LIM Faculty Names Scott Carnz as Provost – WWD
LIM Faculty has revealed the appointment of Scott Carnz, Ed.D., as the school’s provost. LIM Faculty stated in an announcement that Carnz, whose appointment was efficient Aug. 21, joins the school from the Metropolis College of Seattle, the place he served as provost since 2019.
Carnz succeeds Lisa Springer, Ed.D., who departed LIM final December to affix the Jewish Theological Seminary. Upon her departure, Michael Londrigan, who’s chair of the LIM enterprise division, additionally served as performing provost till Carnz was appointed.
“In his new function, Carnz will function the chief educational officer of LIM Faculty and shall be answerable for establishing and sustaining the best requirements of educational excellence in all educating, curricular, and educational co-curricular actions,” LIM Faculty stated within the assertion, including that Cranz would be the chief adviser “on educational issues to LIM Faculty President Elizabeth S. Marcuse and can lead growth of a imaginative and prescient for LIM’s educational future that helps scholar success, enrollment development, and scholar retention.”
Carnz oversaw greater than 50 certificate- and degree-granting applications in his prior function. LIM stated that amongst Carnz’s key accomplishments “had been creating of an Workplace of Social Fairness, Range and Inclusion and establishing a Analysis Institute to assist scholar and college scholarship.” Carnz additionally led efforts to ascertain “a data-informed tradition to evaluate studying outcomes and assist scholar achievement.”
Scott Carnz
Previous to Metropolis College of Seattle, Carnz served in varied management roles at The Artwork Institute of Seattle from 1996 to 2018, holding positions corresponding to division chair, educational director, affiliate dean of educational affairs, interim president, and dean of educational affairs.
Marcuse described Carnz as “a passionate and artistic academic chief with intensive expertise in overseeing educational applications starting from the certificates degree to doctoral levels.”
“We’re assured that [Carnz], working collaboratively with leaders all through LIM, will guarantee alignment of curriculum and business employer wants whereas additionally exploring international alternatives for collaborations that can assist our college students as they pursue their dream careers,” Marcuse famous.
Carnz stated he was excited to affix LIM Faculty, saying the varsity “is broadly revered for driving excellent scholar educational and profession outcomes by way of an immersive fashion of schooling that focuses on studying by doing.”
Carnz stated all through its practically 85-year historical past, “LIM has demonstrated a dedication to sustaining related curriculum and deep connections with the style and way of life industries that present college students with distinctive internships and different career-building alternatives. The school is dedicated to scholar success and takes a customized strategy to educating and mentoring. LIM is aligned with my private perception that larger schooling can change individuals’s lives and assist create a extra simply society and equitable world.”
