Mitzi Montoya named Washington State University provost
and executive vice president
May 7, 2019 from WSU News
PULLMAN,
Wash. -- Mitzi Montoya, a senior administrator who has served in leadership
positions at universities across the United States, has been named provost and
executive vice president at Washington State University.
The new
provost will work closely with WSU President Kirk Schulz to provide overall
direction and leadership for the WSU statewide system. The provost is the
university’s chief academic officer, responsible for all aspects of WSU’s
academic mission.
Montoya
currently is the Sara Hart Kimball Dean of the College of Business at Oregon
State University. She is also executive dean of the business and engineering
division, the senior administrator for OSU’s Portland operations, and a
professor in the College of Business.
Prior to
joining OSU in 2015, Montoya held multiple leadership positions at Arizona
State University and North Carolina State University. Her roles have spanned
college-, campus-, regional-, and institutional-level responsibilities.
“Mitzi’s
proven leadership skills, experience, and vision promise an exciting future for
the university,” Schulz said. “Her expertise in creating innovative and
collaborative partnerships with campus and stakeholder communities will play a
pivotal role in advancing our goal of becoming a top 25 public research university
by 2030.”
“I am very
excited to be joining WSU,” Montoya said. “I look forward to contributing to
the university’s commitment to serve communities statewide and supporting the
faculty and students in their pursuits of excellence and opportunity.”
One of
Montoya’s first priorities will be to assist Schulz with the creation of WSU’s
next five-year strategic plan. The effort will include development of a plan
that addresses the future of all of the university’s campuses and locations as
well as a plan for the WSU Pullman campus.
“We will
build the next chapter in WSU’s future together. President Schulz and I will
emphasize listening, teamwork, and shared governance during the strategic
planning process,” Montoya said. “The Drive to 25 will include a persistent
commitment to student success and advancing diversity and inclusiveness.”
Montoya’s
field of research, teaching and industry expertise is innovation process and
strategy. She has published more than 35 papers and served on the boards of
dozens of civic, economic development and university organizations. She has
served as an advisor and consultant to a wide variety of industries around the
world.
An
international scholar, Montoya has taught courses on innovation and marketing
strategy at the undergraduate, graduate and executive levels around the world.
She has received research funding from numerous organizations, including the
National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S.
Department of Education, USAID, and many private and corporate foundations.
Montoya
will begin her new duties August 1. She will replace Dan Bernardo, who is
stepping down as provost after more than five years in the position to work on
special projects for Schulz.
A native
of Texas, Montoya holds two degrees from Michigan State University: a doctorate
in marketing and statistics and a bachelor’s degree in applied engineering
science. She is a former American Council on Education Fellow.
Oregon
State highlights
As the
leader of Oregon State’s Portland operations, Montoya oversaw the design and
launch of a 40,000-square-foot university facility in downtown Portland that
opened last fall. She has led the university’s engagement with Portland metro
area municipalities and economic development agencies to build a pipeline for
workforce development partnerships.
As dean of
the business college, Montoya spearheaded student success initiatives focused
on student recruitment and student engagement. Those efforts boosted the
college’s enrollment by 31 percent in three years and improved freshman
retention from 78 to 90 percent, without changing admission requirements or
retention standards. Under her leadership, the MBA program achieved tremendous
growth, advancement in rankings and a historic first: gender parity in the
part-time MBA program.
Montoya
also led several initiatives focused on faculty success within the college
including doubling the investment in research support and establishing
professional development opportunities for faculty.
Arizona
State highlights
Montoya
served in a variety of administrative positions and as a faculty member at
Arizona State University from 2010 to 2015. Her administrative positions
included dean of the College of Technology & Innovation, vice provost of
ASU’s polytechnic campus, and the inaugural vice president and university dean
of entrepreneurship and innovation.
At ASU she
worked closely with university leadership to advance ASU’s vision for “One
University in Many Places,” a transition from a main campus with satellite
campuses to a new operating model in which all colleges and all locations
contribute equally to the vision of access, excellence and impact. She also
developed a strategic plan and designed the entrepreneurship and innovation
unit, which was created to advance entrepreneurship and innovation throughout
the university.
North
Carolina State highlights
Montoya
spent 15 years at North Carolina State University, where she served as an
administrator and professor in the College of Management. Her accomplishments
included designing and leading an industry-sponsored, project-based innovation
lab with faculty and students from four of the university’s colleges. She also
served as special assistant to the vice chancellor of research and graduate
studies, working on university-wide strategic research initiatives.
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WSU
topples Zags in baseball; Cougars pick up hoops transfer
May 7,
2019 from Moscow Pullman Daily News
SPOKANE —
Washington State freshman Kyle Manzardo recorded four hits to lead five Cougars
with multiple-hit showings in a nonconference win at Gonzaga.
WSU
(10-33-1) used six pitchers, including four freshmen, and collected 14 hits to
clinch the season series from the Bulldogs for the first time since 2011.
Dillon
Plew, Bradley Polinsky and Danny Sinatro each recorded two hits while Tyson
Guerrero added two hits and pitched the final two innings. Manzardo and Plew
each drove in two runs and scored twice.
Freshman
reliever Connor Barison earned his first career win after working 1.2 scoreless
innings, and freshmen righthander Zane Mills retired all eight batters he
faced.
WSU 013
202 001—9 14 2
Gonzaga...021
010 001—5 9 2
Bush,
Barison (3), Newstrom (4), Mills (4), Mullins (6), Guerrero (6) and Polinsky.
Naughton, Shulte (4), Trogrlic-Iverson (7) and Pinorini.
W —
Barison (1-2). L — Naughton (1-2).
WSU hits —
Sinatro 2 (3B),Dillon 2, Manzardo 4 (2B), Guerrero 2, Gouldsmith, Thurber,
Polinsky 2.
Gonzaga
hits — Yake, Morrison, Johnston, Pinorini, Nyquist, Harris, Fredrickson 2,
Marenco (3B).
BASKETBALL
Cougs sign
grad transfer
The
Washington State men’s basketball program announced the signing of a graduate
transfer from Colorado State.
Deion
James, 6-foot-6 and 220 pounds, signed a financial-aid agreement with the
Cougars.
“We are
thrilled to have Deion in the program,” new WSU coach Kyle Smith said. “He was
the first recruit to embrace our program.”
James
spent the last two seasons at Colorado State where he played as a junior in
2017-18, averaging 10.4 points and 5.3 rebounds a game, and redshirted the
following season after knee surgery. Prior to that he played at North Carolina
A&T in 2015-16 and at Pima Junior College in Arizona the next year, when he
was named JC Division II National Player of the Year.
James will
have one year of eligibility.
TRACK AND
FIELD
Littles
placed sixth
TUCSON,
Ariz. – Ray Littles of Washington State placed sixth Sunday as the men’s
heptathlon concluded at the Pac-12 Multi-Events.
Littles’
point total was 6,772.
Lindsey
Schauble of WSU took 10th in the women’s heptathlon with 5,028 points.
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WSU men basketball
Washington
State’s Robert Franks, CJ Elleby and Gonzaga’s Josh Perkins to participate in G
League Camp
Mon., May
6, 2019, 1:24 p.m.
By Theo
Lawson Spokane S-R
Washington
State and Gonzaga will both be represented at the upcoming NBA G League Elite
Camp, held May 12-14 in Chicago.
The
Cougars’ Robert Franks and CJ Elleby, and the Bulldogs’ Josh Perkins, have
chosen to attend the inaugural three-day scouting event at Quest Multisport,
designed to give NBA hopefuls and top G League prospects more exposure leading
up to the 2019 NBA Draft.
The camp
field includes 40 draft-eligible college players and 40 more players who spent
the 2018-19 season in the G League.
The
Chicago-based event, held in front of NBA coaches, scouts and executives, will
be a good opportunity for all three players to showcase their skills.
Franks and
Perkins, both seniors last season, haven’t appeared on many mock draft boards
in recent months, but will likely pursue professional basketball regardless of
whether their names are called in the draft.
Elleby,
one of the Pac-12’s top freshman players last season, is testing the draft
waters and could still return to the Cougars next season as long as he
withdraws his name before the May 29 deadline.
The
Seattle native recently hired an agent and has already gone through multiple
workouts with NBA teams. Elleby has worked out with the Boston Celtics and
Houston Rockets already and was scheduled to work out for the Philadelphia
76ers today. The forward has a few more workouts scheduled for later in the
week.
Elleby was
WSU’s second-leading scorer in 2018-19, averaging 14.7 points per game, and was
second on the team with 7.1 rebounds per game. He was only outdone by Franks,
who scored a Pac-12-leading 21.6 ppg and grabbed 7.2 rebounds per game. Elleby
was named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team, while Franks earned All-Pac-12 First
Team honors.
Perkins
started all 37 games he played in as a senior, recording 234 assists on the
season and breaking the program record previously held by Matt Santangelo. His
712 career assists also rank third all-time in the WCC.
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WSU
basketball men
Australian
point guard Ryan Rapp flips from San Francisco to Washington State
UPDATED:
Fri., May 3, 2019, 6:08 p.m.
By Theo
Lawson of the S-R of Spokane/Inland Empire
PULLMAN –
Washington State is returning to a familiar source for basketball talent.
The
Cougars and Kyle Smith have flipped Australian point guard Ryan Rapp, two weeks
after he signed a letter of intent with the University of San Francisco. Rapp
announced that he would follow Smith, the former USF coach, to Pullman on his
Instagram page, and the San Francisco Examiner reported that the Dons plan to
grant him his release.
Rapp
posted this message from his page: “A lot of things have changed these past few
weeks, and I’m glad to say that I will be signing with Washington State
University! I’m honoured to have had the opportunity to play at San Francisco
but decided to follow my head coach to the Cougars to play in the Pac-12!”
WSU abandoned
the Australian pipeline during Ernie Kent’s five years at the helm, but it was
a popular pit stop on the recruiting trail for former Cougars coaches Ken Bone
and Tony Bennett, who brought in Aussies Brock Motum, Aron Baynes, Dexter
Kernich-Drew and James Hunter.
Rapp is a
6-foot-5 combo guard who played for Mazenod College in Melbourne and was named
to the All-Associated Catholic College team in 2017 and ’18.
He also
played club hoops for the Dandenong Rangers of Victoria’s Junior Basketball
League.
In a USF
press release from April 18, Smith’s replacement, Todd Golden, said this of
Rapp:
“Ryan is a
big combo guard, and his best basketball is ahead of him. He already has a
great understanding of how to play the lead guard position. He has great feel,
and is very comfortable operating out of the pick-and-roll. He’s made big
strides in his all-around game over the past year.”
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