Office of the Provost

University of Georgia President Jere W. Morehead announced Tuesday that Ron R. Walcott, vice provost for graduate education and dean of the Graduate School, has been named the interim senior vice president for academic affairs and provost, effective August 1.

Maggie Parker, director of the Office of Accreditation and Institutional Effectiveness, has been named chief of staff in the Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, effective July 1.

The University of Georgia has added two more names to its ranks of National Academy members, as professors Gerald Hart and Robert Schmitz were elected to the National Academy of Sciences at the conclusion of its 163rd annual meeting in April.

On April 17, Melvin Douglas “Doug” Ivester surprised his wife by revealing the University of Georgia School of Nursing will be named in her honor as the Victoria Kay Ivester School of Nursing. The naming recognizes gifts from Doug Ivester and the Ivester Foundation that will create a $20.5 million endowment to benefit the school.

For the fourth consecutive year, the University of Georgia ranked No. 1 among U.S. universities for the number of new commercial products brought to market by industry partners based on university research, according to the 2025 annual survey conducted by AUTM.