University names Susan Weir assistant vice provost for student success initiatives

Dr. Susan Weir has joined the University of South Carolina as assistant vice provost for student success initiatives.

The former director of student academic services in the College of Arts and Sciences at Oklahoma State University, Weir will oversee the Student Success Center, which is responsible for student success initiatives designed to advance the university’s goals for retention and degree completion.

“The University of South Carolina is fortunate to attract a national expert with the outstanding work history and reputation of Dr. Weir,” said Dr. Dennis Pruitt, associate vice president for student affairs and associate vice provost for academic support. “Dr. Weir is an astute researcher, an accomplished and published scholar, and she has a passion to ensure the academic and personal success of each student at Carolina. Our students will benefit greatly from her leadership of this important student service and from her ability to provide our students with the individual, nurturing attention availed by her experience and her passion for student success.”

Weir earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Oregon, a master’s degree in counseling psychology from the University of Missouri and a doctoral degree in educational psychology with an emphasis in student personnel administration from Oklahoma State University.

She is the author of a recent monograph, “Transitions: A Guide for the Transfer Student,” and is an active member of the National Academic Advising Association.

“I am delighted to join the University of South Carolina family, and I look forward to enhancing and expanding services offered via the Student Success Center,” Weir said. “The university clearly makes student success and development a priority, and I am humbled to be able to contribute to these important initiatives.”

The center coordinates programs and services that include supplemental instruction, a student-led academic assistance program, tutoring, academic recovery programs, and programs for transfer, out-of-state and minority students.

For more information about student success initiatives and the Student Success Center, visit the Web site, www.sa.sc.edu/ssc, e-mail student.success@sc.edu, or call 803-777-0684.