Meet UA's Vice Presidents
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| Dr. Barrett |
Provost and vice president for academic affairs since 1996, Dr. Barrett works to advance UA's high potential for excellence as a major research institution, an innovator in undergraduate education, and a catalyst for economic development. She also works in partnership with other UA offices, such as the Office of Student Affairs to improve student services and enhance learning, to foster academic excellence and facilitate social interaction. Her goals also include gaining increased national recognition for UA's graduate programs, recruiting to increase diversity in the faculty, increasing the five-year graduation rate for entering freshmen and renewing emphasis on international studies.
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| Wright |
Vice president for financial affairs and treasurer since 1982, Wright joined UA more than 30 years ago as chief accountant. In those three decades, Wright has helped to steer the University through periods of proration and other adversities, has watched the state allocation decrease as a percentage of UA's budget, and remained steady on a course of financial stability for the short- and long-terms. Wright was named to his current post after the University emerged from a period of six percent proration followed by cutbacks and a moratorium on hiring. He has also overseen a major increase in facilities during his tenure. Currently, he has been intricately involved in UA's five-year reallocation plans designed to increase faculty and staff salaries. Future plans for facilities call for developing a funding plan to ensure the institution's deferred maintenance needs are addressed.
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| Dr. Todd |
Vice president for student affairs since 1998, Todd has consistently implemented the restructuring of student affairs in order to provide the best service possible to UA students. As the division of student affairs is here in support of the academic mission of the University, three overarching goals guide the actions of professionals in each of the ten areas in student affairs. These goals are: 1. building community; 2. increasing partnerships within and external to the University; and 3. promoting the development of students. Todd served at the University of Virginia for 23 years where she worked as associate dean of students, assistant dean for academic and student affairs, and associate professor in the institution's Curry School. She spent a year as a Fellow of the American Council of Education working with both the president of Rhodes College and the executive director of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. She holds a master and doctoral degree from Arizona State.
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| McNeill |
Vice president for advancement, McNeill oversees all of UA's fund-raising programs, as well as alumni affairs, governmental affairs and university relations. The University receives about 17 percent of its budget from gifts, grants and contracts. Private gifts totaled some $54 million for UA's 2001-2002 fiscal year. Before joining UA in 2000, McNeill had been vice chancellor for university advancement and president of the North Carolina State University Foundation since April 1992. He previously served as associate vice president for development at Clemson University. At UA, McNeill emphasizes teamwork and enthusiasm in accomplishing goals. He is preparing the institution for its next major capital campaign. McNeill holds a bachelor's degree in political science from Gardner Webb College and a master's degree in forest and resource management from Clemson.
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