UMW Welcomes New Provost

Proven champion of liberal arts joins the UMW team

In his new position as University of Mary Washington provost – chief academic administrator – longtime educator and administrator Jonathan Levin will: Oversee enrollment management, academic programming, and faculty matters. Lead teaching and research initiatives. Work with the UMW Strategic Resource Allocation Task Force. And that’s just for starters. Levin will draw on more than 20 years’ experience in higher education at public and private institutions. Most recently, he was dean of the Drew University College of Liberal Arts, where he helped increase underrepresented minorities and boost the mean GPA of incoming students. He also worked to integrate the New Jersey school’s strategic plan, which emphasized the expansion of global, civic, and professional Jonathan Levin Becky Starling of Preservation Virginia and Rob Orrison (in green) of Prince William County Public Works present a check to UMW’s Michael Spencer, assistant professor of historic preservation, and … [Read more...]