Assistant Dean
Areas of Responsibility
- CLAS/Ed Minor liaison
- Colangelo Fellowships
- First Generation Student initiatives
- Going Gator Florida College System Liaison
- Grant Development
- Assist with programmatic grant writing
- Grant seeking and identification
- Faculty grant support
- Oversee CLAS Grants Collaborative
- International Student Achievement Awards (ISSA)
- Madelyn Lockhart Fellowship
- Recruitment initiatives
- Strategic enrollment plans, marketing, and liaising with university and community partners for faculty and staff recruitment
- Undergraduate, transfer, and graduate student recruitment pipelines
- Retention initiatives
- Resource for programming on student development, community-building, and professional development
- Assist students in CLAS in overcoming impediments to their learning to promote academic success.
- Ruth McQuown Scholarship Program
- Tau Sigma Advisor
- Transfer scholarships
- Transfer and student support initiatives
Brief Biography
Adrienne Provost is a distinguished educator and researcher with a Ph.D. in Social Foundations of Education from the University of Florida. She serves as Assistant Dean in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Florida. Nationally recognized for her innovative programming, Dr. Provost has received numerous awards, including the 2024 Terry O’Banion Legacy Award and the 2020 Santa Fe College Innovation Award. Her passion for expanding higher education pathways has significantly increased educational opportunities for low-income, first-generation students. Dr. Provost’s academic interests include the history of higher education, community colleges, humanistic education, general education, and higher education policy and legislation.