The University of La Verne announced today that it has selected Kerop Janoyan, PhD, as its next provost and vice president for academic affairs. He will join the leadership team headed by President Devorah Lieberman this spring.<\/p>\n
Currently, Janoyan is dean of the Graduate School at Clarkson University in New York. He is also a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and recently served as interim dean of the university\u2019s Lewis School of Health Sciences and director of distance learning.<\/p>\n
As provost and vice president for academic affairs, Janoyan will oversee key areas of the university, including academic affairs, student affairs, the library, online programs, the nine regional campuses, campus health and safety, athletics, housing, institutional research, and the office of the registrar. He replaces Jonathan Reed, who is returning to the faculty after six years as provost and vice president for academic affairs.<\/p>\n
Janoyan said that what drew him most to the university was \u201cthe people. After I met the students, faculty, staff, and the leadership, I had a sense of being \u2018at home.\u2019\u201d He is also strongly supportive of the university\u2019s mission to the greater community as well as to diversity and inclusion.<\/p>\n
\u201cI strongly believe that we must continue to innovate our educational programs to inspire a diverse, highly trained pool of global citizens and future leaders,\u201d he said, \u201cwho will seize the opportunity to tackle our region\u2019s and world\u2019s challenges and solve challenges we don\u2019t even know about yet.\u201d<\/p>\n
Janoyan has deep roots in Southern California. Born in Iraq, he\u2019s lived and attended school in the United Kingdom, Cyprus, and Italy before coming to the U.S. with his family and enrolling in the Glendale public schools for his secondary education. He completed his bachelor\u2019s, master\u2019s, and PhD programs in civil engineering at UCLA. He speaks three languages.<\/p>\n
Lieberman noted that the provost search committee considered more than 120 applications in a diverse pool of candidates from across the country and internationally. Janoyan \u201cstood out as a systems thinker who has the ability to bring a community together to achieve common outcomes and who is thoughtful and strategic in his work,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
An important priority of the new provost will be leading the university in the execution of its recently approved 2025 strategic plan. He will also guide the development of academic programs, with a focus on expansion into health professions.<\/p>\n
\u201cI look forward to the specific opportunities at the University of La Verne,\u201d Janoyan said, \u201cempowering faculty and staff, supporting academic excellence, deepening the student experience, and building a diverse and inclusive community.\u201d<\/p>\n
About the University of La Verne<\/b><\/p>\n
Founded in 1891, the University of La Verne is a private, nonprofit, comprehensive institution founded on four core values: lifelong learning, ethical decision making, civic and community engagement, and diversity and inclusion. The university serves approximately 7,000 students on the historic La Verne central campus as well as across nine regional campuses and online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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