[499] Fort Lewis College's President Will Assume Provost Role At MTSU

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 4, 2010
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FORT LEWIS COLLEGE’S PRESIDENT WILL ASSUME PROVOST ROLE AT MTSU
President Sidney A. McPhee Names Dr. Brad Bartel New Provost Beginning July 12

(MURFREESBORO)—Dr. Brad Bartel, president at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colo., has been named the next provost at Middle Tennessee State University, announced MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee.
Bartel, who has served as president of the public liberal arts college since 2004, is expected to assume his new post at MTSU on July 12.
With more than 35 years of experience in higher education, including more than 25 years of senior-level administrative leadership at four major public universities, Bartel will replace Dr. Kaylene Gebert, who returned to full-time faculty status in fall 2009 as a professor in the Department of Speech and Theatre after serving as executive vice president and provost at MTSU for six years. Dr. L. Diane Miller, vice provost, served as interim provost while the nationwide search for Gebert’s permanent replacement was under way.
“MTSU is extremely fortunate to attract someone with Dr. Bartel’s extensive administrative and academic experience,” McPhee said. “As a sitting president and former provost, he brings the kind of comprehensive view of institutional operations and the academic enterprise that is needed to help us in our efforts to position MTSU for the future.”
Prior to assuming the presidency at FLC, Bartel served as provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at Florida Gulf Coast University (2000-2004); dean of the graduate school and associate provost for research at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (1991-2000); and associate dean for the Division of Graduate Affairs and the Division of Research Affairs at San Diego State University (1983-1991).
A highly published scholar in the field of anthropology, Bartel began his collegiate teaching career as an assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology at San Diego State, where he continued teaching until 1991, having earned the rank of professor.
“I am honored that President McPhee has selected me to be the Provost at Middle Tennessee State University,” Bartel said in response to his new appointment. “MTSU is a great university. I look forward to being part of the team and am excited to begin working with its distinguished faculty and staff to help give students even greater learning opportunities. It will be a privilege to be a part of the MTSU family and the Murfreesboro community.”
A native of New York City, Bartel and his wife, Laura, have two adult children, Kimberly and Jordan.
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With three Nobel Prize winners among its alumni and former faculty, Middle Tennessee State University confers master’s degrees in 10 areas, the Specialist in Education degree, the Doctor of Arts degree and the Doctor of Philosophy degree. MTSU is ranked among the top 100 public universities in the nation in the Forbes “America’s Best Colleges” 2009 survey.