Dr. Summer DeProw Selected As Provost At UA-PTC

Press release from Pulaski Technical College:

August 2, 2021

Dr. DeProw’s current position is Assistant Vice Chancellor for Assessment and Accreditation at Arkansas State University. She has been with Arkansas State for six years and started as the Director of Assessment. She was promoted to Assistant Vice Chancellor after two years in the Director’s position. Her responsibilities included Higher Learning Commission Accreditation Liaison Officer; General Education, program, and co-curricular student-learning assessment; continuous improvement program review for 65 non-programmatic accredited programs; and support for programmatic accreditation for 70 programs.

Her portfolio of duties also included the A-State Testing Center and Academic Affairs representative to the Faculty Handbook Committee.

Her academic career began at Williams Baptist University where she was the Business Department Chair and later Associate Professor of Business. Dr. DeProw continues to mentor and correspond with the students she served for 18 years.

“I am thrilled to join the UA - Pulaski Tech family” said DeProw. “I am looking forward to working with the faculty, staff, students, and community to grow our current programs, develop new programs, and serve the Central Arkansas community and industry. UA - Pulaski Tech is in a great position to mentor and develop emerging leaders and I can’t wait to get started.”

“The search committee and I were very impressed with Dr. DeProw’s experiences in higher education, particularly in her roles in accreditation and learning assessment. I am confident that her talents and experience will contribute very positively to the success of our students,” said UA - Pulaski Tech Chancellor

Margaret Ellibee.

This press release was produced by Pulaski Technical College. The views expressed here are the author’s own.