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Gregg Kvistad  

Provost Gregg Kvistad is the chief academic officer of the University with comprehensive administrative and budgetary responsibility for colleges, schools, departments, libraries, centers and institutes, faculty, staff and students, as well as for those units that serve the University's academic needs.

During his 22 years at DU, Kvistad served six years as chair of the political science department and seven years as Dean of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences divisions.

The provost is involved in the following primary activities, among others:

Monitoring and assessing the implementation of the University vision, values, mission and goals, and providing measurable demonstrations of progress and achievement to the University community, the Chancellor, and the Board of Trustees.
Preparing the annual budget for the University, and assuring that budgeting and financial planning is inextricably wedded to academic ideals, priorities and goals.
Promoting academic excellence in graduate, undergraduate and non-traditional curricula and programs, both in-place and proposed.
Encouraging, fostering the environment for, and supporting academic scholarship and research as intellectual activity eminently worthwhile and valuable in itself.
Promoting the integration of academic scholarship and research with teaching and learning both inside and outside the classroom.
Promoting shared governance, collegiality, community, fairness and respect among administration, faculty, staff and students.


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Office of the Provost: Mary Reed Building, Room 203, Denver, CO 80208
Telephone: 303.871.2966 · FAX: 303.871.4101 · E-mail: mshessle@du.edu

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