Welcome to the Office of the Senior Associate Provost website. This office undergirds academics at TWU through the work of a number of offices and personnel whose mission is supporting the work of academic units and faculty. The Office includes the following units:
- Academic Web Design
- The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
- The Office of Teaching and Learning with Technology (formerly Distance Education)
- The Office of Learning Technologies Support
- University Scheduling.
In addition, staff in the Office of the Senior Associate Provost are responsible for a number of university-wide initiatives which span undergraduate and graduate affairs. Examples include:
- Academic policy
- Academic events
- Commencement (in collaboration with the Office of the Registrar)
- Curriculum management (e.g., Curriculum Committee facilitation, course inventory)
- Emeritus College facilitation
- Faculty handbook (in collaboration with the Faculty Senate)
- Faculty status (i.e., support of tenure and promotion, post-tenure review, emeritus faculty)
- Faculty success (awards, development, grants and leaves)
- HB 2504 reporting
- International scholars/visitors programs
- Off-campus and study-abroad courses (through the Office of Teaching and Learning with Technology)
- Phi Kappa Phi facilitation
- Post-tenure review
- Specialized academic reports/responses
- Textbook reporting
In all of these initiatives, the Office of the Senior Associate Provost is focused on TWU’s educational mission resulting in graduates with “potential, purpose and a pioneering spirit.” We invite you to contact us for information on any of our areas of responsibility.
Jennifer Martin, Ph.D.
Senior Associate Provost
Professor of Family Sciences