Acting assistant provost named
for professional and continuing studies
by Sue Moncure
Acting assistant provost named
for professional and continuing studies
by Sue Moncure
James K. Broomall has been appointed acting assistant provost of the newly structured Division of Professional and Continuing Studies, formerly the Division of Continuing Education. He replaces Richard B. Fischer, who is on sabbatical and will retire in September 2002.
The new division now has responsibility for special sessions, in addition to distance learning (UDOnLine), evening and off-campus credit courses, the ACCESS Centers and professional and nondegree programs, including the Academy of Lifelong Learning.
Bobby Gempesaw, vice provost for academic programs and planning, said, "Joining special sessions with continuing studies is a logical restructuring step as part of UD's educational outreach efforts, as winter and summer sessions attract students who are not UD undergraduates but part of the general public served by continuing studies.
'The restructuring will allow the Center for International Studies, formerly International Programs and Special Sessions, to do what it does best through study abroad programs, the English Language Institute and assisting with international development projects by UD faculty and staff," he said.
"The new name, Division of Professional and Continuing Studies, more accurately describes the wide range of programs we offer and the audiences served," Broomall said.
"In the past few years, participation in career-related certificate programs, information technology, distance learning, continuing professional education and the Academy of Lifelong Learning in both Wilmington and Lewes have grown dramatically," he said. "Adding special sessions will increase the marketing and administrative services available for this important University office."
Broomall pointed out that the division works closely with academic colleges and departments to provide timely professional courses, programs and services to adult and other nontraditional learners without the boundaries of time and place. It has offices in Newark, Wilmington, Lewes and Georgetown.
"The Division of Professional and Continuing Studies is one key element in the University's academic outreach, and I look forward to our future in serving the University and our many constituencies," he said.
Broomall joined the then-Division of Continuing Education in 1988 as associate director with responsibility for program development. Most recently he was director of business and program development.
He recently received an Award of Excellence from the University Continuing Education Association Region II for UD's e-commerce program, for "innovation, effectiveness and overall contribution to the field of continuing higher education."
A 1975 honors graduate of UD, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi, Broomall received his master's degree in adult and community college education from North Carolina State University and his doctorate in higher education from Pennsylvania State University. He holds a secondary appointment in the School of Education where he teaches graduate courses in adult and postsecondary education.
