The Provost and Associate Provost Offices are located in Bailey House. Sheryl Hemkin currently serves as the acting provost and is assisted by associate provosts Drew Kerkhoff and Wendy Singer. To help direct your calls to the appropriate staff member, we encourage you to refer to the chart below.
Division of Departments and Programs
Type of activity key: S = Student Matter or Program; F = Faculty Matter; D = Department/Program Matter; C = College Matter
| Activity | Contact |
Type of Activity |
| Academic Advising | Tom Hawks | S/F/D |
| Academic Infractions Board (AIB) | Wendy Singer, Amy Quinlivan | S/F/D |
| Academic Policy Questions | Wendy Singer | F |
| Academic Regulations | Sheryl Hemkin, Amy Quinlivan | S/F/D |
| Accounting | Rachel Curtis, Jackie Teater | F/D/S |
| Administrative Assistants to Departments | Darlene Tedrow, Sheryl Hemkin | F/D |
| Administrative Assistant Duties | Darlene Tedrow, Sheryl Hemkin | F/D |
| Affiliated Scholars | Amy Quinlivan, Drew Kerkhoff | F/D |
| BFEC Brown Family Environmental Center (BFEC) | Dave Heithaus, Sheryl Hemkin | C |
| Calendar Committee | Ellen Harbourt, Registrar | C |
| Center for Global Engagement (CGE) | Marne Ausec, Sheryl Hemkin | C/S |
| Center for Innovative Pedagogy (CIP) | Joseph Murphy, Sheryl Hemkin | F/D |
| Chairs' Meetings and Agendas | Jalene Fox | F/D |
| Civil Rights Office | Samantha Hughes | S/F/D/C |
| Classroom Repair or Replacement | Darlene Tedrow | F/D |
| Committee on Academic Standards (CAS) | Drew Kerkhoff | F/C |
| Common Hour. schedule an event or room | F/D/S/C | |
| Community Partnerships, Office of | Alyssa Lawrence; Jan Thomas | F/D/S/C |
| Compliance Issues | Sheryl Hemkin | F/D/C |
| Course Evaluations | Jalene Fox, Joe Murphy | F |
| Curricular Policy Committee (CPC) | Wendy Singer | F |
| Department Budget Issues | Sheryl Hemkin, Darlene Tedrow | F/D |
| Departmental Outcomes Assessment | Amy Quinlivan, Drew Kerkhoff | F/D |
| Departmental Annual Reports | Drew Kerkhoff, Wendy Singer, Amy Quinlivan |
F/D |
| Disability Grievance | Samantha Hughes | S/F/D/C |
| Discriminatory Harassment | Samantha Hughes | S/F/D/C |
| Distinguished Service Award | Sheryl Hemkin, Amy Quinlivan | F |
| Dr. Newton Chun Award | Sheryl Hemkin, Wendy Busenburg | F |
| Early Graduation Petitions | Ellen Harbourt, Registrar | S |
| Endowed Chairs and Endowed Chairs research funds | Jalene Fox | F/D |
| Environmental Health and Safety | Gary Sweeney, Sheryl Hemkin, Amy Quinlivan, Dudley Thomas |
F/D/C |
| Equipment funds such as departmental, classroom, office: — Fine Arts Equipment Fund — Math Equipment Fund — Science Equipment Fund |
Darlene Tedrow | F/D |
| External Department Evaluation Process | Drew Kerkhoff, Wendy Singer, Amy Quinlivan |
F/D |
| Fac Pac and Faculty meetings | Jalene Fox | F |
| Faculty Affairs Committee (FAC) | Drew Kerkhoff | F |
| (FAC) Faculty Research and Teaching Grants | Drew Kerkhoff | F |
| (FAC) Faculty Research and Teaching Grants - Reimbursement and Reports | Wendy Busenburg | F |
| Faculty Handbook | Jeff Bowman, Jalene Fox, Tom Giblin | F |
| Final Exam Policy | Drew Kerkhoff, Amy Quinlivan | F/C |
| Franklin Miller Awards | Jalene Fox | C/S |
| General Education Assessment | Amy Quinlivan, Drew Kerkhoff | F/D |
| Grants and Fellowships | Deedra Sukrungruang | F/D/C |
| • FAC awarded Grants | Wendy Busenburg | F |
| • Applications • Accounting and final reports |
Wendy Busenburg | F |
| • Other Sponsored Grants to individuals (e.g. NSF) • Budget Development &Approval, Accounting |
Deedra Sukrungruang, Sheryl Hemkin, Aaron Miller |
F/D |
| • Institutional Grants (e.g. HHMI, Mellon, etc.) | William Billiter, Sheryl Hemkin | C |
| • Student Postgraduate Scholarships & Fellowships | Thomas Hawks | S |
| • GLCA Grants | Sheryl Hemkin, Aaron Miller, Jalene Fox | F |
| Hiring Workshops | Ted Mason, Amy Quinlivan | F/D |
| Honors Examiners | Darlene Tedrow | F/D |
| IFDA Individual Faculty Development Accounts | Darlene Tedrow | F |
| Institutional Review Board (IRB) for Research on Human Subjects | Amy Quinlivan, Sheryl Hemkin | F/D/S/C |
| Kenyon Campus Community Development Fund | Leah Reuber Access the KCCDF application. |
C |
| LBIS | Helpline | S/F/D/C |
| Lectureships | Howard Grier | F, C |
| Maintenance — event set up, building upkeep | Work Order, Paula Morrison | D/C |
| Marilyn Yarbrough Dissertation Fellowship | Ted Mason, Amy Quinlivan | F/D |
| Mentoring | Amy Quinlivan, Drew Kerkhoff, Wendy Singer |
F/D |
| Midwest Faculty Seminar | Darlene Tedrow, Sheryl Hemkin | F |
| Moving Allocations | Jalene Fox | F |
| NEH Summer Stipend | Sheryl Hemkin | F |
| New Faculty Orientation | Drew Kerkhoff, Amy Quinlivan | F/D |
| Off-Campus Studies | Marne Ausec, Sheryl Hemkin | S, C |
| Offices: Furnishings, Assignment of Offices, Office Repairs and Replacement, Office Moves | Darlene Tedrow | F/D |
| Personnel Issues | Sheryl Hemkin, Jalene Fox | F/D |
| Provost Website | Jalene Fox, Amy Quinlivan | C |
| Recruitment Tenure Track | Sheryl Hemkin, Jalene Fox | F/D |
| Recruitment Visiting Fellows | Amy Quinlivan, Drew Kerkhoff, Wendy Singer | F/D |
| Registrar | Ellen Harbourt | C/F/D, S |
| Repair and Replacement Equipment Requests | Darlene Tedrow | F/D |
| Research Funds, Designated | Darlene Tedrow | F |
| Reviews and Dossier Preparation | Jalene Fox, Wendy Singer | F/D |
| Sabbatical Proposals and Reports | Sheryl Hemkin, Jalene Fox | F |
| Search Expenses | Jalene Fox | F/D |
| Senate | Bob Milnikel | C |
| Start-up Funds | Darlene Tedrow, Sheryl Hemkin, Jalene Fox | F |
| Student Grade Appeals | Wendy Singer | S |
| Student Research Support | Drew Kerkhoff, Amy Quinlivan | S |
| Summer Legal Studies Program John W. Adams Summer Scholars |
Ric Sheffield | S |
| Summer Science Scholars | Drew Kerkhoff, Tammy Konkler | S |
| Summer Scholars (Social Science & Humanities) | Drew Kerkhoff, Tammy Konkler | S |
| Synoptic Majors | Amy Quinlivan, Wendy Singer | S |
| Technology Services | Helpline | F/D |
| Tenure and Promotion Committee (TPC) | Jalene Fox, Jeff Bowman | F/D |
| Tenure-track Searches | Jalene Fox, Jeff Bowman | F/D |
| Title IX | Samantha Hughes | S/F/D/C |
| Trustee Teaching Excellence Awards | Jalene Fox, Jeff Bowman | F |
| Visiting Searches | Sheryl Hemkin, Drew Kerkhoff, Amy Quinlivan |
F/D |
| Whiting Awards | Jeff Bowman, Jalene Fox | F |
| Work Orders | Maintenance | F/D/C |
| The Writing Center | Sheryl Hemkin | S/C |
Associate Provosts
| Drew Kerkhoff |
Wendy Singer | |
| Divisions/Departments | Humanities, Social Sciences | Fine Arts, Natural Sciences |
| Programs |
Asian and Middle East Studies* |
African Diaspora Studies |
*Interdisciplinary programs with majors