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Provost Updates
- April 28, 2024: Continuity of Instruction
- Department Chair Review Recommendations and Summary of Findings
- Finalized Review and Recommendations on Department Chair Appointments
- CHS Interim Chair and Department Chair Appointment Review Update
- Department Chair Appointment Process to Undergo Review
- Faculty Fall 2024 application for Provost Mini-Grant due Friday, February 2, 2024 to Chairs
Dr. Laura Niesen de Abruña, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
Dr. Laura Niesen de Abruña began serving as MSU Denver’s chief academic officer on January 25, 2024.
As Provost, Niesen de Abruña oversees academic activities throughout the university, with direct responsibility for developing, delivering and evaluating academic programs, as well as related policies and procedures. She is also responsible for the promotion, tenure, and retention processes, and other faculty related procedures.
Dr. Niesen de Abruña has served as provost for four other institutions of higher learning and has spent years in the classroom as an accomplished professor of English.
She earned her Ph.D. in English Language and Literature from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. She holds two masters’ degrees: a Master of Arts in English Language and Literature from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, and a Master of Science in Education from the University of Pennsylvania. Niesen de Abruña earned a bachelor’s degree in English from Smith College.
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
Office Hours:
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Monday – Friday
Phone:
(303) 615-1900
Office Location:
Jordan Student Success Building, Office 330
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 173362, Campus Box 48, CO 80217
Physical Address:
890 Auraria Parkway, Denver, CO 80204