The Provost and Associate Provost Offices are located in Bailey House. Joe Klesner currently serves as the provost and is assisted by associate provost Jeff Bowman and associate provost Sheryl Hemkin. To help direct your calls to the appropriate staff member, we encourage you to refer to the Who Do I Call? chart below.
Type of activity key:
S = Student Matter or Program; F = Faculty Matter; D = Department/Program Matter; C = College Matter
| Activity | Contact |
Type of Activity |
|---|---|---|
| Academic Advising | Tom Hawks | S/F/D |
| Academic Policy Questions | Drew Kerkhoff | F |
| Academic Regulations | Jeff Bowman, Amy Quinlivan | S/F/D |
| Accounting | Rachel Shoman, Jackie Teater | F/D/S |
| Administrative Assistants to Departments | Darlene Tedrow, Sheryl Hemkin | F/D |
| Administrative Assistant Duties | Darlene Tedrow, Sheryl Hemkin | F/D |
| Affiliated Scholars | Jami Peelle, Drew Kerkhoff | F/D |
| BFEC Brown Family Environmental Center (BFEC) | Dave Heithaus, Jeff Bowman | C |
| Calendar Committee | Ellen Harbourt, Registrar | C |
| Center for Global Engagement (CGE) | Marne Ausec, Jeff Bowman | C/S |
| Center for Innovative Pedagogy (CIP) | Joseph Murphy, Jeff Bowman | F/D |
| Chairs' Meetings and Agendas | Jalene Fox | F/D |
| Civil Rights Office | Samantha Hughes | S/F/D/C |
| Classroom Repair or Replacement | Darlene Tedrow | F/D |
| Committee on Academic Standards (CAS) | Drew Kerkhoff | F/C |
| Common Hour. schedule an event or room | Carol Duvall | F/D/S/C |
| Community Partnerships, Office of | Alyssa Lawrence; Jan Thomas | F/D/S/C |
| Compliance Issues | Sheryl Hemkin, Jami Peelle | F/D/C |
| Course Evaluations | Jeff Bowman, Jalene Fox, Joe Murphy | F |
| Curricular Policy Committee (CPC) | Drew Kerkhoff | F |
| Department Budget Issues | Jeff Bowman, Darlene Tedrow | F/D |
| Departmental Outcomes Assessment | Amy Quinlivan, Sheryl Hemkin | F/D |
| Departmental Annual Reports | Sheryl Hemkin, Drew Kerkhoff, Amy Quinlivan | F/D |
| Disability Grievance | Samantha Hughes | S/F/D/C |
| Discriminatory Harassment | Samantha Hughes | S/F/D/C |
| Distinguished Service Award | Jeff Bowman, Amy Quinlivan | F |
| Dr. Newton Chun Award | Jeff Bowman, Wendy Busenburg | F |
| Early Graduation Petitions | Ellen Harbourt, Registrar | S |
| Endowed Chairs and EC research funds | Jalene Fox | F/D |
| Environmental Health and Safety | Gary Sweeney, Sheryl Hemkin, Dudley Thomas | F/D/C |
| Equipment Funds including departmental, classroom, office, i.e.: — Fine Arts Equipment Fund — Math Equipment Fund — Science Equipment Fund |
Darlene Tedrow | F/D |
| External Department Evaluation Process | Sheryl Hemkin, Jeff Bowman, Amy Quinlivan | F/D |
| Fac Pac (on campus only) | Jalene Fox | F |
| Faculty Affairs Committee (FAC) | Sheryl Hemkin | F |
| (FAC) Faculty Research and Teaching Grants | Jami Peelle, Sheryl Hemkin | F |
| (FAC) Faculty Research and Teaching Grants - Reimbursement and Reports | Wendy Busenburg | F |
| Faculty Handbook | Jeff Bowman, Jami Peelle, Jalene Fox | F |
| Final Exam Policy | Drew Kerkhoff, Amy Quinlivan | F/C |
| Franklin Miller Awards | Jalene Fox | C/S |
| General Education Assessment | Amy Quinlivan, Jeff Bowman | F/D |
| Grants and Fellowships | Jami Peelle | F/D/C |
| — FAC awarded Grants | Jami Peelle | F |
| — Applications — Accounting and final reports |
Jami Peelle | F |
| — Other Sponsored Grants to individuals (e.g. NSF,NIH) --- — Budget Development and Approval, Accounting |
Jami Peelle, Jeff Bowman, Aaron Miller |
F/D |
| — Institutional Grants (e.g. HHMI, |
William Billiter, Sheryl Hemkin | C |
| — Student Postgraduate Scholarships and Fellowships | Thomas Hawks | S |
| — GLCA Grants | Jeff Bowman, Terry Karpinski, Jalene Fox | F |
| Hiring Workshops | Ted Mason, Amy Quinlivan | F/D |
| Honors Examiners | Darlene Tedrow | F/D |
| IFDA Individual Faculty Development Accounts | Darlene Tedrow | F |
| Institutional Review Board (IRB) for Research on Human Subjects | Jami Peelle, Sheryl Hemkin | F/D/S/C |
| KCCDF Kenyon Campus Community Development Fund | Sam Filkins | C |
| LBIS | -- Helpline -- Staff; |
S/F/D/C |
| Lectureships | Bethanne Fowler | F, C |
| Maintenance — event set up, building upkeep | Work Order, Paula Morrison | D/C |
| Marilyn Yarbrough Dissertation Fellowship | Ted Mason, Amy Quinlivan | F/D |
| Mentoring | Amy Quinlivan, Drew Kerkhoff, Sheryl Hemkin | F/D |
| Midwest Faculty Seminar | Jami Peelle, Darlene Tedrow, Sheryl Hemkin | F |
| NEH Summer Stipend | Jami Peelle,Sheryl Hemkin | F |
| New Faculty Orientation | Sheryl Hemkin, Amy Quinlivan | F/D |
| Off-Campus Studies | Marne Ausec, Jeff Bowman | S, C |
| Offices: Furnishings, Assignment of Offices, Office Repairs and Replacement, Office Moves | Darlene Tedrow | F/D |
| Personnel Issues | Jeff Bowman, Jalene Fox | F/D |
| Provost Web Site | Jami Peelle, Jalene Fox | C |
| Recruitment Tenure Track | Jeff Bowman, Jalene Fox | F/D |
| Recruitment Visiting, Fellows | Amy Quinlivan, Sheryl Hemkin, Drew Kerkhoff | F/D |
| Registrar | Ellen Harbourt | C/F/D, S |
| Repair and Replacement Equipment Requests | Darlene Tedrow | F/D |
| Research Funds, Designated | Darlene Tedrow | F |
| Reviews and Dossier Preparation | Jeff Bowman, Sheryl Hemkin, Jalene Fox | F/D |
| Sabbatical Proposals and Reports | Jeff Bowman, Jalene Fox | F |
| Search Expenses | Jalene Fox | F/D |
| Senate | C | |
| Start-up Funds | Darlene Tedrow, Jeff Bowman Jalene Fox | F |
| Student Grade Appeals | Drew Kerkhoff | S |
| Student Research Support | Drew Kerkhoff, Amy Quinlivan | S |
| Summer Legal Studies Program John W. Adams Summer Scholars |
Ric Sheffield, Sandye Hamilton | S |
| Summer Science Scholars | Drew Kerkhoff, Tammy Konkler | S |
| Summer Scholars (Social Science & Humanities) | Drew Kerkhoff, Tammy Konkler | S |
| Synoptic Majors | Amy Quinlivan, Drew Kerkhoff | S |
| Technology Services | F/D | |
| Tenure and Promotion Committee (TPC) | Jalene Fox, Jeff Bowman | F/D |
| Tenure-track Searches | Jalene Fox, Jeff Bowman | F/D |
| Title IX | Samantha Hughes | S/F/D/C |
| Trustee Teaching Excellence Awards | Jalene Fox, Jeff Bowman | F |
| Visiting Searches | Sheryl Hemkin, Drew Kerkhoff, Amy Quinlivan | F/D |
| Whiting Awards | Jeff Bowman, Jalene Fox | F |
| Work Orders | Maintenance | F/D/C |
| The Writing Center | Jeanne Griggs, Sheryl Hemkin | S/C |
Division of Departments and Programs
Drew Kerkhoff |
Sheryl Hemkin |
Divisions/Departments |
Divisions/Departments |
| Chemistry | Fine Arts |
| Humanities | Natural Sciences (except Chemistry) |
| Social Sciences | |
Programs* Interdisciplinary programs with majors |
Programs* Interdisciplinary programs with majors |
| African Diaspora Studies | * Biochemistry/Molecular Biology |
| * American Studies | Comparative World Literature |
| * Asian and Middle East Studies | * Environmental Studies |
| * International Studies | IPHS |
| Islamic Civilizations and Cultures | Public Policy |
| Latino/a Studies | Scientific Computing |
| Law and Society | * Women’s and Gender Studies |