LAFAYETTE TODAY
New provost Anthony M. Cummings (right) was welcomed by faculty and staff, including President Dan Weiss and Ellis Finger, director of the Williams Center for the Arts, at a reception in May.
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Cummings Named Provost
Anthony M. Cummings, professor of music and co-director
of Italian studies at Tulane University, was named provost and
dean of the faculty.
He will assume the post July 1, succeeding June Schlueter, who has served as provost since 1993.
Cummings’ accomplishments as
dean of Tulane College from 1992-2002 included developing and implementing strategic plans, designing and developing new programmatic offerings for students—including internships, research under the tutelage of a faculty member, summer travel,
and informal interactions with faculty—
and establishing a new office to administer them, collaborating with Tulane’s undergraduate admission
office to increase the number and quality of applicants and matriculants
to the college, and spearheading successful fund-raising efforts.
He served as Princeton’s dean of admission from 1983-88. A specialist
in Italian Renaissance music, Cummings holds an M.F.A. and Ph.D. in historical musicology from Princeton and a B.A. with majors in history and music from Williams. He also attended Harvard’s Institute for Educational Management.
“His extensive experience and many notable accomplishments as an administrator, teacher, and scholar clearly mark him as a visionary, innovative leader with a deep understanding of and strong commitment to academic excellence in undergraduate education, serious scholarship, and the values of the Lafayette community,” says
President Dan Weiss.
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