Bowling Green State University has tapped an administrator from Ball State as its new vice president for student affairs and vice provost.
Dr. Thomas Gibson, associate vice president for student affairs at Ball State University, will join Bowling Green State University on July 1.
According to a letter to the university from President Mary Ellen Mazey: “His vision for student affairs aligns well with what we strive for at BGSU, that is, a campus environment where classroom and co-curricular activities work together to support student success. As you may have gathered from the title change for this position, the vice president for student affairs and vice provost will have additional interaction with the academic side of the University to further enhance the synergetic relationship between the two.”
Gibson has worked for 19 years in higher education including at York and Queens colleges CUNY and the University of Connecticut previous to his job at Ball State University. Those experiences, Mazey’s letter says “provided him with a ground-up view of student affairs. His experience includes serving as an advocate for students along with strategic planning, program development, diversity and inclusion efforts, retention and degree-completion initiatives and budget, resource and facilities management.”
Jill Carr, a 39-year employee at BGSU, held the position for four years until her retirement last June. Dr. Sidney Childs served as interim vice president for student affairs during the transition. “He has enabled the division to continue moving forward, and I value his service,” Mazey’s letter said.
