NDSU has named a longtime NDSU faculty member and administrator as its new vice provost for faculty.
 
Canan Bilen-Green will direct and implement faculty and administrator development programs, manage promotion, tenure and evaluation processes and coordinate activities related to FORWARD.
 
“Dr. Bilen-Green has an exceptional track record of creating and overseeing advancement and development initiatives with positive results,” said NDSU Provost Beth Ingram. “She’s going to be an asset to our college faculty and administrators.”
 
Bilen-Green has been at NDSU since 1998 and has served in a range of faculty and administrative roles. She currently is the vice provost, faculty advancement, and the interim chair of the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. She also has been the executive director of NDSU Advance FORWARD and interim director of the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute.
 
Bilen-Green holds a doctorate and a master’s degree in statistics from the University of Wyoming, Laramie, a master’s in statistics from Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, and a bachelor’s in industrial engineering from Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey.
 
Bilen-Green will assume her new duties on July 1, 2015.

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