Northwest names new vice provost
Jamie Hooyman
MARYVILLE, Mo. — Northwest Missouri State University has named Jamie Hooyman, an administrator at North Central Missouri College in Trenton, as vice provost. The appointment is effective July 19.
In addition, current Northwest staff members Jeff Foot and Leslie Chandler have been given new titles and responsibilities.
Foot becomes director of admissions and international affairs, and Chandler will be coordinator of academic retention and orientation. The change takes effect July 1.
The moves are the latest in a continuing overhaul of Northwest’s administrative structure geared to emphasize profession-oriented “schools” rather than traditional academic colleges.
Hooyman will report directly to Provost Timothy Mottet, the university’s top academic officer, and fill a role recently vacated by Greg Haddock, now serving as associate provost for graduate studies and special programs.
At NCMC, Hooyman currently serves as vice president of institutional effectiveness, a job that includes oversight of instruction, student services, grants, dual credit and outreach, business and industry, and information technology.
She joined the staff of the two-year community college in 2006 and has also held the offices of dean of instruction and associate dean. Earlier in her career she taught undergraduate and graduate courses in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Studies at the University of Central Oklahoma.
Hooyman holds a doctorate of education in human performance from Oklahoma State University, a bachelor’s degree in education from Missouri State University, and a master’s degree in education from Northern Illinois University.
“I was born and raised in the northwest part of Missouri and have always respected the outstanding reputation that Northwest Missouri State University holds for educating future leaders,” Hooyman said. “To become a part of an institution that has student learning as its primary focus will be very rewarding. I am so excited to become part of the Bearcat family.”
Foot has run Northwest’s Office of International Affairs and the English as a Second Language program since 2005 and joined the university’s administrative staff in 2001.
Chandler became the school’s coordinator of orientation and transfer affairs in 2003.
The new job descriptions stem from a merging of Northwest’s admissions and international affairs offices.
Tara Eckrich, who joined the staff last fall as a transfer specialist, will fill Chandler’s old spot as coordinator of transfer affairs.
All three positions ultimately report to Bev Schenkel, former dean of enrollment management, who earlier this year was named associate provost of enrollment management and student success.
