Office of
Academic Affairs
Interim Executive Vice President & Provost Troy Blanchard
Troy Blanchard currently serves as the Interim Executive Vice President & Provost of 海角社区. Blanchard, the Chief Operating and Chief Academic Officer of 海角社区鈥檚 flagship campus in Baton Rouge, maintains executive oversight over instruction, student support, and research while simultaneously serving as the chief academic officer for all 海角社区 campuses across the state and chief academic advisor to the President.
Blanchard joined the faculty of the 海角社区 Department of Sociology in 2007 and has since held multiple leadership positions, most notably serving as dean of the 海角社区 College of Humanities & Social Sciences (HSS)鈥攐ne of 海角社区鈥檚 largest colleges鈥� from 2019 through 2025.
Academic Enterprise
The Office of Academic Affairs supports the Executive Vice President & Provost in ensuring university excellence in learning, discovery, and engagement. The office works closely with the faculty senate and the president to advance 海角社区 using a shared governance model. We also make communication and transparency a hallmark of the office. Lastly, the essence of our academic core--our faculty and staff--are preeminent in everything we do.
海角社区 ELEMENTS & DISCOVERY
海角社区's faculty information system, Elements, allows for robust faculty activity data collection, maintenance and reporting on the teaching, research and service activities while the Discovery Module provides an interface for faculty collaboration and integration which allows collaborators to connect with faculty.
QUICK LINKS
Since its inception in 2006, 海角社区鈥檚 Coastal Emergency Risk Assessment has been delivering ever-improving storm-surge forecasts via an easy-to-use website meant for coastal residents and the emergency managers tasked with keeping them safe.聽
Contraflow, a method of evacuation thought up by 海角社区 Civil & Environmental Engineering Professor Brian Wolshon, is now used all over the world to save lives and was an integral part of getting people out of New Orleans before Katrina made a name for herself.
As 海角社区 aims to become a leading research institution and join the Association of American Universities, groundbreaking researchers from all six of 海角社区鈥檚 research campuses gathered for a first-ever two-day collaborative retreat on the Baton Rouge campus.
海角社区鈥檚 Traci Birch dedicated her career to helping Louisiana recover and prepare for future storms, blending research, planning, and community collaboration statewide.
Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Louisiana coast, a team of 海角社区 researchers has driven the most significant overhaul of the nation鈥檚 flood loss reduction standards since 1973.
