Meet the Interim Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs finalist
UCCS will be hosting one finalist for the Interim Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs position on campus Tuesday, August 18. All faculty, staff, students and interested members of the community are welcome and encouraged to attend the finalist’s campus presentation and ask questions about their qualifications.
See the full search committee listing below.
Dr. Kirsten Fleming | Tuesday, August 18
An equity-minded leader focused on systemic change, Kirsten Fleming most recently served as Provost & Executive Vice President at the University of Northern Colorado, where her role included being the institution’s Chief Academic Officer and Chief Operations Officer. The Division of Academic Affairs which she led has six colleges, including a new College of Osteopathic Medicine, as well as the university libraries, enrollment services, the graduate school, research support, academic support services, international programs, institutional research, accreditation and compliance. The division has a base budget of approximately $110 million and includes about 750 employees, about 400 of whom are full-time faculty members.
During her tenure at UNC, the university achieved its highest-ever first-to-second-year retention rate for first-time first-year students, its highest-ever four-year graduation rate for first-time, full-time students, reflecting a sustained institutional focus on student success and academic excellence. During this period UNC also attained federal Hispanic-Serving Institution designation, Carnegie R2 status, State of Colorado first-generation designation and 10-year reaccreditation from the Higher Learning Commission.
Before joining UNC, Kirsten Fleming served as Associate Vice President for Faculty Affairs at California State University, Long Beach, where she led the implementation of initiatives designed to advance equitable hiring and evaluation practices, strengthen faculty development, bring about greater equity in faculty workloads, increase diversity among newly hired faculty members, and modernize faculty personnel systems.
Earlier, she was Dean of the College of Natural Sciences at California State University, San Bernardino, where she oversaw nine departments, advanced student success initiatives, supported equity-minded evidence-based teaching, strengthened advising, expanded accreditation success, and helped secure major grant and philanthropic support. She also served as Executive Director of the Kentucky Center for Mathematics at Northern Kentucky University, expanding statewide mathematics programming and partnerships across Kentucky.
Kirsten Fleming holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Birmingham and a B.Sc. in Mathematics from the University of London. Her career reflects sustained leadership in academic affairs, faculty development, student success, equity-minded institutional change, mathematics education and strategic organizational improvement.