TRANSFORMATION IN ACTION Paula Myrick Short, PhD Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost

TRANSFORMATION TIMELINE May Pappas Consulting Group, Inc. report “Transforming the Office of the Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs/Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost”, issued to Chancellor/President Khator June Paula Myrick Short, Ph.D., appointed Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, University of Houston System/Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, University of Houston June/July 2013 Interim Provost Office appointments made for new positions. July May 2014 On-going organizational changes implemented. Searches for all new positions conducted. May/ August 2014 Organizational Transformation Implementation Steps completed.

MISSION STATEMENT The Office of the Provost leads the University’s efforts to be a globally recognized institution of higher learning through outstanding education, research and scholarship, service, and outreach.

CORE VALUES The Office of the Provost will be: Strategic, intentional, and evidence-based in establishing academic direction Service oriented and guided by an ethos of integrity and fairness Transparent, timely, accountable, and responsive in its decision making Collaborative, communicative, and engaged in ways to improve service delivery Committed to holding the academic enterprise individually and collectively responsible

GOALS Build and retain a diverse, world-class faculty Prepare graduates who will change the world Build infrastructure to achieve and maintain national rank Build partnerships in energy, health, and the arts Become a major global institution GOALS

STUDENT SUCCESS

FACULTY RECRUITMENT

RELEVANCE

MAKING A DIFFERENCE Houston GPS Foundations of Excellence Learning Abroad Scholarships College of the Arts Enhancing Faculty Diversity Teaching Innovation Proposals Strategic Enrollment Planning Committee

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