Amy Wohlert has been appointed dean of Graduate Studies and vice provost for Graduate Education at the University of New Mexico. She is currently an associate provost and interim dean for graduate education. As dean and vice-provost for graduate education, Wohlert will retain supervision of the Office of Graduate Studies, in addition to other university-wide responsibilities.
Photo: Amy Wohlert was named vice provost for Graduate Education and dean of Graduate Studies.
She oversees UNM’s graduate degree approval process, represents the university’s graduate programs to the New Mexico Higher Education Department and New Mexico Deans Council, and manages UNM’s participation in the National Research Council rankings of graduate programs.
Wohlert is also charged with the leadership of UNM’s accreditation process for the NCA Higher Learning Commission, including its required core curriculum and academic outcomes assessments.
Prior to serving as Associate Provost, Amy Wohlert chaired the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences from 2000 to 2004. She continues to serve as the chair of the Council on Academic Accreditation of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, and is a former executive board member of the Council for Academic Programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders.
Wohlert will begin her new duties on July 1, 2006.
Media Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627; e-mail: kwent2@unm.edu
Posted by kwentworth at June 23, 2006 03:26 PM