A longtime professor and administrator at Truman State University has accepted the position of associate provost of research, planning and institutional effectiveness at Missouri Western State University. Dr. Douglas Davenport will begin his duties Jan. 5.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am excited about the many strengths and the enthusiasm Dr. Davenport will bring to this position,\u201d said Dr. Jeanne Daffron, provost and vice-president for academic affairs. \u201cHe has provided institutional leadership for strategic planning and assessment, for institutional regional accreditation and for the development of internal and external collaborative relationships, experiences that will be a tremendous asset for Missouri Western.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI am\u00a0so pleased\u00a0to have the opportunity to\u00a0join the Missouri Western community,\u201d Dr. Davenport said. \u201cThis university has a strong track record for innovation and effective\u00a0advancement of Missouri public higher education and\u00a0I\u00a0look forward to serving Missouri Western in the days ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n
The associate provost assists the Division of Academic Affairs and the university in the areas of accreditation, strategic planning, applied learning, research, grant management and strategic partnerships.<\/p>\n
Dr. Davenport is currently chair of the Department of Justice Systems at Truman State. He previously served as dean of the School of Social and Cultural Studies and interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and the Division of Social Science. He chaired Truman\u2019s Higher Learning Commission Leadership Team, co-chaired a Strategic Planning Advisory Committee, and led several other accreditation and assessment efforts.<\/p>\n
Dr. Davenport earned a Bachelor of Arts from Central Bible College (now Evangel University) in Springfield, Mo., and a Master of Public Administration and Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science from Texas Tech University.<\/p>\n
Missouri Western State University is a comprehensive regional university providing a blend of traditional liberal arts and professional degree programs. The university offers student-centered, high quality instruction that focuses on experience-based learning, community service, and state-of-the-art technology. Missouri Western is located in St. Joseph, Mo., and is committed to the educational, economic, cultural and social development of the region it serves. Visit <\/em>www.missouriwestern.edu<\/em><\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A longtime professor and administrator at Truman State University has accepted the position of associate provost of research, planning and institutional effectiveness at Missouri Western State University. Dr. Douglas Davenport will begin his duties Jan. 5. \u201cI am excited about the many strengths and the enthusiasm Dr. Davenport will bring to this position,\u201d said Dr. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[48],"tags":[98],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2707"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2707"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7925,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2707\/revisions\/7925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}