Maria Rose Named FSU Provost
Fairmont State University has announced that Dr. Maria Rose has been named Provost
and Vice President for Academic Affairs.
For the past year, Rose has been serving as Interim Provost and Vice President for
Academic Affairs. In 2007, she was one of 10 college educators in the nation to receive
the Outstanding First-Year Student Advocate Award. From 2004-2007, she served as Vice
President for Academic Services and before that as Director of Retention.
"Watching her in action this past year, I don't believe that launching a national
search would result in any stronger candidate," said FSU President Dan Bradley. "In
the past year she has shown to the entire campus community that she is not only capable
of doing the job but has done it exceedingly well."
Rose was the author of a $1.8 million grant from the federal Title III Strengthening
Institutions Program, which brought Fairmont State closer to reaching its major goals
for student success and institutional excellence. FSU received one of 50 grants awarded
from among hundreds of proposals from across the nation.
Rose has been a part of the Fairmont State faculty for more than 20 years. She has
taught developmental writing, developmental reading and study skills, and has coordinated
the campus-wide peer tutoring program. In addition, she has been coordinator of reading
and writing for the Academic Development Center; she has served as Interim Chair of
Academic Studies for Pierpont Community & Technical College.
Rose received her B.A. in Education from Fairmont State College and an M.A. in Reading
from West Virginia University. Also from WVU, Maria earned an Ed.D. in Curriculum
and Instruction with an emphasis on family and community literacy issues as they relate
to higher education. In addition, she has earned a Developmental Educator Certification
through the Kellogg Institute of Appalachian State University.
Appointed by former governor Gaston Caperton to the Governor's Council on Literacy,
Rose continued to serve on the council under Gov. Cecil Underwood and Gov. Bob Wise's
administrations. As a member of the Governor's Council, she assists the council in
attempting to meet literacy needs in the state by providing grants and scholarships;
she serves as Chair of Public Outreach committee and has worked on many family literacy
projects.
Rose lives in Fairmont with her husband, Tom. They have one adult son, Alex.
