, Academic and Student Affairs (Enrollment Management)
  • William Dixon, Institutional Research
  • Bethany Gizzi, Anthropology, History, Political Science, and Sociology
  • Amy Greer, Student Rights & Responsibilities
  • Christina Lee, Global Education & International Services
  • Nayda Pares-Kane, Anthropology, History, Political Science, and Sociology
  • Quent Rhodes, Facilities
  • Mary Timmons, Library
  • Holly Upson, Engineering Technologies

We thank Melissa Burley, Economic & Workforce Development & Career Technical Education, who has agreed to provide administrative support for this search.

We are also grateful for the expertise of RPA, Inc., the search firm identified via MCC's RFP process to conduct a robust nationwide search for MCC's first Provost and Vice President, Academic and Student Affairs.  RPA search consultants Amanda O'Donnell and Kira Heath will support the efforts of the search committee.  

As a valued member of our MCC community, your input and engagement in the search process is critical. 

  • SAVE THE DATES: Join us for an upcoming Zoom Listening Session to share your input with the RPA search consultants in order to inform and finalize the search prospectus for recruitment purposes.
    • Tuesday, September 20 from 12-1pm
    • Wednesday, September 21 from 12-1pm
    • Friday, September 23 from 12-1pm
    • Zoom Links for the Listening Sessions will be shared via the Trib.
  • Keep an eye out for an electronic survey link (link to be shared via the Trib), another opportunity to share your perspective and input.

Led by the diligent efforts of our diverse and talented search committee, in collaboration with RPA, together we will select MCC's first Provost and Vice President to lead the merged Academic and Student Affairs division.

09/19/2022