Interim Provost Named
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.