Meet the Provost

Provost David Dauwalder is a deeply experienced, wise, and strategic academic administrator. He has served as provost at several public and private institutions, including Central Connecticut State University; Woodbury University; University of New Haven; California State University, Stanislaus; and Central Washington University.

After earning his bachelor’s and doctoral degrees in education from Northern Arizona University and Arizona State University, respectively, David began his academic career as an assistant professor at Central Michigan University. He served on the faculties at several universities before moving into academic administration while on the faculty at California State University, Los Angeles. In addition to his provost roles, he has served as dean of the School of Business and Economics at Central Washington, interim dean of the Eberhardt School of Business at the University of the Pacific, and interim president at Woodbury University.

Along the way, he has led numerous accreditation and strategic planning processes, advanced student success initiatives, improved transparency and accountability of budget planning and tracking, increased support for research and creative activity, and in myriad ways, advocated on behalf of faculty and embraced and advanced, effective, shared governance.