Not only will there be a new face for the University’s Provost, but there will also be a new title.

President Carol Cartwright, with the support of the Board of Trustees, has decided to change the name of the Provost position to Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs and Provost. She said she will not re-title any other positions as senior vice presidents.

“I’ve decided to change the title of the position so that it is clear that this position is second to the president,” Cartwright said.

A search committee has been formed to fill the provost position which Shirley Baugher left in mid-December.

The search to fill the senior vice president of academic affairs and provost position will begin next week, Cartwright said.

Interim Dean of the Graduate College Deanne Snavely will chair the search committee and other committee members will be announced soon.

The executive search firm Witt/Keiffer will also assist in the search.

Witt/Keiffer was originally contracted in July to find a replacement for then interim President Cartwright, but the search was called off last month after Cartwright agreed to serve as president until 2011.

Cartwright said she hopes to have the position filled by this summer.

Other key administrator positions that need filled include vice provost for academic programs, dean of the college of education and human development, dean of Firelands college and dean for continuing and extended education.

While the new senior vice president of academic affairs and provost position will be filled, other positions in the University’s Office of the Provost are not being refilled.

Interim Vice President of Academic Affairs and Provost Mark Gromko dispersed a diagram of the office of the provost at yesterday’s Faculty Senate meeting. The diagram showed how the office looked in November of 2008 and how it will look for 2009.

While the senior vice president of academic affairs and provost remains at the top, many positions were rearranged to adapt to the personnel cuts within the office.

Positions that have been cut include the dean of outreach and engagement, the associate vice provost for the Bowling Green experience, vice provost for admissions and operations and associate vice provost for professional development.

Also, the associate provost for professional development and the associate vice provost for academic affairs positions will be eliminated on June 30, 2009, Gromko said.

“We know all colleges have been pinched very hard,” Gromko said. “I know how much that hurts and I’ve done my best to make it hurt equally.”

Editor -in-chief Freddy Hunt contributed to this article.