Vann Raeshard Newkirk

Vann R. Newkirk EDUCATION 2002 Doctor of Philosophy (History), Howard University, Washington, DC. 2007 Master of Science (Library Science), North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC. 1991 Master of Arts (History), Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC. 1985 Bachelor of Arts (Sociology), Barber-Scotia College, Concord, NC. 1980-1983 North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University. LEADERSHIP AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE IN ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS: 2015 – Present Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Elizabeth City State University. Academic Rank: Professor of History (Tenured) Scope of Responsibility: Serves as the senior academic officer responsible for the management and operations of the Division of Academic Affairs. Duties include oversight of all baccalaureate and master’s degree programs as well at the University library, the Office of Retention, Sponsored programs, the Office of Student Success, and the Office of Institutional Research & Assessment. Administrative responsibility for 110 full-time faculty, 28 part-time faculty and more than 40 staff members. Represents the University at external meetings such as the annual conference for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, and the University of North Carolina Board of Governors meetings. Selected Accomplishments: Educational Enhancements Curriculum/Program Development − Initiated process and garnered faculty support for curriculum modifications that reduced all degree program curriculums to 120 credit hours. − Conducted successful negotiations and developed bilateral agreements with Roanoke-Chowan, Halifax, and Beaufort County Community Colleges, and the College of Albemarle for the offering of accelerated B.S./B.A. degree programs in Social Work, Criminal Justice, or Elementary Education on each college’s campus. − Led process/developed University’s first online degree program - Interdisciplinary Studies. − Led process/reinstated Special Education undergraduate degree program. − Conducted negotiations and garnered permission to revise curriculum and change the name of the Physical Education degree program to Kinesiology. − Led effort that resulted in the development of new degree programs - Emergency Management, Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Homeland Security, Sustainability, and Digital Media Arts. − Launched Continuing Education program with four content focuses (Wealth Management, Personal Finance, Drone Photography, and Genealogy). − Launched problem-based learning initiative as a campus-wide focus for ECSU. − Eliminated low productivity degree programs in Industrial Technology, and Music Industry Studies. − Upgraded/modernized the University’s Fitness and Wellness Center. − Redesigned University band room and secured resources to add risers to the facility. − Redesigned little used racquetball court into a motion lab for the kinesiology degree program. Recruitment − Hired Associate Vice Chancellors for Academic Affairs (2) − Hired Director, Recruiting Coordinator, and recruiter for the Office of Graduate Education − Hired Director of Sponsored Programs. − Hired Site Director for Halifax, and Roanoke-Chowan Community College campus programs. − Hired Director for the Honor’s program. − Hired Director of Institutional Research. − Hired Coordinator of Assessment (2). − Hired Director of Teacher Education. − Hired Dean of Student Success. − Hired Dean of Arts & Sciences − Hired Dean of Professional Studies. − Recruited and hired more than 40 full-time faculty members. − Increased first-time graduate student enrollment by 24%. Technology Enhancement − Purchased and supervised implementation of Ad Astra, the University’s first automated course scheduling program. − Purchased, supervised and implemented Degree Works the University’s first automated degree auditing software. − Supervised implementation of EAB student success software. Educational Enhancement/Retention − Organized “SUMMIT” program to support and reenroll students who dropped out of ECSU with 40+ credit hours. Increased reenrollment rate of students in this category by more than 70%. − Contracted services with the John Gardner Institute for the Foundations of Excellence program. Leadership Budget Management − Managed eleven University budgets totaling approximately $23,972,00.00. Process Improvement/Resource Husbandry − Redesigned clerical structure into a collective model. Reduced academic clerical cost by $150,000 and increased productivity. − Planned and implemented administrative budget cuts totaling eighteen percent between 2015-17. Leadership/Team Management − Garnered “salary” equity increases for institutional faculty. This effort led to increases for approximately 23% of the faculty. − Guided faculty in revising and strengthening the tenure and promotion process. − Garnered passage of the tenure and promotion floor model by the faculty senate and the ECSU Board of Trustees and the President of the University of North Carolina system, which set specific guidelines, set basic weights for portfolios, and delineated responsibilities for all parties involved in the tenure and promotion processes. − Reinstated Tenure and Promotion process. − Guided faculty and garnered passage of a strengthened post-tenure process. − Developed Vice Chancellor’s Leadership Academic for junior faculty who seek administrative roles. − Created University Research Council. − Created Council of Endowed Chairs. 2 − Launched Capitol Hill visitation program which resulted in ECSU’s designation by the USDA as a non- land-grant agricultural college. This increased the number of funding opportunities available to faculty and staff researchers at ECSU. − Reestablished Academic Deans and Schools (School of Liberal Studies and Fine Arts; School of Professional Studies; and School of Life Sciences, and Technology). External Funding Resource Development/Governmental Relations − Served as a key member of the ECSU Workgroup for the stabilization of enrollment at Elizabeth City State University. Played a major role in putting together a $5,000,000 stabilization fund request which was approved by the UNC Board of Governors, and the North Carolina State Legislature. − Secured $225,000 curriculum redesign and stop-out funding from UNC System’s General Administration, the largest single distribution for such efforts in the 17 institution system. − Raised $2,500 in direct solicitation from Bass Pro Shops. − Launched GAP Funding program for students who have stopped out with gifts and pledges of $5,000. − Developed and published the institution’s first research magazine. − Developed and organized the ECSU Research Foundation. Compliance Accreditation Management − Supervised process and wrote several key standards on the University’s fifth year report (SACS). − Supervised successful efforts to garner initial ABET accreditation. − Supervised successful AACSB reaffirmation effort. − Supervised successful NASM reaffirmation effort. − Supervised successful effort and wrote key responses in effort to remove sanction, arising from control of financial aid and institutional hiring policies, from the University’s accrediting body the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. − Supervised initial CAEP accreditation process − Supervised successful CSWE reaffirmation effort − Led successful effort to attain recognition by the National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (SARA). 2011 - 2015 Associate Provost/Dean of the Graduate School Alabama Agricultural & Mechanical University. Academic Rank: Professor of History (Tenured). Scope of Responsibility: Served as the senior academic officer responsible for the management and operations of the School of Graduate Studies, the Office of Sponsored Programs, the Office of Institutional Research, the Alabama State Black Archives, the University Library, and the Office of Testing. Duties included: recruitment of new graduate students; editing and publishing the graduate catalog; editing and development of graduate school recruitment material; development of new graduate degree programs; development and management of the graduate school budget; fostered research collaborations and interactions among various units of the University; promoted activities to increase external financial support for research and institutional advancement particularly large, long-term interdisciplinary projects; managed program viability review process for the University; assisted in the review of faculty tenure and promotion files; represented the University at external meetings such as the annual conference for the Southern Association of Colleges, and Schools; supervised the Director of Library Services, the Executive Director of Sponsored programs, the Director of the Alabama State Black Archives, the Director of Institutional Research, and the Director of Testing. 3 Selected Accomplishments: Educational Enhancements Curriculum/Program Development − Developed three new graduate degree programs – Kinesiology, Communications, and Systems Engineering. − Eliminated 19 low enrolled, high-cost undergraduate and graduate degree programs. − Established off-campus center on the campus of the University of North Alabama for offering the master’s degree program in social work. − Conducted negotiations with Lawson State Community College, in Birmingham Alabama, for offering selected undergraduate and graduate degree programs in Birmingham. − Conducted reviews of all degree program curriculums. Recruitment − Established a graduate school feeder network of 27 colleges located in Alabama, Florida,

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