By JEFF MURPHY
University of Central Missouri
WARRENSBURG, Mo. – The University of Central Missouri is filling a vital position in
the area of academic
leadership with the appointment of Timothy R. Crowley, Hays, as the Vice
Provost for Academic Programs and Dean of Graduate Studies and
Research. Crowley
begins his new duties April 1.
Crowley has
served since June 2017 as Associate Provost for Academic Affairs at Fort
Hays State
University, where his duties have included curriculum management,
serving
as an accreditation
liaison officer for the Higher Learning Commission,
providing leadership
for the Honors College, General Education Program, Center for
Civic Leadership, and
Credit for Prior Learning Program. He has also overseen
department chair
leadership development, program review, student success efforts,
university strategic
planning, and academic technology initiatives.
“We look forward
to Tim joining us at UCM. He is deeply experienced in academic
leadership
and is committed to
collegial shared governance. His success in growing and supporting
graduate programs,
leading accreditation efforts, and implementing strategic plans
will allow him to
immediately strengthen our ongoing efforts in these areas,” said
Phil Bridgmon, UCM
provost and vice president for academic affairs.
At UCM, Crowley
will assume responsibilities that include providing leadership in
working with faculty
and staff in the areas of academic analytics, academic planning,
assessment, graduate
education and research, McNair Scholars, sponsored programs,
student
records/registrar, testing services, and undergraduate research.
Crowley
also will play a significant role in collaboration with colleagues
campus-wide
who will help prepare
the university for HLC reaffirmation of accreditation in 2023-2024.
This accomplishment
validates the university as a whole and evaluates multiple aspects
the institution
related to academic offerings, governance and administration, mission,
finances, and
resources.
“I am excited to join the excellent UCM faculty and
staff and help the institution
advance towards its
strategic goals. The future is bright for UCM and I am thrilled
to join the
institution at this exciting time under the leadership of President
(Roger)
Best and Provost
Bridgmon,” Crowley said. “UCM is a forward-looking institution and
is well positioned to
provide its service area with the valuable learning opportunities
and applied research
that changes the lives of our students. Ann and I look forward
to joining the UCM
and Warrensburg communities and building new relationships in this
next chapter of our
lives.”
The longtime college educator began work in higher
education in 1995 as a visiting
Assistant Professor
of Music at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. The
following year he
became an Assistant Professor of Music at Cameron University in
Lawton, Oklahoma,
where he went on to chair the department in 1998. Two years later,
Crowley joined Fort
Hays State as Associate Professor and Chair of the Department
of Music and achieved
the rank of professor in 2005. He was named Dean of the Graduate
School/Assistant
Provost for Internationalization in 2007; Assistant Provost for Academic
Programs and Dean of
the Graduate School in 2015; and Assistant Provost for Academic
Programs and Student
Success in 2016. He held this position until he assumed his current
post as Associate
Provost in 2017.
In preparation for his university career,
Crowley earned his Bachelor of Music (Performance),
graduating summa cum
laude from Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois, in 1990. He
earned two degrees
from the University of North Texas, Denton: Master of Arts in Music
(Composition) in
1993, and a Doctor of Musical Arts (Composition) in 1995.