NSU Horizons Fall 2017

25 NSU HORIZONS Ralph V. Rogers, Ph.D., NSU provost and executive vice presi- dent for Academic Affairs, has been selected by the Association of Chief Academic Officers (ACAO) as one of 32 provosts and chief academic officers to participate in the ACAO Digital Fellows Program. Supported by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the ACAO Digital Fellows Program provides provosts and chief aca- demic officers (CAOs) with critical information, effective resources, and tested strategies to help CAOs and their faculties understand and adopt high-quality digital courseware. The project’s goal is to explore ways to use digital technology to increase the retention and persist- ence to graduation among under- graduates, especially those who are first-generation or low-income stu- dents or students of color. The yearlong fellowship opportunity includes four meetings (or convenings) of the fellowship recipients for work- shops on digital learning. The Gates Foundation grant also includes sup- port for individual campus projects focused on digital learning. Rogers, who has served as provost at Nova Southeastern University since 2013, earned a B.S. in Elec- trical Engineering and an M.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Ohio University. He also has a Ph.D. in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia. n NSU’S PROVOST NAMED TO DIGITAL FELLOWS PROGRAM NSU ACHIEVEMENTS