Mary L. Fisher Appointed Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
The office of the Executive Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Faculties is pleased to announce the appointment of Mary L. Fisher, Professor in the School of Nursing, and Chair of the Department of Environments for Health, to succeed Sharon J. Hamilton as the Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.
Professor Fisher joined IUPUI in 1989 as an Associate Professor of Nursing in the Department of Nursing Administration. Promoted to the rank of full professor in 2005, she has made a significant impact not only on the teaching, research, and service mission of her department and school, but also, through her service on faculty governance, and on policies and procedures that affect the campus and the university. Her excellence in teaching and mentoring has been acknowledged through many honors and awards, including the 2005 Founders Day President's Award for Teaching Excellence and her membership and leadership in FACET. Professor Fisher's recent research has focused on various aspects of academic administration, including successful administrative succession transitions, staff response to organizational restructuring, approaches to problem-based learning represented in electronic portfolios, and effective leadership in professional practice. Through her extensive roles and responsibilities in faculty governance, her service impact on IUPUI includes drafting and initiating policies and procedures for a Faculty Executive Nominating Committee, development of an organizational chart documenting the complexities of faculty governance, and leading the faculty response to the Allied Health School restructuring. Additionally, Professor Fisher has served on a large number of departmental, school, and campus committees devoted to improving teaching and learning at IUPUI, most recently serving for the past two years as FACET liaison to the campus and on the Retention and Graduation Steering Committee.
The Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs plays a key role in developing and providing opportunities for faculty to have successful careers at IUPUI from the time they are hired. Working closely with the newly established Consortium for Learning and Scholarship (which includes the Center for Research and Learning, the Center for Service and Learning, and the Center for Teaching and Learning), the recently established office for Faculty Appointments and Advancement (formerly APPD), and with the Executive Committee of the Faculty Council, the AVCAA, in close collaboration with the Executive Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Faculties, provides campus-wide leadership and support for faculty. Mary Fisher will assume her full-time duties as Associate Vice Chancellor on August 1, upon the retirement of the current Associate Vice Chancellor, Sharon Hamilton.
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