One of the top initiatives in the University’s Momentum fundraising campaign is enhancing the quality of the undergraduate experience, and William Scott Green has been named to lead the effort. As senior vice provost and dean of undergraduate education, a newly created position, Green will oversee development of such academic programs as entrepreneurship, study abroad, professional internships, and partnerships with international institutions. The ultimate goal of the position is to ensure that the undergraduate experience prepares students for careers in a global environment and enables them to learn and work virtually anywhere in the world.

“Our focus is sharp and our goals are ambitious,” says University of Miami President Donna E. Shalala. “William Green is the best person in the country to lead our institutional commitment to create the highest quality of undergraduate programs and services. Everything else we do at the University builds on that core strength.”

Green, who holds a bachelor’s degree in religion from Dartmouth College and a Ph.D. in religion from Brown University, previously served as dean of the College and the Philip S. Bernstein Professor of Judaic Studies at the University of Rochester in New York. In addition to his deanship, he is a professor of religious studies in the College of Arts and Sciences and a senior fellow in The Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies.