• I am pleased to announce that the College has been awarded a $3m Title V grant by the U.S. Department of Education under the Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program. Funding, effective October 2023, will allow the College to improve educational outcomes for Hispanic and low-income transfer students through a comprehensive and integrated suite of academic programs and student services. These include integrative academic and career advising, best practices in internship, course delivery and fieldwork, improved financial literacy, and extended supports offered at critical transition points between transfer enrollment, graduation, and post-graduate activities for students in the Health Services Administration (HSA) Program in the School of Health Sciences, Human Services, and Nursing (HS2N), which has experienced rapid enrollment growth in recent years. The program became a full department last year. Currently, the major employer in the Bronx is the healthcare industry in which there is the potential to earn a high paying job even within non-clinical areas such as healthcare administration where minorities are underrepresented in healthcare administration leadership roles. We anticipate the College will become a major talent and leadership pipeline for minority professionals in healthcare administration. Dean Elgloria Harrison will serve as the PI on the grant.
• I am also pleased to report the College is completing the final year of a $4.2m grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to increase the number of STEM baccalaureate degrees awarded to historically underrepresented populations under the CUNY-NYC-LSAMP Program. Eleven CUNY Colleges are participating in this major initiative as follows: Baruch, Brooklyn, CSI, CCNY, City Tech, Lehman, Medgar Evers, Queens, BCC, Hostos, and Guttman. Lehman is the lead institution and I serve as PI on the grant, with Dean Pamela Mills and Laura Oliveira as Project Lead and Project Coordinator, respectively. We have begun work on submitting a new proposal in Fall 2023 for another five-year grant to extend and expand the program.

• Hanover Research, an Arlington, Virginia-based leading provider of research and analytics for thousands of organizations worldwide, which we engaged a few months ago to enhance our access and opportunity mission, has now completed market research for six academic programs at the College. The market research is designed to assess internal and external demand for these programs, enhance enrollment growth, and support the need for high quality professionals in the region. The programs include the RN-BS, Online; EdD, Organizational Leadership which begins in Fall 2023; MS, Organizational Leadership; MS, Liberal Studies; MS, Biology; and MS, Mental Health, also beginning in Fall 2023. Market research for four other programs (MS, Secondary Education-TESOL Online; MS, Fintech; BS, Data Analytics; and MS, Data Analytics) is currently underway, with market research for five additional programs (MS, Chemistry; MS, Environmental Studies; Doctor of Social Work; Ph.D., Exercise Sciences; and BS to MAT, Music Education) slated for completion in July. These programs were selected from a portfolio of 35 programs identified by our school deans for this purpose. I have asked school deans responsible for each of these programs to work closely with department faculty and staff, and relevant campus units to implement the recommendations from the market research.
• In addition, Hanover Research has completed a major Academic Portfolio Optimization Report for the College as part of a larger discussion on developing a strategic enrollment plan as called for in our strategic plan, Lehman 2025. I am delighted about the content of this report and the value-add it would bring to further enhance the quality programming for which Lehman has been a leader.

• To understand public perception of the Lehman brand, President Delgado approved a brand awareness survey of the College in the Tri-state area. This survey, now being conducted by Hanover Research, is expected to be completed by the end of the semester. We expect to utilize the results to inform our marketing and outreach efforts and further raise the visibility of the College in support of our mission. I have been involved in multiple meetings with the Hanover team to drive this major initiative.

• February 2 – Met with the FP&B Committee on Fellowship and Scholar Incentive Award and discussed expectations and timeline about its work for the academic year.
• February 3 and March 3 – Met with the FP&B Committee on Tenure, Promotion, and Certificate of Continuous Employment (TPCCE) and discussed expectations and timeline for the spring evaluation of candidates’ portfolios. Also met with the Committee’s chair and co-chair separately on March 14 to discuss the Committee’s recommendations.
• February 7 – Participated in the Campus Climate Planning Meeting to discuss action steps.
• February 9, 15, and 23 – Participated in the President’s Advisory Board Meeting.
• February 10 – Chaired the Honorary Degree Nomination Committee Meeting to review nominations for the award of honorary doctoral degrees.
• February 14, March 21 and 28 – Participated in the FP&B Meetings, presented Provost’s Report and chaired both March meetings on behalf of the President.
• February 15 – Participated in the College Senate Committee on Budget and Long-Range Planning and provided an update on faculty recruitment and searches underway in light of new budget considerations at the College.
• February 21 – Participated in the Auxiliary Board Meeting as Vice Chair.
• February 22 – Attended the General Faculty Meeting and addressed several issues and questions from the survey of faculty.
• February 23 – Met with SGA President John Soto and discussed several issues regarding student success.
• February 27 – Established the Multilingual Lehman Task Force to explore additional steps the College might take to ensure it is meeting its role as a Hispanic-Serving and Minority-Serving Institution. Task Force is co-chaired by Drs. Zoila Morell, Elin Waring, and Karin Beck.
• March 6 – Participated in Lehman College Labor-Management Meeting.
• March 9 – Attended the President’s Cabinet Meeting.
• March 30 – Participated in the College Senate Governance Committee Meeting.

• February 2, 15, March 2, 16 – Chaired the Provost’s and Deans’ Council.
• February 3, March 3 – Participated in the CUNY Senior Colleges’ Provosts’ Meeting.
• February 14 and March 7 – Led the Division of Academic Affairs and Student Success (A2S2) Leadership Team Meeting.
• February 14 – Met with Dr. José Higuera López, Deputy Director, CUNY Mexican Studies Institute to discuss progress to date on the institute’s work, including the planned exchange trip to Mexico City with a group of undocumented Lehman students.
• February 15 and March 15 – CUNY Academic Council.
• February 16 – Hosted Dr. Dara Byrne, Dean, Macaulay Honors College.
• February 16 – Chaired the Bronx Transfer Affinity Group (BTAG) Provosts and Enrollment Management Meeting.
• February 16 – Facilitated discussions on data considerations for budget planning in Academic Affairs.
• February 17 – Met with Dr. Patricia Price, Provost, Queens College.
• February 22 – Chaired the Deans’ Only Meeting.
• February 22, March 1, 8, 14, and 27 – Participated in the Lehman Internal Vacancy Review Committee.
• February 23 and March 28 – Participated in the Lehman CUNY Inclusive Economy (CIE) Check-in Meetings.
• March 3 – Met with Dr. David Hood, Provost, Minnesota State University, Mankato.
• March 14 – Served as a Member of the CUNY Committee on Academic Policy Transfer Committee and participated in the committee’s meeting.
• March 17 – Participated in CUNY convening of chief academic officers to discuss a student success opportunity for increasing access and completion from the National Institute for Student Success (NISS) based at Georgia State University.
• March 27 – Met with CUNY Associate Vice Chancellor Kim Siegenthaler, Provost Anne Lopes and team, Brooklyn College Provost Manoj Pardasani and team, and Hunter College to explore the potential for an online BS in Accounting program based on a consortia model.
• March 22 and 23 – Attended the Campus Open Forums for the finalist candidates for the position of Associate Dean, School of Education.
• March 21 – Met with Dr. Maria Isabel Roldós, Director, CUNY Institute for Health Equity (CIHE) and discussed progress to date on the Institute’s work.

• February 1, March 1 – Participated in the Board meeting of the National Association of Chief Academic Officers as a Board member.
• February 6, March 13 – Met with Hanover Research to discuss progress on market research exploring internal and external demand for Lehman’s academic programs and a brand perception survey of the college.
• February 7 and 8 – Served as Program Faculty at the 2-day convening of the 2023 Student Success Institute for Chief Academic Officers held in Washington, DC by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU.) Also, presented on the “Provost Panel on Successful Student Success Strategies” with Dr. Cheryl L. Nixon, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Fort Lewis College
• February 10 – Facilitated the College’s in-person “New Chairs’ and Deans’ Orientation” with Vice President Dawn Ewing Morgan (Diversity and Human Resources) as part of the Provost’s Professional Development Series (PPDS).
• February 10 and March 10 – Participated in CUNY’s Executive Vice President and University Provost Wendy Hensel’s Mentoring Sessions for New Provosts at CUNY.
• February 23 – Attended Associate Vice Chancellor Donna Linderman’s Farewell Event and provided farewell remarks as a representative of senior college provosts at the invitation of the University Provost.
• February 24 – Provided opening remarks, framing the conversation for the Department Chairs’ and Deans’ Retreat as part of the Provost’s Professional Development Series (PPDS) which focused on Experiential Learning as the signature component of a Lehman education, with Lauren Anderson, CUNY Associate Vice Chancellor for Careers and Partnerships as keynote speaker.
• March 2 – Met with Loni Bordoloi, Program Officer, Teagle Foundation, during her visit to Lehman to see progress on the implementation of ATLAS (Anchored in the Liberal Arts), a structured program of transformative classes on General Education for transfer students enrolled in the traditional liberal arts and professional programs at Lehman. ATLAS is led by Drs. Karin Beck, Mia Badescu, Julie Maybee, Alyshia Galvez, and Paris LaRose.
• March 7 – Attended the Political Science Department Faculty Meeting and Dinner with President Delgado, Associate Provost Brown, and Chief of Staff Beth Markowitz.
• March 8 – Chaired Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) Management and Development Committee Meeting.
• March 9 – Attended President Delgado’s Surprise Retirement Party for Susan Ebersole, Vice President for Institutional Advancement at the Lehman Center for Performing Arts.
• March 10 – Met with the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA) Accreditation Site Team Visit for Lehman’s Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences Program.
• March 15 – Joined President Fernando Delgado and Vice President Rene Rotolo on the President’s Briefing on Budget and related matters and answered questions from the campus community.
• March 21 – Attended Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) Meeting for Provosts and Accreditation Liaison Officers regarding the recently released new standards, which include expectations about diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• March 22 – Participated in the American Council on Education – Council of Fellows Professional Development Committee to finalize the program for the annual convening of Fellows in Washington, DC in April.
• March 30 – Led the Spring Meeting of the IHEP Board, the Washington, DC-based higher education research, policy, and advocacy organization.

• February and March – Interviewed twenty finalists for faculty positions in the following departments and programs: Nursing, Inclusive Design (Art), Dietetics, Food and Nutrition, Finance, Information Systems and Economics, Speech Language and Hearing Sciences, Therapeutic Recreation, Management and Business Innovation, and Languages (Japanese).
• March 22 and 28 – Interviewed two finalists for the Director of Continuing Education, School of Continuing and Professional Studies (SCPS).
• March 13 and 16 – Participated in Cabinet interviews with two finalists for Assistant Vice President for Communications and Marketing.
• Completed the following faculty appointments: Department of Health Equity, Administration and Technology [Rahwa Haile, Associate Professor]; Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences [Boram Kim, Assistant Professor and Sih-Chiao Hsu, Assistant Professor] and The Leonard Lief Library [Bernice Suphal, Assistant Professor].