Second provost finalist visits UI
The second of five finalists vying for the position of University of Idaho provost and executive vice president will visit campus Friday for an on-site interview and open forum.
Elizabeth Hendrey is currently the acting provost and vice president for Academic Affairs at Queens College, City University of New York. Hendrey’s open session will take place at 3:30 p.m. in the Vandal Ballroom of the Bruce Pitman Center, formerly the Student Union Building.
Elizabeth Hendrey
The finalists were announced Tuesday after a national search. Katherine Aiken has been the interim provost and executive vice president since 2012, after former provost Doug Baker accepted an offer as the president of Northern Illionois University.
Hendrey has a 26-year tenure with Queens College, working her way up from assistant professor to dean of the College of Social Sciences, to her current interim position.
Hendrey received a bachelor’s degree in economics from Princeton University, where she graduated cum laude and moved on to Duke University to attain her master’s and doctorate in economics.
Throughout her career, Hendrey served in visiting professorships at the University of North Florida, Hamilton College and the University of North Carolina, among others. She even spent a year abroad as a visiting fellow for the University of Essex in the United Kingdom.
At Queens College, Hendrey held nearly 10 different positions over the years and served the college in leadership roles for the last 15 years.
Hendrey continued to work on projects throughout her tenure, including founding the College of Social Science’s Dean’s Young Professional Program, leading the Queen College’s Strategic Development Plan and expanding international partnerships with countries such as South Africa, Japan and Brazil.
In her most recent leadership positions, Hendrey increased enrollment, hired many tenure and tenure track faculty and oversaw multimillion-dollar budgets.
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