The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point has named Jeffrey Morin as the Interim Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.The provost is the university’s chief academic officer.
“The university is facing several challenges over the coming year, and I am looking forward to working with Jeff and the entire campus community to find solutions that will help us to continue to excel at meeting the needs of our students,” Interim Chancellor Nook said.
“After more than a decade on this campus, I have found UWSP to be a truly unique learning environment in which faculty bring a passion for teaching and students bring a fearless sense that all is possible,” observes Morin. “In the coming year, I hope to focus attention on freshman retention rates because we invest a great deal in the success of these students and should strive to make the first-year experience a rewarding and life-changing one.”
Morin was the dean of UWSP’s College of Fine Arts and Communication. He joined the university in 1996 as a faculty member in the Department of Art and Design. He served as chair of the department from 2000 until 2005 when he was appointed dean. As dean Morin has led the college through a successful strategic planning process and strengthened the university’s image as a center for the arts in Central Wisconsin.
Morin received his Master of Fine Arts and Master of Arts degrees from UW-Madison in 1986 and 1985, respectively, after having earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Tyler School of Arts, Temple University in 1983. He was a faculty member at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga from 1988 to 1996 and helped that institution redefine its graphic design program.
Morin has won several awards for his artwork and has exhibited nationally and internationally including at the Art Gallery of the USSR in Moscow, the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and the Overture Center for the Arts in Madison. His works can also be seen in 100+ public collections including the Library of Congress, the National Museum of American Art at the Smithsonian, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. He has given public presentations at the Academy of Art in Beijing and for the International Conference on the Book in Madrid among others.