Kansas State University

Charles Taber

Provost and Executive Vice President

108 Anderson Hall
785-532-6224
ctaber@k-state.edu

Meet the Provost

Fred Burrack

Director, Assessment

226 Anderson Hall
785-532-5712
fburrack@k-state.edu

Selected Areas of Responsibility

• Student Learning/Student Experience Assessment

Lynn Carlin

Special Assistant to the Provost

108 Anderson Hall 
785-532-7434
lcarlin@k-state.edu

Selected Areas of Responsibility

• K-State 2025 strategic planning/reporting
• Institutional special projects/initiatives coordination and management
• Executive-level staff support and coordination
• Communications from the provost
• Administrative planning and policy and procedures analysis/review/development
• University Handbook/Department Head Manual maintenance/updates
• Committee Handbook

Grant Chapman

Associate Provost
Office of International Programs
English Language Program
International Student Center

304 Fairchild Hall
785-532-5498
grantchapman@k-state.edu

Selected Areas of Responsibility

• International student services
• International student recruitment
• Education Abroad/English Language Program
• International outreach
• Events and lecture series

Jana Fallin

Director, Teaching and Learning Center

206 Anderson Hall
785-532-7828
jfallin@k-state.edu

Selected Areas of Responsibility

• Teaching and learning best practices
• Events and professional development programs
• Assessment of teachers

Brian Niehoff

Associate Provost, Institutional Effectiveness

202 Anderson Hall
785-532-4797
niehoff@k-state.edu

Selected Areas of Responsibility

• Assessment
• Accreditation
• Institutional program reviews
• Institutional research and reports
• University Distinguished Professors
• Faculty awards and recognition
• Faculty/academic administrators development and mentoring
• General use and technology classrooms
• Reporting units include Assessment, Planning and Analysis, and the Teaching and Learning Center
• Institutional Reporting
• Program Review

David Procter

Director, Center for Engagement and Community Development

202 Ahearn Field house
785-532-6868
dprocter@k-state.edu

Selected Areas of Responsibility

• Oversight of expanded outreach and engagement through campus and community partnerships

Mary Hale Tolar

Director, Associate Professor
Staley School of Leadership Studies

103 Leadership Studies Building
785-532-6085
mtolar@k-state.edu

Selected Areas of Responsibility

• Staley School of Leadership Studies
• Service learning
• Reporting units on an interim basis include the University Honors Program, the Honor and Integrity System, Nationally Competitive Scholarships, Undergraduate Research & Creative Inquiry, K-State First, and Pre-Law Advising

Craig Bourne

Executive Assistant

108 Anderson Hall
785-532-6224
cbourne@k-state.edu

Selected Areas of Responsibility

• Staff support and calendar/scheduling coordination and management for the Provost
• Office coordination and management
• Deans council support
• Human resources support, including all personnel actions requiring Provost approval, executive searches, and conflict of interest and consulting requests
• Event coordination for University Distinguished Professors
• Managing the Provost's inbox
• Maintaining record files

Sandra Brase

Program/Project Coordinator

108 Anderson Hall
785-532-2265
sbrase@k-state.edu

Selected Areas of Responsibility

• K-State 2025 strategic planning and reporting
• Program and Projects Coordination and Support
• Deans Council Support
• Committee management support, including the University Committee Handbook
• Communications support, including Provost Office website
• University Handbook and Department/Unit Head Manual support
• Administrative support for University Distinguished Professors Nominations and Awards
• Professorial Performance Award Support
• Staff support to the Provost, as needed