{"id":66047,"date":"2007-12-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-appoints-vermont-dean-scholar-to-top-academic-post\/"},"modified":"2007-12-04T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-12-04T00:00:00","slug":"uri-appoints-vermont-dean-scholar-to-top-academic-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2007\/12\/uri-appoints-vermont-dean-scholar-to-top-academic-post\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 appoints Vermont dean, scholar to top academic post"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 December 3, 2007 \u2013 Donald H. DeHayes, dean of the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Vermont, has been appointed provost and vice president for academic affairs at the 溏心vlog免费B站, effective on or before April 7.<\/p>\n


\n\tHe succeeds M. Beverly Swan, who served in the position for 17 years and asked to return to the faculty. She has been appointed the Justin Smith Morrill University Professor.<\/p>\n


\n\tAs provost, DeHayes will serve as the chief academic officer of the University with overall supervisory responsibility for its teaching and scholarly missions. He will advise the president on policies and operations, chair the Council of Deans, and serve on the President\u2019s Team, the Faculty Senate and the Joint Strategic Planning Committee. He will also oversee special centers and partnerships and set goals for all of the University\u2019s educational programs.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThe provost is responsible for the vitality of the University\u2019s academic life and the intellectual well-being of our students, staff and faculty. I know that Dr. DeHayes will serve that role well and provide outstanding leadership to our innovative community of scholars,\u201d said 溏心vlog免费B站 President Robert L. Carothers. \u201cI look forward to receiving his guidance and insight as we work together to grow the university.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tIn addition to his role as provost and vice president for academic affairs, DeHayes will also hold an appointment as a tenured professor of natural resources science in the 溏心vlog免费B站 College of the Environment and Life Sciences. <\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cI\u2019m pleased to become part of the 溏心vlog免费B站 academic community. It very quickly became clear to me that 溏心vlog免费B站 is an institution seeking to distinguish itself by giving its absolute best to do work that really matters in the world, and takes seriously its responsibility to educate a new generation of society leaders equipped with the competence and confidence to address the challenges of the world,\u201d DeHayes said. <\/p>\n


\n\tDeHayes comes to 溏心vlog免费B站 after a 30 year career at the University of Vermont, where he started as an assistant professor straight from graduate school and taught courses in forest biology, natural resource ecology, and conservation biology while conducting research on the genetics and physiology of forest ecosystems. He was promoted to full professor in 1989 and subsequently served as graduate program coordinator, associate dean and interim dean before being appointed dean in 2000.<\/p>\n


\n\tAs dean of the Rubenstein School, DeHayes led an effort to transform the School by recasting its mission, establishing a completely new curriculum, hiring new faculty and building a respected interdisciplinary research enterprise that has yielded an average of $350,000 in research grants per faculty member per year. He also achieved tremendous success in fundraising for the School, raising approximately $32 million through the development of creative partnerships with private sector individuals and foundations.<\/p>\n


\n\tDeHayes has been a champion of cultural and ethnic diversity at the University of Vermont by establishing a Multicultural Scholars Program, incorporating multicultural perspectives in the curriculum, and developing and teaching a course on \u201cRace and Culture in Natural Resources.\u201d In addition, he recently completed a three-year term as president of the National Association of University Forest Resources Programs, which provided him with experience working closely with federal legislative officials and agency leaders. <\/p>\n


\n\tIn becoming 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s next provost, DeHayes emphasized that \u201cserving in a leadership role in an institution begins by believing in what it stands for.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\u201cFor me, 溏心vlog免费B站 stands out for its strong and combined commitment to excellence in education and research, accessibility to Rhode Islanders, and enhancement of the vitality of the state for all of its citizens. These values resonate strongly with my own,\u201d he said. \u201c溏心vlog免费B站 is strategically and geographically positioned to be among the elite public institutions in the region. I am looking forward to deploying the strength and innovative capacity of the faculty, staff and students to rise above our inevitable challenges — to define a distinctive and strategic identity for the institution, ignite the passion of the faculty, and commit ourselves to partnerships on- and off-campus that allow us to address in meaningful ways the most compelling and important issues of the state, nation and the globe. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cI look forward to joining President Carothers, his leadership team, and the faculty, staff, and students to build a greater 溏心vlog免费B站 that is the pride of the state of Rhode Island,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n


\n\tA native of Brooklyn, N.Y., DeHayes earned his undergraduate degree in Earth and space science from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and his master\u2019s and doctorate in forest genetics from Michigan State University. He has been awarded $13.5 million in grant funds and published 100 articles and book chapters. He was cited by the University of Vermont for teaching excellence in 1991 and was named University Scholar in 2001 in recognition of sustained excellence in research and scholarship.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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