May 12, 2005

Mills named associate provost for University Enrollment

Michael E. Mills, director of admission at Miami University of Ohio, has been appointed Associate Provost for University Enrollment, beginning this summer.

He will succeed Rebecca Dixon, who created this position and filled it with distinction for 17 years, according to President Henry S. Bienen and Provost Lawrence B. Dumas.

Mills has served in his position at Miami since 2000 and prior to that served two years as executive director of admissions and enrollment management at the University of Alaska and four years as director of admissions and financial aid at Alaska Pacific University. He also served six years as academic advisor at The Ohio State University.

A graduate of Ohio State, where he received bachelor’s and master’s degrees, Mills has contributed articles on enrollment-related issues in such journals as The Journal of College Admission and Strategic Enrollment Management Monthly. He has also been a frequent presenter of papers at national conferences on enrollment management.

At Miami, Mills has led a University Enrollment Management Team, comprised of the directors of the offices of student financial assistance, learning assistance and academic advising, summer programs, the registrar, and the bursar. He serves on the Strategic Planning Core Team, which makes recommendations on restructuring Miami’s Information Technolo-gy Services unit, and on the University Senate Fiscal Priorities Committee, which advises the president in establishing the annual operating budget.

He also played a central role in the implementation of the Miami Plan, a radically new tuition structure for the University.

Dumas said, “We are grateful to Rebecca Dixon for her long and effective service in this important position, and we look forward to paying tribute to her on the 3rd of June.”