Issue date: 9/22/04 Section: News

Patricia Maguire Meservey will be Suffolk University's first provost and academic vice president. She will also oversee academic centers not only in Boston, but in Madrid and Dakar as well.

A provost, or university administrator of high rank, serves as an academic and administrative vice president, working with the deans of the school on academic initiatives and with assisting the president.

According President David J. Sargent the current expansion of the university provided the need for a provost. "Most universities have provosts and as we have grown the need has become more apparent to assist the academic life," he said.

Meservey comes to Suffolk after serving at Northeastern University since 1989.

There she served as vice-provost for faculty and budget, as well as special assistant to the president, interim vice provost for enrollment management, director of Graduate Medical and Nursing Education Partnership Program and director of the Center for Community Health Education, Research and Service.

She has also worked on book ands published articles.

Meservey has a doctorate in Higher Education Administration from Boston College, a certificate from the Institute for Education Management at Harvard University's Graduate School of Education, an MS in parent-child health nursing and a BS in nursing from Boston University and a diploma in nursing from Faulkner Hospital in Jamaica Plain.

"I was drawn to Suffolk because it is a well known, growing institution with a strong international presence," said Meservey. "It is an honor to have been selected for this position and I look forward to working with the faculty, students and the entire Suffolk community."

Sargent said of Meservey, "I am very enthusiastic about her. She is an exceptional person with tremendous qualifications."

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