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Provost's Office Staff

James Newell, Provost

Roberta Harvey, Associate Provost for Academic Affairs

Karen Giunta, Academic Affairs Fiscal Manager

Diane Ferraina, Managing Administrative Assistant

Lynne Hentschke, Secretarial Assistant

The Provost is the Chief Academic Officer of the University responsible for assuring the integrity and quality of the academic program. The Academic Action Plan is an elaboration of the academic aspects of the University's Five-Year Plan. The Academic Action Plan details current objectives and aligned activities designed to reach an enhanced level of academic quality.

Reporting directly to the President, the Provost's principal responsibilities include academic and financial oversight of all undergraduate and graduate academic programs and the hiring of faculty, librarians, professional staff and other personnel in collaboration with the Deans of the Colleges of Business, Communication, Education, Engineering, Fine and Performing Arts, and Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Graduate School as well as the Library through a Dean. Three Associate Provosts and additional Office Staff report to the Provost with responsibilities for budget, curriculum, technology and telecommunications, personnel and contractual issues.

The Provost represents the President, when so designated, with internal and external constituents. Within the University, he chairs the Academic Affairs Council and the Dean's Council, and is a member of the President's Cabinet.

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Roberta Harvey
Associate Provost for Academic Affairs
856.256.5140
harvey@rowan.edu

The Associate Provost of Academic Affairs oversees four campus offices:

The Thomas N. Bantivoglio Honors Program
The Faculty Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
The Office of the Registrar
ROTC

In addition, the Associate Provost also has direct responsibility for administration of the Academic Integrity Process, oversight of the Dismissal//Probation/Restriction Processes and the Grade Dispute Process, and the production of the Undergraduate Catalog. She advises the Provost on matters of academic policy, curriculum, tenure and recontracting, and promotion and serves on numerous task forces and committees.

The Associate Provost also serves as the primary point of contact for issues involving the University Senate Committees, interacts with the Associate Vice Presidents of the other divisions to insure smooth flow of information, and handles complaints of an academic nature received by the President’s Office.

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Karen Giunta
Academic Affairs Fiscal Manager
856.256.4500, ext. 3054
giunta@rowan.edu

Ms. Giunta serves as the Academic Affairs Fiscal Manager for the Provost. Her duties include preparing statistical reports and assisting the Provost with the academic affairs budget. She handles advertising for the academic affairs division, processes paperwork for all new hires. In addition, Ms. Giunta oversees adjunct/overload contracts and prepares faculty load analysis data reports.

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Diane Ferraina
Managing Administrative Assistant
856.256.4500, ext. 3052
ferraina@rowan.edu

Mrs. Ferraina serves as a managing administrative assistant to the Provost. Her duties include support for the Academic Affairs Committee of the Board of Trustees, coordinating reports from the Division of Academic Affairs, maintaining the Provost's calendar and assisting the Provost at meetings and University functions. Mrs. Ferraina oversees the operations of the Provost office and provides the necessary support to ensure implementation and/or completion of projects assigned to the office. In addition, she works cooperatively with University faculty, administration and staff to accomplish goals and tasks of the University.

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Lynne Hentschke
Secretarial Assistant - Associate Provost for Academic Affairs
856.256.4011
hentschke@rowan.edu

Mrs. Hentschke serves as assistant to the Associate Provost for Academic Affairs. Her duties include support for the Division of Academic Affairs, maintaining the Associate Provost's and Provost Fellow's calendars and assisting the Associate Provost at Academic Integrity Hearings. Mrs. Hentschke assists in the updating of the undegraduate catalog, assists with the Dismissal/Suspension/Probation/Restriction process as well as the Grade Dispute process.

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