CURRICULUM VITAE DR. LANCE R. GRAHN EDUCATION Ph.D ...

2ADMINISTRATIVE & ACADEMIC LEADERSHIIPProvost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of Central Arkansas,2008-2012. (Prior to 2010, the position title was Provost and Dean of Faculty.)Institutional Context• The University of Central Arkansas was established in 1907 as Arkansas StateTeachers College.• UCA is now a residential, public comprehensive university governed by its ownseven-member Board of Trustees, each of whom is appointed by the Governor.• Total Fall 2011 enrollment is 11,164 (380 concurrent enrollment (high school)students; 9250 undergraduate students; and 1534 graduate students). Fall 2011FTE is 8546 undergraduates and 1013 graduates.• Total minority enrollment exceeds 21 percent; total international enrollment isnearly 5.5 percent.• Average ACT composite is 23.2. The retention rate is 69 percent. The 6-yeargraduation rate is 42 percent.• The annual operating budget is nearly $160 million, with about 42.3 percentcoming from tuition and fees and about 35.5 percent from state appropriations.• Together, faculty and staff number about 1600• Distinctive points of pride include UCA’s Honors College; historical core missionof teacher education and outreach and its new emphasis on teacher preparationand outreach in Science and Math; first-year living/learning communities;Physical Therapy and Nursing programs; insurance education; the campus’sphysical beauty; and the University’s recent transition to Division I (FootballFCS) intercollegiate athletics.Duties and Responsibilities• Chief Academic Officer with oversight of 80 baccalaureate programs, 31 master’sdegrees, 5 doctorates, and 4 other terminal degree programs, all housed in 6academic colleges (Business, Education, Fine Arts and Communication, Healthand Behavioral Sciences, Liberal Arts, and Natural Sciences and Mathematics).• Administrative oversight of the Honors College, Registrar, Torreyson Library, theSponsored Programs Office, the Division of Outreach and CommunityEngagement, the Office of International Programs, University College (fortransitional courses), the Instructional Development Center, Athletic AcademicAdvising, Veterans’ Services Office, and Testing Center.• Administrative responsibility for 527 full-time and 188 part-time faculty.• Fiscal responsibility for an annual budget of about $68 million.Institutional Affiliations and Accreditations• AASCU and AAC&U memberships established Fall 2008.• Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities membership established Spring2011 (UCA is the only Arkansas university affiliated with HACU).• International Leadership Association membership established 2009.