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EXECUTIVES AT MTSU
DR. SIDNEY A. McPHEE: President Dr. Sidney A. McPhee is the tenth president of Middle Tennessee State University. Prior to his appointment at MTSU in 2001, he was executive vice chancellor at the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) in Nashville. In addition, he served as chief academic officer and interim chancellor for the Board of Regents System. Before his appointment at TBR, McPhee served in various administrative capacities at several major universities including Oklahoma State University, the University of Louisville and the University of Memphis. In May of 2007, President McPhee was conferred the Honorary Professor title at China Agricultural University in Beijing, China. The Honorary Professor title is the highest academic award given at the university. Dr. McPhee was named the 2002 Outstanding American University President by the American Football Foundation. In 2003, McPhee was listed by The Nashville Post Business Magazine as one of Tennessee’s 100 Most Powerful Individuals and in 2004 he was ranked by Tennessee Business Magazine as one of the Top 50 Most Powerful African Americans in the State of Tennessee. Most recently, Dr. McPhee was listed in 2006 by the Chronicle of Higher Education as one of seven university presidents in the U.S. who are shaping intercollegiate athletics on a national scale. McPhee earned his B.A. degree (with highest honors, Suma Cum Laude) from Prairie View A&M University; a master’s degree from the University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida; and a doctorate in Applied Behavioral Studies in Education from Oklahoma State University. He is also a graduate of the Harvard University Management Development Program and has completed professional development programs at St. Mary’s University of San Antonio, Texas, and Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Colorado. As an academician, President McPhee’s scholarly publications and presentations are extensive. His publications have appeared in local, national, and international professional journals. In addition, he is the senior author of a book, Understanding the Campus Culture: An Introduction to College, and has co-authored a chapter for a major college textbook on academic advising. McPhee’s scholarly pursuits include several international visits and presentations in locations such as Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Lanzhou, China; Penang, Malaysia; Hong Kong; Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia; Tokyo and Osaka, Japan; Seoul, Korea; Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, Israel; Antwerp, Belgium; Montreal, Canada; Oxford, England; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and Nassau, Bahamas. McPhee recently completed a five-year term on the NCAA Division I Board of Directors and a three-year term on the NCAA Executive Committee. In May 2005, he was appointed to the NCAA Presidential Commission on the Future of Intercollegiate Athletics. He currently serves as President of the SunBelt Conference athletic league and Chairman of the league’s CEO executive committee. In 2002, President George W. Bush appointed him to serve on the National Council for the Humanities, and the U.S. Senate confirmed him. McPhee is a member of the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce and chaired its Membership Council and is a member of the Murfreesboro Noon Rotary Club. He serves as a member of the SunTrust Bank Board of Directors (Nashville) and SunTrust Regional Bank Advisory Board (Murfreesboro). He also served on the Nashville Adventure Science Center Board, the Middle Tennessee Medical Center Board, and the Middle Tennessee Council Boy Scouts of America Executive Board. He is co-chair of the Tennessee Legislative Retreat Task Force on Higher Education. McPhee was recently elected to a three-year term as a Commission member of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. During McPhee’s tenure at MTSU, the University has experienced significant growth in many areas of the institution. Student enrollment has increased significantly making MTSU undergraduate enrollment the largest in the state. During the past five years the university added twelve new degree programs at the graduate and undergraduate levels. In 2002, for the first time in the history of the University, four Ph.D. programs were established: in Economics, English, Human Performance, and Public History. In July of 2007, a new Ph.D. in Literacy Studies was approved. In the area of extramural funding, the University has increased external grant funding from $6 million in 2001 to approximately $40 million in 2007. In addition to the increase in new academic programs, the University has been successful in raising admission standards, resulting in an increase in high-quality students. For the past eight consecutive years, MTSU has been the institution of choice for mid-state valedictorians and salutatorians. During the past four years, MTSU has enrolled a significant number of National Merit scholars and Achievement scholars. McPhee’s tenure has brought about major improvements in the University facilities. A ten-year, $70 million student residential housing renovation project is in its 5th year and includes the refurbishing of all residential facilities on the campus. In addition, the University acquired the 500-acre Guy James property to consolidate its highly regarded programs in the Agriscience and Agribusiness departments. This acquisition has doubled the size of the campus acreage from 500 to 1,000. Over $9 million was spent to renovate Todd Hall, which now houses the Art Department and has state-of-the-art equipment for its students and faculty and the Paul W. Martin, Sr. Honors building was constructed from private funding. In January of 2007, the 28,000 square-foot Nursing building was officially opened and dedicated. The University has secured private gifts in support for a $5 million new baseball stadium which will be constructed in 2008. In 2006, the University received $15 million in state support for the planning infrastructure development for a proposed $120 million new science building and in April 2007, a new $3 million track and soccer complex was opened. In June of 2007, the Tennessee General Assembly approved the construction of a $31.7 million new building for the University’s College of Education and Behavioral Science. Currently a $17 million expansion of the Student Health, Wellness, and Recreation Center is underway and scheduled to be completed by May 2008. Presently, the University is involved in proposed or active capital projects totaling nearly $400 million. President McPhee is married to Elizabeth McPhee and they have two children, Seneca and Sidney-Anthony. Updated: June 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR. KAYLENE GEBERT: Executive Vice President & Provost Dr. Kaylene A. Gebert became the provost and executive vice president at Dr. Gebert received her undergraduate degree from Hanover (Ind.) College, with a double major in English and Speech-Drama. She earned a master's degree from Cornell University, and a Ph.D. in Historical and Contemporary Communication from Indiana University. A former provost and vice president of Academic Affairs at the University of North Alabama, Dr. Gebert has also held administrative positions at the State University and Community College System of Tennessee, serving as assistant vice chancellor for Academic Affairs, and later as Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs at the State System of Higher Education in Pennsylvania. Dr. Sidney A. McPhee, President of MTSU, has noted that her success as an administrator in recruiting and working with talented faculty and her deep appreciation for the importance of emerging technologies in higher education are some of the key strengths she has brought to MTSU. "Dr. Gebert is an outstanding leader who has excelled in academic and administrative roles at several comprehensive and research universities," McPhee said. "She is intimately familiar with the Tennessee Board of Regents system, having served as assistant vice chancellor for academic affairs, and worked on several system-wide programs.” "She also understands the importance of technology in higher education and was one of the leaders at the TBR in working with distance education," the president added. "She has demonstrated skills in finding, recruiting, and retaining talented faculty, which is the core of any university. She is a welcomed asset to the leadership team at MTSU." Dr. Gebert taught high school in Fort Wayne, Ind., before teaching at Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne and Louisiana State University. During her academic career in the 1990s, she created and taught courses in Organizational Communication, Irish Rhetoric and Executive Communication. She has served as chair and member of numerous faculty governance committees and obtained state and federal grants totaling more than $900,000. An award-winning teacher, she has taught on the high school, undergraduate and graduate levels. Dr. Gebert lives in Murfreesboro and enjoys bush hogging on her Kubota tractor and playing with her two horses, two dogs and two cats. She has one son and a granddaughter. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JOHN W. COTHERN: Senior Vice President John W. Cothern serves as MTSU's Senior Vice President. Previously he served as Vice President of Business and Finance from 2003 until June 2005. Prior to his arrival at MTSU, Cothern was Assistant Vice President for Business and Finance at the University of Memphis (UM). Cothern, a Memphis native, is a 1970 graduate of UM (then Memphis State University) with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology, and he has a Juris Doctor degree (1973) from UM’s Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law. Cothern is a licensed attorney, and he had been with the UM Division of Business and Finance since November 1973. He and his wife Debbie have lived in Nashville since 1998, and he had been commuting to UM since that time. Cothern previously worked with McPhee when McPhee was UM’s Senior Vice Provost. Cothern also worked with Gene Smith, who served as MTSU’s interim president prior to McPhee’s arrival. Smith was also UM’s Vice President for Business and Finance prior to assuming MTSU’s interim presidency for a year in Fall 2000. The Cotherns have two grown children, John and Joanie. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert K. (Bob) Glenn became Vice President for Student Affairs at Middle Tennessee State University on August 17, 1999. In February of 2002 he was promoted to Vice President for Student Affairs and Vice Provost for Enrollment Management. Dr. Glenn currently serves as Vice President for Student Affairs and Vice Provost for Enrollment and Academic Services. He began his career in higher education as a residence hall director at Birmingham-Southern College in the fall of 1975. Nine years later he left the position of Director of Student Services at B-SC to move to the University of North Alabama as Director of Student Activities. From UNA he went to Southwest Missouri State University as Dean of Students in 1993. After finishing a Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry at Birmingham-Southern College, Dr. Glenn began working towards his graduate degrees at the University of Alabama. Dr. Glenn finished both the Master's and Doctorate of Philosophy degree in the field of counseling. Dr. Glenn cites his training as a counselor, and specifically his training in the Individual Psychology of Alfred Adler, as a major force in shaping his educational philosophy. Dr. Glenn's educational philosophy is simple and straight-forward. He believes that the single mission of the Division of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management is to take care of students. He believes that every student has a right to expect personal attention. And, he maintains an open-door policy for both students and parents. Dr. Glenn can be contacted in his office in the Keathley University Center, Room 212, at 898-2440. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WILLIAM J. BALES: VP for Development & University Relations William J. "Joe" Bales, is the Vice President for Development and University Relations at MTSU. With more than 17 years experience in fundraising and institutional advancement, he leads the University’s advancement efforts. Bales came to MTSU in 2002 from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where he spent nearly 15 years in a variety of development and alumni affairs roles. Immediately prior to coming to MTSU, Bales served for more than five years as Assistant Vice President for Corporate Relations. In that role, he was responsible for developing cultivation and solicitation plans for more than 30 major corporations—and providing leadership to all appropriate colleges and constituent development offices. His accomplishments included the creation of a formal corporate partnership plan, the development of an annual-giving blueprint and the launching of an "executive briefing" newsletter for the campus. Earlier, from 1993 to 1997, Bales was director of development for the university's College of Engineering. During that time, he directed the college's 21st Century Campaign that raised more than $34 million in gifts and pledges from alumni, friends and corporations. The annual average for total giving increased from $2 million to $4.5 million. He also developed a tracking/management system for the college's gift funds composed of more than 200 gift accounts and a $15 million endowment. Before that, Bales served for four years as associate director of institutional advancement for the university's Institute of Agriculture, then later became director of development. He earned Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in agriculture from UT-Knoxville and served as a graduate teaching assistant and as an instructor in the Department of Animal Science. "As a native of this state, I strongly believe in the value of higher education and am committed to working to strengthen our educational system," Bales said. "The chance to assist MTSU in meeting the future needs of Tennessee is an exciting challenge. MTSU is one of the best kept secrets in higher education, not only in Tennessee, but across the country. It is gratifying to have the opportunity to work with Dr. McPhee, the university community and MTSU’s students and alumni in moving MTSU to the top tier of America’s comprehensive universities." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LUCINDA T. LEA: VP for Information Technology & Chief Information Officer In February of 2002, Lucinda Lea was named MTSU Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer. As a member of the president's cabinet, she has responsibility for strategic and tactical planning in all facets of information technology. She leads the Information Technology Division in providing the services of academic and administrative computing, instructional technology, Web applications, networking and telecommunications, and the campus ID system. As vice president, she seeks to provide students, faculty and staff with the best, most up-to-date technologies that available resources can provide. She supports the use of this technology in providing quality education in a student-centered living and learning environment. Ms. Lea has given numerous presentations and papers, nationally and regionally, describing campus innovations in information technology. She has served on the Syllabus Advisory Board, the Editorial Board of The Technology Source and has been involved with the TLT Group as a facilitator and speaker. In 1996 she founded the Instructional Technology Conference, held annually at MTSU. The conference attracts hundreds of faculty, instructional technologists, and administrators from across the nation to share knowledge and gain expertise in technology-based education. She was the recipient of the 2002 Distinguished Service Award in Tennessee higher Education Computing, chosen by her peers. Elected by the EDUCAUSE membership to a four year term on the EDUCAUSE Board beginning in January 2006, she was elected to serve as vice chair of the Board in 2008. EDUCAUSE, a non-profit association with a membership of 2000 higher education institutions, has the mission to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology. In addition Lea currently serves on the advisory board of the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI). Ms. Lea was the instructional technology track program chair for the 2002 Seminars on Academic Computing; she served on the Seminars on Academic Computing (SAC) Advisory Board (2002-2005) and as SAC Board Chair in 2004-2005. She was a member of the Research Task Force commissioned by EDUCAUSE to examine avenues for collection and dissemination of core institutional data for higher education institutions. The process culminated in the creation of the EDUCAUSE Core Data Service. She was program chair for the 2003 EDUCAUSE Southeast Regional Conference and served as program chair for the 2005 international EDUCAUSE Conference. Previous experience includes: MTSU Assistant Vice President for Information Technology, Office of Information Technology, 1999 - 2002; Director of the MTSU Office of Information Technology, 1993 - 1999; MTSU Academic Computing Manager, 1979 - 1993; MTSU Faculty Liaison, Academic Computer Support, 1973 - 1979; Systems Programmer, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 1967 - 1971. Ms. Lea holds a Master of Science in mathematics from Middle Tennessee State University and a Bachelor of Science in mathematics from Tennessee Technological University. She is married to Dr. James W. Lea, Jr., a mathematics professor at MTSU; they have a son residing in London, England and a daughter who resides in Washington, D.C. |
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Middle Tennessee State University on March 1, 2003 bringing with her a broad experience in higher education.
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