Westminster University hires interim provost Lance Newman to fill position
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Oct. 26, 2026 (Gephardt Daily) -- Westminster University has announced that Lance Newman has been named provost of the university. Newman, the University's interim provost, will take over the role permanently on Nov. 1. Newman joined Westminster's English department (now Literature, Media, and Writing) in 2008. In 2013, he was appointed Westminster University has announced that interim provost Lance Newman has been named. Newman will take over the role permanently on Nov. 1. He previously served as dean of Westminster's English department and led Westminster’s reaccreditation with the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, including the implementation of WCore, the university’ general studies curriculum, and partnerships with Round River Conservation Studies and Utah Humanities. Newman was named the Westminster University Professor of the Year by the Associated Students of Westminster and awarded the Manford and June Shaw Faculty Publication Prize for his publication of "Free Soil and the Abolitionist Forests of Frederick Douglass."
Published : 16 hours ago by Gephardt Daily Staff in Lifestyle
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Oct. 26, 2026 (Gephardt Daily) — Westminster University has announced that Lance Newman has been named provost of the university.
Newman, the University’s interim provost, will ... [1954 symbols]
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