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My name's Jim Prince and I'm the vice provost for academic affairs at Sac
State
I got my degree in botany from UC Davis
my bachelors in my PhD in plant molecular biology from Cornell am a
plant molecular geneticist which means that I snooze DNA tools to study
the genetic supplants studying the genetics of plants that provide food and
fiber
from is actually really excited me think that you might be having some
incremental Bob positive effect on the world
well so I'm serve second in command of the academic fears
from my primary responsibilities are
budget arm the
legalization space arm also overseen
enrollment management and academic program quality
research institutional research and
the academic technologies really the thing that we all work on
in academic affairs our primary goal has to be student success
that's why we're all here student success is defined in a bunch of
different ways but primarily by
graduation rate so we want students to come in we want to finish
and then we want to succeed anyone to have a positive experience while they're
here so it's a student success is my
primary goal increasing
student success the advantage that students get in the CSU is this
intimate interaction one-on-one with broccoli faculty religion in their work
in one-on-one with students
in projects that listings would never be able to fail them when they come here
helps the faculty to having leaguer
bright minds helping them in their work
it's stimulating at it helps their teaching in which helps
all the students this this interaction on the research in creative level
the one on one interaction is really the the
highlight I mean the pinnacle for me teacher it really is teaching
research with themes is reaching the highest form
teaching I'm a botanist so I really appreciate all the trees on campus and
I'm
trying to learn what they are don't know them on your some excited happy overall
a bit of snow
now I am really excited to be here I've known in Sac State for a long time
are as I as I research the campus a little more carefully when I
heard about the position opening up
I was so impressed with everything that's going on here
and I'm really pleased to be part of a I think we're poised
for great success we're having good success now but I think a really poised
for greatness in terms of being wanna be a
one of the top regional comprehensive universities in the nation
and it's going to be great be imparted be up the
the faculty here are tremendously dedicated hardworking and passionate
about what they do
without that you can advance the ball prepay out there
of