Office of the Provost
Provost's Forum, February 16, 2012
Fresno State Provost William Covino said today he accepts the recommendations from a campus advisory task force to close a significant budget shortfall in the Academic Affairs division and he will continue consultation as he moves to implement them.
View a pdf version of the Division of Academic Affairs Mid Year Summary 2011-12.
Spring 2012 Address, January 11, 2012
View the Video: Provost Covino's Spring 2012 Address to the Faculty Assembly below.
View a pdf version of Provost Covino's Spring 2012 address here.
Provost's Profile
William A. Covino became Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs on July 6, 2009. The Provost is the university’s chief academic officer, providing leadership for the University’s eight schools and colleges, grants and research, the library, continuing and global education, and other academic units of the university. The Provost coordinates and implements academic goals, educational policy, curricular planning and development, academic program review, academic personnel actions, faculty and staff development, resource development and allocation, assessment, professional and regional accreditation, and strategic and master academic planning.
Provost Covino came to California State University, Fresno after serving as Provost at California State University, Stanislaus, and as Dean of the College of Arts and Letters at Florida Atlantic University. He has also held faculty positions at the University of Illinois at Chicago and San Diego State University. Covino’s administrative priorities and accomplishments have included developing and expanding distinctive academic programs, building greater support for applied scholarly research, improving student learning outcomes, increasing fundraising and partnership opportunities, and encouraging community engagement across the curriculum. His undergraduate and graduate teaching has included courses on rhetoric and literature, and his scholarly record features numerous chapters, articles, and reviews, as well as five books on rhetoric, literacy, imagination, and persuasion.
Provost Covino received a PhD in English from the University of Southern California in 1981.