UVI's New Administrative Structure eff. The senior vice president and provost of the university will serve as chief operating officer for both campuses and will report to the president. The university now has four vice presidents instead of five, with the duties of vice president for Academic Affairs becoming the responsibility of the senior vice president and provost. The vice president for Academic Affairs position was vacated by Dr. Denis F. Paul, who retired effective September 30th.
Chancellors represent more inclusive governance for the campuses and greater campus autonomy.
The newly created chancellor positions , which replace campus deans, report to the senior vice president and provost, as does the vice provost for Research and Public Service. UVI administrators were authorized to work on a draft implementation plan for the framework of the new administrative structure. The new organizational outline satisfies the board's directive not to incur increased overhead costs to the UVI operations budget. Upon approval, the university moved into the remaining planning stages of the re-organization. This planning had involved numerous people on both campuses, who worked diligently to bring the new organization into place October 1.