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DR. LYNNETTE ZELEZNY NAMED PROVOST
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Dr. Lynnette Zelezny, a Fresno State alumnae and veteran academic
administrator, is the University’s new Provost and Vice President of
Academic Aairs, eective June 1, 2014.
President Joseph I. Castro announced the appointment on March 17. The
provost is the University’s chief academic ocer and serves as its leader
when the president is away from campus.
Zelezny joined the Fresno State faculty in 1988. During her 25-year service
at Fresno State she has served as professor of Psychology, chair of the
Department of Psychology, associate dean for the Craig School of
Business, dean and associate vice president for Continuing and Global
Education, and associate provost. Zelezny also served as a visiting
professor at the University of Stockholm in Sweden, an American Council
of Education Fellow at Towson University in Maryland, and as a Fulbright
scholar in Germany.
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“Lynnette Zelezny is a perfect t for this key leadership
position at this important time in Fresno State’s history,”
said Castro. “She has a depth of experience as a professor,
researcher and administrator at Fresno State and has
earned the respect of the academic community. In addition,
she has unquestioned integrity and a collaborative working
style that has been embraced by our faculty, sta and
students.”
Zelezny is also chair of the University committee that is implementing
Castro’s new tablet initiative, called DISCOVERe@FresnoState. She co-chaired
and implemented the IT strategic plan and leads the University’s
Western Association of Schools and Colleges accreditation process.
“I am ecstatic to have the opportunity to serve alongside President Joseph
Castro as the next Provost at Fresno State,” said Zelezny. “It’s an honor to
have been selected from among our extraordinarily talented and mission-driven
faculty at Fresno State. I’m humbled and eager to get to work on
challenging issues to better serve our students and the Central Valley.”
Zelezny is an applied social psychologist who has published research
related to the environment, health, leadership and student success for
underrepresented students. Her numerous teaching, research and
mentoring awards include Carnegie U.S. Professor of the Year nominee.
Zelezny is the principal investigator on a ve-year $3.18 million Title V
Hispanic Serving Institutional grant to improve Hispanic graduation at
Fresno State. She is also the co-PI on a National Institute of Health (NIH)
grant to develop competitive minority students for cancer research
careers, the former co-Director of a $4.5 million NIH grant to improve
research infrastructure (biomedical and behavioral) at a minority-serving
institution (RIMI), and is the past recipient of a National Institute of Mental
Health (NIMH) ve-year Career Opportunities in Research (COR) grant to
place competitive minority undergraduates in doctoral programs.
She is a member of Fresno Rotary and serves on numerous community
boards, including United Way. She was named one of the 2011 Top Ten
Professional Women by the Marjaree Mason Center in Fresno.
“Lynnette has a proven track record of dedicated leadership
at Fresno State,” said Dr. Susan Elrod, dean of the College of
Science and Mathematics. “She knows the University, its
faculty, sta, students and community. She is passionate
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about our mission and I know she will bring the vision and
energy we need to take Fresno State to even higher levels.”
Dr. Kevin Ayotte, vice chair of the Academic Senate and associate
professor of Communication, said: “I have had the pleasure of working
with Dr. Zelezny on the Fresno State Tablet Task Force, the Accessible
Technology Initiative and other projects, and in every instance she
demonstrated a genuine interest in addressing faculty and student
concerns for the issue at hand. Dr. Zelezny has modeled the collegial
working relationship between administration and faculty we’ve seen with
President Castro’s leadership. I think the university will be very well served
by Dr. Zelezny’s leadership in Academic Aairs.”
Zelezny earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Psychology from
Humboldt State University, a Ph.D. in applied social psychology from the
Claremont Graduate University and an M.B.A. with distinction from the
Craig School of Business at Fresno State. In addition, she has professional
certicates in management from Harvard University and in executive
leadership from the Wharton School of Business.
Zelezny is married to John Zelezny, senior vice president of Community
Medical Centers, and the mother of Serena, Reed and Stephen Zelezny.
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Zelezny curriculum vitae pdf
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