MARTHA A. POTVIN Office of Academic Affairs Montana State University Bozeman, MT 59717 406-994-3600 EDUCATION Ph.D. 1984 University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology M.S. 1980 Michigan State University: Botany/Plant Ecology B.S. 1976 University of Connecticut: Biology ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS AND PROVOST Montana State University, Bozeman, MT (Nov. 2014-present) PROVOST AND VICE PRESIDENT OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS, Montana State University, Bozeman MT (Jan. 2011- Nov. 2014) Responsibilities and major accomplishments Chief academic officer responsible for a state appropriated budget of ~$83M, 7 academic colleges, an Honors College, a Graduate School, and Gallatin College MSU (2 year college) Managed enrollment growth from 12,800 (Fall 2010) to 15,600 (Fall, 2015) Participated in revising the university’s mission statement and strategic plan in response to a regional accreditation shift to a continuous improvement model Led the development of an Academic Strategic Plan Reorganized an office of 7 vice provosts and 4 support staff to 2 associate provosts (now 3) and 3 support staff Decentralized >$2M in academic affairs base funding to colleges and distributed >$5.4M from enrollment growth for ~45 new tenure track faculty lines Provided >$1.2M for graduate education to support Ph.D. production Provided base budgets for the honors program, undergraduate studies, and academic programs on self-support budgets Manage the submission of academic items from four MSU campuses to the Board of Regents Created a Center for Faculty Excellence, approved by the MT Board of Regents in 2013 and awarded a 2014 Exemplary Teaching and Learning Center Award at the 25th International Conference on Teaching and Learning Established an annual Provost’s Distinguished Lecture Series as part of the MSU YEAR of Engaged Leadership 2013-14 Implemented the university’s first collective bargaining agreements for tenured/tenure track and non-tenure track faculty, managed subsequent decertification of tenured/tenure track faculty union, and developed a new shared governance model and faculty handbook with faculty senate leadership Provide oversight for a Blackstone LaunchPad, a campus co-curricular entrepreneurship program that is exceeding its target goals with over 750 participating students Moved faculty salaries from the lowest within our Carnegie ranking ~70 % of OSU benchmarks to >80% and almost eliminating compression, inversion, and gender inequities. Improved enrollment, first year retention and graduation rates while increasing overall incoming SAT scores. MSU is now the largest institution in MT. Improved the gender diversity of STEM faculty (50 female hires in the last 3 years) Successfully incorporated technology in academic affairs to improve advising, faculty productivity reporting, and assessment of faculty productivity. Potvin- 1 Administrative Experience (cont.) DEAN, College of Arts and Sciences, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND (2001-2011) Responsibilities Provide leadership and comprehensive academic oversight for 18 departments, 5 programs, >200 permanent faculty, >2900 majors and >350 graduate students Manage a state appropriated personnel budget of ~$22M and College total budget of $27M Supervised 2 associate deans (student issues, research and curriculum), an advancement officer, and 6 support staff Provide leadership and oversight for campus general education (2003-2008; 2008 Association of General and Liberal Studies Award for Improvement in General Education) Manage graduate student tuition waivers, summer offerings, as well as college on-line instruction and programs delivered at a distance INTERIM VICE PRESIDENT OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS AND PROVOST, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND (June 2004-July 2005) Responsibilities Serve as chief academic officer responsible for a state appropriated budget of ~$55M to accomplish the university’s academic mission on a campus that served ~13,000 students. Direct and co-direct the strategic planning process for academic affairs and development/fund raising, respectively Provide leadership for student learning outcomes assessment, general education, and faculty development, recruitment, retention, tenure and promotion Advocate for resources to support record-breaking student enrollments, salary increases, a strategic move to research extensive status, and the ongoing development of a learning-centered student environment Use and further refine resource allocation data to inform decision making in academic affairs and as a basis for the institution’s biennial budget request Served as a member of President’s Cabinet and represent the University on the Academic Affairs Council of the State Board of Higher Education INTERIM DEAN, Graduate Studies and Extended Education, West Chester University, West Chester, PA (2000-2001) Responsibilities Provide leadership in graduate, international, and distance education Manage staff of six to serve ~2000 full and part-time graduate students Develop, streamline, and improve services to graduate students Serve as curriculum liaison for post-baccalaureate and graduate programs Enhance graduate recruitment, admissions, retention, and assistantships Pursue new partnerships and program options for adult/extended learning CHAIR, Department of Biology, West Chester University, West Chester, PA (1989-2000, 3/4 time, elected) Responsibilities Supervise 25 professionals with a personnel budget of ~$1.5M Manage discretionary allocations of ~$100,000 Schedule and staff courses for up to 350 majors and 1,000 non-majors Manage all academic affairs of the Department Evaluate faculty for tenure and promotion Hire all temporary faculty Insure department operated within the limits of a collective bargaining agreement DIRECTOR, Green Team, West Chester University, West Chester, PA (1994-1998, 1/4 time, reported to the President) Potvin- 2 Director (cont.) Responsibilities Direct and coordinate development of a model green campus Identify and secure funding for priority projects Provide initial leadership for a Campus Beautification Committee FACULTY EXPERIENCE PROFESSOR, Department of Ecology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT (2011-present) PROFESSOR, Department of Biology, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND (2001-2011), full member of the Graduate Faculty (2002-present) PROFESSOR, Department of Biology, West Chester University, West Chester, PA (1994-2001), Associate Professor (1990-94), Assistant Professor (1985-90), tenured (1990) Teaching: population biology, plant systematics, plant communities, wetlands, field botany and biology capstone seminar Curation: William Darlington Herbarium (DWC) and the West Chester University Student Herbarium Master's Theses Supervised Schneider, W. 2000. The Bartram’s Garden collection in West Chester University’s William Darlington Herbarium (DWC) Samilenko, M. 1999. The effects of flooding duration on the growth of three species of Scirpus Yates, S. 1998. Soil and pore-water chemistry of headwater and riparian wetlands Billow, L. 1996. Land use and songbird populations in the Delaware Valley Morrison, D. 1994. The caloric content of pollen from wind and insect pollinated species of the Asteraceae Gerlach, T. 1993. The effect of soil temperature on the phenology of wetland plants DiSantis, D. 1992. Chemical and morphological variation in the shoots, roots, and rhizomes of Scirpus species growing in flooded and drained soils LECTURER, Biology Core Curriculum Program, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (1985) Teaching: population biology segment of a team-taught course in general biology FUNDED EXTERNAL GRANTS AND AWARDS (alphabetical) American Council on Education and USAGroup Foundation, Academic Excellence and Cost Management National Awards Program: Implementation of Virtual Biology Laboratories at West Chester University (2000, author of institutional proposal, Award Finalist) CUPA/HR Higher Education Workplace 2015: Cover article: http://www.cupahr.org/hew/files/HEWorkplace-Vol7No2-Diversifying-the-Workforce.pdf John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Presidential Grant, National Venture Fund Award, Establishing a Marketing Services Partnership in the Greater Grand Forks, ND Area (both grants, totaling ~$.5M, awarded in 2003, proposal author & fiscal agent) Merck/American Association for the Advancement of Science, Undergraduate Science Research Program: West Chester University Merck Scholars Program (1997-99, one of four co-investigators) National Aeronautics and Space Administration and Universities Space Research Association, Cooperative University-based Program in Earth System Science Education: Enhancing collaborative efforts in earth systems science education at West Chester University (1995, one of six co-investigators) National Science Foundation, ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Program: Project Tracs: Empirically Investigating Transformation through Relatedness, Autonomy and Competence Support (2012- present, co-investigator) National Science Foundation, Course Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement: Using a Crime Lab Model to Enhance Undergraduate Science Instruction (2007, co-investigator) National Science Foundation, Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement Program: Using GIS as a platform for interdisciplinary undergraduate education (1995, Project Director with four co- investigators) Potvin- 3 Funded External Grants and Awards (cont.) National Science Foundation, Biological