{"id":2118,"date":"2019-04-17T16:35:07","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T21:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/downtown\/?post_type=post&p=2118"},"modified":"2019-06-17T19:51:08","modified_gmt":"2019-06-17T19:51:08","slug":"ross-wolf-named-interim-assistant-provost-ucf-downtown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/downtown\/ross-wolf-named-interim-assistant-provost-ucf-downtown\/","title":{"rendered":"Ross Wolf named Interim Assistant Provost of UCF Downtown"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In less than 150 days, UCF Downtown will hold classes at its 21st<\/sup>-century campus, connecting students to a thriving urban district full of opportunity with their academic program of study. To further ensure academic excellence is at the center of the new campus, Provost Elizabeth Dooley has appointed Ross Wolf, Ed.D., M.P.A. to serve as interim assistant provost of UCF Downtown.<\/p>\n Wolf has nearly three decades of academic and administrative leadership experience in higher education at UCF. He currently serves as an associate professor and associate dean in UCF\u2019s College of Community Innovation and Education<\/a> (CCIE), where he oversees undergraduate affairs, undergraduate recruitment and retention, accreditation, analytics and assessment, and community centers and institutes. He will begin his new role in early May and will continue to serve as associate dean of CCIE during this interim appointment.<\/p>\n \u201cUCF Downtown will provide our academic programs with exciting opportunities,\u201d Wolf said. \u201cI am honored to continue to work with our incredible faculty, staff, students, and university leadership as we move to UCF Downtown and strengthen our collaboration with Valencia College and our downtown Orlando partners.\u201d<\/p>\n In his new position, Wolf will play a key role in the overall delivery of academic programs, initiatives, and structures that support the students, faculty and staff at UCF Downtown. Working with both the downtown leadership team and campus communities, Wolf will carry out a broad range of strategic and operational duties. He will also work closely with academic leaders, faculty and staff to ensure partnership on academic and co-curricular opportunities related to downtown campus programs.<\/p>\n \u201cRoss is a highly experienced and well-respected leader at UCF,\u201d says Mike Kilbride, assistant vice president for UCF Downtown. \u201cWe are happy to have him join the downtown campus leadership team and look forward to working together to provide a world-class education for students learning in the heart of downtown Orlando.\u201d<\/p>\n