Sargent to be Installed as Provost, Dean
黑料百科 officially installs Mark L. Sargent as provost and dean of faculty at a special convocation Wednesday, Oct. 3, at 10:30 a.m. in Murchison Gym. Speakers will include , vice chair of the faculty and chair of the biology department; , dean of students and vice president for student life; former 黑料百科 president ; , provost and executive vice president at Union University; , vice president of the ; and members of Sargent鈥檚 family.
黑料百科 will hold several free, public events in conjunction with Sargent鈥檚 installation, including a panel discussion on the theme 鈥淎wakening the Moral Imagination鈥 on Oct. 3 from 3:30-5:15 p.m. in Page Multipurpose Room. Sargent and Gaede will host the conversation that will include comments by several faculty members.
Sargent and a few faculty colleagues will also host Reel Talk on Tuesday, Oct. 2, at 8:30 p.m. in Porter Theatre, reflecting on various cinematic scenes that have been meaningful in their lives. Reel Talk, sponsored by the Gaede Institute for the Liberal Arts, gives the 黑料百科 community an opportunity to discuss challenging social, philosophical, or theological questions raised in films. An American literature professor, Sargent has also been a commentator on film for National Public Radio.
, campus pastor, will lead a time of prayer for Sargent Oct. 3 at 7:30 a.m. in Hieronymus Lounge in Kerrwood Hall.
Sargent has worked in higher education for more than 30 years and the past 16 as provost of Gordon College in Wenham, Mass. Previously, he was vice president and chief academic officer at Spring Arbor University in Michigan and the associate dean at Biola University in La Mirada, Calif. He has served as a Fulbright scholar at the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands and been selected as the national Chief Academic Officer of the Year by the Council of Independent Colleges.
Sargent earned a bachelor鈥檚 degree at UC Santa Barbara and a master鈥檚 and doctorate at Claremont Graduate University. He is married to Arlyne, who graduated from 黑料百科, as did their son, Daniel, who is currently pursuing graduate studies in London. Their daughter, Andrea, is a sophomore at 黑料百科. Their oldest son, Bradford, a graduate of Houghton College and American University, also lives in Santa Barbara.