Office of the Provost Staff

Office of the Provost StaffMembers of the Provost's staff are available to serve the campus community between the hours of 8:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. (During the summer, Friday hours are 8:00 a.m.-12:00 noon.)
Responsibilities of each staff member are listed below with contact information. Please let us know if we can be of assistance. We look forward to hearing from you!

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Roger N. Blais
Provost and Vice President
for Academic Affairs
Professor of Physics

Office: Collins Hall 2140
Phone: (918) 631-2554
Fax: (918) 631-2721
Email: roger-blais@utulsa.edu

 

 

  • Chief Academic Officer
  • Oversees curriculum development in all undergraduate and postgraduate programs
  • Supervises faculty recruitment, development, promotion and tenure
  • Assures maintenance and integrity of academic records, and compliance in reporting academic information to outside agencies
  • Keeps the university focused on accomplishing its mission
  • Leads academic strategic planning, accreditation and assessment programs
  • Develops academic support systems: library, computing, publications, nationally competitive scholarships, continuing education, and global education
  • Monitors academic auxiliary programs: Petroleum Abstracts, University School
  • Reports to the Board of Trustees, its Executive Committee and Faculty and Curriculum Committee on all academic matters
  • Serves on the Executive Council, President’s Small Executive Staff (PSES), University Council (UC), Faculty Senate, University Curriculum Committee (UCC), and other bodies
  • Represents the University to numerous outside constituencies in the community, state, nation and to various professional communities

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Winona M. Tanaka
Vice Provost and 
Associate Vice President 
for Academic Affairs, Clinical Professor of Law

Office: Collins Hall 2130
Phone: (918) 631-3054
Fax: (918) 631-2721
Email: winona-tanaka@utulsa.edu

 

 

  • Coordinates the university’s academic assessment programs
  • Coordinates the work of the Associate Deans’ Council
  • Coordinates the work of the Collegiate Advisors
  • Works closely with the following: Registrar , TURC Program, Center for Global Education, University School, Administrators from other areas reporting to the Provost, Mission Statement Assessment Project, Facilitates relationships with administrators from other areas of the University

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Millard L. Jarrett
Assistant Provost for Academic Outreach

Office: Twin East 205A
Phone: (918) 631-3262
Fax: (918) 631-3367
Email: millard-jarrett@utulsa.edu

 

 

  • Coordinates summer term
  • Organizes and coordinates external or internal meetings sponsored by the Office of the Provost
  • Assists with development of the Undergraduate Bulletin  Manages or assists with projects as assigned by the Provost

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Nona Charleston
Director of Nationally Competitive Scholarships

Office: McFarlin Library - 3rd Floor
Phone: (918) 631-3511
Fax: (918) 631-2721
Email: nona-charleston@utulsa.edu

 

 

  • As Director of Nationally Competitive Scholarships
  • Advises undergraduate and graduate students who apply for prestigious scholarship or fellowships that require university endorsement (such as the Rhodes, Marshall, Truman, Goldwater, Udall, Fulbright)
  • Coordinates campus application procedure from notification through submission
  • Organizes selection and screening committees
  • Communicates with fellowship boards and foundations
  • As Administrator of the Tulsa Undergraduate Research Challenge (TURC)
  • Oversees TURC operations including admissions and selection for summer research stipends and opportunities for civic engagement and service

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Sheila Givens
Director of Assessment

Office: Twin East 205A
Phone: (918) 631-3262
Fax: (918) 631-272
Email: sheila-givens@utulsa.edu

 

 

  • Responsible for assessment and for providing information to help the university make strategic decisions to better achieve TU’s stated mission
  • Coordinates assessment activities for the entire institution and provides relative data for the many external bodies that accredit the university and its programs

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Linda Gunnells
Executive Assistant to the Provost

Office: Collins Hall 2135
Phone: (918) 631-2530
Fax: (918) 631-2721
Email: linda-gunnells@utulsa.edu

 

 

  • Staff writer/editor
  • Edits Undergraduate Bulletin
  • Coordinates New Faculty Orientation
  • Coordinates community and campus-related events as assigned by the Provost
  • Secretary, Faculty and Curriculum Committee of the Board of Trustees
  • Secretary, Deans’ Council
  • Secretary, University Curriculum Committee
  • Member, Higher Education Cultural Roundtable
  • Member, Commencent Committee
  • Member, Equal Access & Opportunity Committee

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Patt Joyce
Assistant to the Provost

Office: Collins Hall 2125
Phone: (918) 631-2554
Fax: (918) 631-2721
Email: patricia-joyce@utulsa.edu

 

 

  • Manages and ensures the smooth operation of the Provost’s Office on a daily basis
  • Initial contact person for faculty, staff, students and other individuals seeking assistance from the Provost’s Office
  • Maintains Provost’s calendar
  • Budgetary responsibilities including the processing of requisitions and purchase orders for the Provost’s Office and other academic units
  • Supervises graduate assistants and work study students