{"id":15529,"date":"2025-07-01T11:52:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T15:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/?p=15529"},"modified":"2026-07-13T20:49:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T00:49:51","slug":"congratulations-to-inaugural-provost-faculty-fellows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/congratulations-to-inaugural-provost-faculty-fellows\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to Inaugural Provost Faculty Fellows"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/219\/2025\/07\/Inaugural-Cohort-LinkedIn-scaled-1-1024x681.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/219\/2025\/07\/Inaugural-Cohort-LinkedIn-scaled-1-1024x681.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/219\/2025\/07\/Inaugural-Cohort-LinkedIn-scaled-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/219\/2025\/07\/Inaugural-Cohort-LinkedIn-scaled-1-768x511.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/219\/2025\/07\/Inaugural-Cohort-LinkedIn-scaled-1-1536x1022.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/219\/2025\/07\/Inaugural-Cohort-LinkedIn-scaled-1-2048x1362.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">From left: Dr. Gabriela Vlahovici-Jones, Acting Composition Coordinator, English &amp; Modern Languages; Dr. George Ojie-Ahamiojie, Hospitality Tourism &amp; Management Associate Professor; Dr. Omar Attarbeen, Pharmacy Administration Associate Professor; Dr. Rondall Allen, Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs; President Heidi M. Anderson; Dr. Kausiksankar Das, Natural Sciences Physics Professor &amp; Director, Center for Student Excellence; Dr. Kawanda Williams, Pharmacy Practice Assistant Professor &amp; Assistant Dean, Experiential Education; and Dr. Tamarah Thompson, Director, Didactic Education &amp; Physician Assistant pose for a photo following a ceremony recognizing the graduates of the inaugural class of the Provost Faculty Fellows program.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Provost Faculty Fellows program has graduated its first class:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Dr. Lily Chi-Fang Tsi<\/strong>, Criminal Justice Professor &amp; Administrative Director, Futures Institute<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dr. Bridgett Clinton-Scott,<\/strong> Human Ecology Associate Professor &amp; Graduate Program Director<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dr. Omar Attarbeen, <\/strong>Pharmacy Administration Associate Professor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dr. Kausiksankar Das, <\/strong>Natural Sciences Physics Professor &amp; Director, Center for Student Excellence<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dr. Kawanda Williams<\/strong>, Pharmacy Practice Assistant Professor &amp; Assistant Dean, Experiential Education<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dr. George Ojie-Ahamiojie<\/strong>, Hospitality Tourism &amp; Management Associate Professor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dr. Tamarah Thompson<\/strong>, Director, Didactic Education &amp; Physician Assistant<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dr. Gabriela Vlahovici-Jones<\/strong>, Acting Composition Coordinator, English &amp; Modern Languages<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI am genuinely thankful for the opportunity to have participated in the <a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/academic\/provost-faculty-fellows-program\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/academic\/provost-faculty-fellows-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Provost Faculty Fellows Leadership Development Training<\/a>, which has supported both my personal and professional growth,\u201d said Thompson. \u201cThis experience enhanced my skills in team management, strategic planning, and interprofessional collaboration\u2014areas that are essential to effective academic leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dr. Rondall Allen<\/strong>, University of Maryland Eastern Shore Provost, designed the Provost Faculty Fellows program to provide leadership and administrative experience for faculty members.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI hope this program provides a foundation for faculty who aspire to assume leadership roles in a College or School or the Office of the Provost,\u201d Allen said. \u201cI also hope the faculty learned that being people-centered is a key ingredient of a successful leader.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All faculty are eligible to apply to the Provost Faculty Fellows program, and up to 10 faculty members are selected to participate annually. Fellows receive a stipend and up to $2,500 for professional development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Provost Faculty Fellows program has graduated its first class: \u201cI am genuinely thankful for the opportunity to have participated in the Provost Faculty Fellows Leadership Development Training, which has supported both my personal and professional growth,\u201d said Thompson. \u201cThis experience enhanced my skills in team management, strategic planning, and interprofessional collaboration\u2014areas that are essential&#8230;<span class=\"cpschool-read-more-link-holder\"><a class=\"btn btn-basic cpschool-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/congratulations-to-inaugural-provost-faculty-fellows\/\">Read more <span class=\"sr-only\">Congratulations to Inaugural Provost Faculty Fellows<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1559,"featured_media":15525,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[103],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-15529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1559"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15529"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=15529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}