Betsy Boze

Betsy Boze
Dr. Betsy V. Boze, the Fifth President of The College of The Bahamas
Born	Betsy Vogel Shreveport, Louisiana
Residence	Nassau, Bahamas
Education	Ph.D. University of Arkansas MBA and B.S. (psychology) Southern Methodist University
Occupation	President, The College of The Bahamas
Board member of	Antiquities, Monuments and Museums Corporation (Bahamas)^[1] Bahamas National Trust Gerace Research Center^[2] The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas^[3] Clifton Heritage National Park^[4] National Advisory Council on Education (Bahamas) Betty and Paul McDonald Foundation (USA) Bahamas Education, Culture and Science Foundation, Inc. (USA)
Religion	United Methodist

Betsy Vogel Boze (pronounced Bōz), is the president of The College of The Bahamas.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9] She previously served as the CEO of Kent State University Stark and as a Senior Fellow at the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) researching national higher education policies, including alternative revenue streams for public colleges and universities.

1 Education
2 University experience
3 Professional and community leadership and service
4 References
5 External links

Education [link]

Secondary education [link]

Contemplating SMU commencement

Boze attended Southfield School in Shreveport, Louisiana and graduated from C. E. Byrd High School where she was involved in social and environmental issues, including the first Earth Day. In 2009 she was inducted into the Byrd High School Hall of Fame, an honor awarded to less than one-third of one percent of graduates.^[10]

Formal education [link]

She earned her Bachelor of Science in psychology and Masters in Business Administration degrees from Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas, Texas. She studied international management at Thunderbird, Spanish at ITESM (Monterrey Institute of Technology) in Monterrey, Mexico, and Japanese at International Christian University (ICU) in Mitaka, Japan. She earned her Ph.D. in business administration from the University of Arkansas, majoring in marketing, with minors in economics and sociology.

Post-doctoral studies [link]

Boze's post-doctoral studies include at The University of Hawaii Pan Asian Institute, HERS (Higher Education Resource Symposium) Bryn Mawr Summer Institute for Women in Higher Education Administration, American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) Millennial Leadership Initiative, American Council on Education (ACE) Fellowship and the Harvard University Seminar for New Presidents. Boze is a graduate of Leadership Texas, Leadership America and Leadership Stark County.

University experience [link]

Dr. Betsy V. Boze

Faculty, teaching and administrative appointments [link]

Executive leadership (President and CEO)

Dr. Boze is the fifth president of The College of The Bahamas.^[11]^[12] The national higher education system of The Bahamas, COB's mission is "to support and drive national development through teaching, research & innovation, and service." A multi-campus system with three academic campuses and several research and teaching centers, The College is in the process of becoming a university.

While the dean at Kent State University at Stark in North Canton, Ohio from 2005–2009,^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16] the campus became a four year comprehensive liberal arts university with professional graduate degree programs. During that time, the university developed a culture of planning and accountability. The first strategic plan and first enrollment management plans were developed and implemented, the campus' endowment tripled and over two dozen new endowed scholarships were created.^[17] Public, private and foundation funds were developed for a new 45,000-square-foot (4,200 m²) science building designed to LEED Green Gold standards. According to the Canton, Ohio local newspaper, Boze "resigned abruptly" in February 2009 from the position of dean, "just days after being stopped by security while spray-painting" parking signs on campus.^[18] No charges were filed in the case.^[19]^[20]

Boze was an early signer of the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment^[21]^[22] and helped secure private funding for the Hoover Center for Environmental Media Activism,^[23]^[24]^[25]^[26] Under her leadership, Kent State Stark was recognized on the President’s Service Learning Honor Roll every year (2006–2009).^[27] Boze's leadership in P-16 collaboration, led to alignment of high school graduation requirements in mathematics with workforce readiness and college readiness.^[28]^[29]

Senior administrative positions (Dean and Chief Academic Officer)

Boze was the inaugural Dean of the College of Business at The University of Texas at Brownsville and served as Assistant to the President while an American Council on Education Fellow at Tulane University.^[30] She served as the Chief Academic Officer of The University of Texas System "UT TeleCampus" MBA Online and held a Research Faculty appointment at Texas A&M University where she was Co-Director of the Texas Ports & Waterways.^[31]

Early academic appointments (faculty, Department Chair, Faculty Senate President)

She has held full time faculty and administrative positions at St. Bonaventure University, University of Maryland University College (Japan, Germany and Italy), Centenary College of Louisiana and The University of Alaska Anchorage where she was Department Chair of Business Administration and Faculty Senate President.^[32] In addition, she was a Visiting Faculty member at Portland State University in Khabarovsk [Хаба́ровск] in the former Soviet Union.

Scholarly record [link]

Boze has published over 100 peer-refereed research articles and book chapters on marketing and business administration.^[33]^[34] She writes and speaks publicly on higher education administration, distance education, technology and women's issues.^[35]^[36]^[37]^[38] Boze was a Master Planner in the creation of the University of Texas TeleCampus, the University of Texas's web-based, virtual university.

Academic partnerships and other collaborations [link]

Boze has over twenty years experience in unique academic partnerships.

She served as the inaugural Dean of Business at both The University of Texas at Brownsville (a comprehensive state university) and Texas Southmost College (a community college). The two institutions are jointly accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
At the University of Alaska Anchorage, the community colleges were merged into the university system, serving as branch and two year campuses.
Under a 20-year lease, Kent State University Stark, a comprehensive regional university, leases 34 acres (140,000 m²) to neighboring Stark State College of Technology. As co-located institutions, Kent State Stark provides library services and articulated many programs and courses.^[39]
The College of The Bahamas is home to several University of The West Indes academic programs including the LLB program.

Professional and community leadership and service [link]

Current National and Community Leadership [link]

Dr. Betsy Boze presiding over Kent State University Stark Commencement

Boze serves as a Director or Trustee on the following national boards in The Commonwealth of The Bahamas: Antiquities, Monuments and Museums Corporation, Antiquities, Monuments and Museums Corporation, The Gerace Research Center, The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, The Clifton Heritage National Park, The Bahamas National Trust and The National Advisory Council on Education. Additionally, she is a Director on the Betty and Paul McDonald Foundation (Louisiana, USA) and the Florida based Bahamas Education, Culture and Science Foundation, Inc.

Boze was a Commissioner on the City of Canton Sustainability Commission and Vice Chair of the Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce. She served as trustee on the boards of the Stark County Port Authority, American Cancer Society (Ohio), Canton Museum of Art, Greater Canton Chamber of Commerce, Mayor's Literacy Commission (Canton, OH), Ohio Area Health Education Centers, Ohio Citizens for the Arts, Paul and Betty McDonald Foundation, Stark Development Board,^[40] and the Stark Education Partnership P-16.^[41]

She served on Rep. William Healy's mayoral Transition Team and Inaugural Committee and the Ohio Board of Regents task force to revise the Operating Manual for Two Year Campus Programs. She was the President of the Ohio Association of Regional Campuses. She further served on the Jackson-Belden Chamber of Commerce Economic Development Committee, the Strategic Planning Committee of the Stark Development Board, the Strategic Planning Committee of the Stark County YMCA, Lake Local Schools and the Greater Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce Education Committee. She is a member of the Junior League of Washington, DC.

Professional service to higher education [link]

National appointments include the Finance Committee of the American Council on Education Council of Fellows, American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) Women Presidents and Chancellors affinity group and the AASCU Policies and Practices Committee. She is a sponsor, mentor and faculty member of the AASCU Millennial Leadership Initiative.^[42]^[43]

Boze is a Higher Learning Commission (North Central Association of Colleges and Universities) AQIP Consultant/Evaluator and PEAQ peer reviewer.^[44]

She is faculty for the American Council on Education Department Chairs Workshop, 2007-2009 ACE National and Regional Leadership Forums and 2006, 2009 and 2010 American Association of State Colleges and Universities Millennial Leadership Institute. In addition, she annually serves as an AASCU MLI mentor^[45] and the HERS Bryn Mawr Summer Institute for Women in Higher Education Administration. Boze serves on the ACE Office of Women in Higher Education Executive Board.

She was a Team Leader for the 2007 AASCU Hispanic Student Success Report,^[46]^[47] and a 2008 delegate to the Mid-West Higher Education Consortium. Boze serves on the Editorial Boards of the international journal Teaching & Learning in Higher and Continuing Education and the American Council on Education Network News.^[48]

Recent leadership [link]

Boze has served as the president of the Southwest Business Deans, Texas Council of Collegiate Education in Business (Texas College and University Business Deans), Junior Achievement (Rio Grande Valley, Texas) and Girl Scouts Susitna Council (Alaska).

She served from 1996 to 2005 as the State Coordinator of the American Council on Education Women's Network for Texas,^[49] and serves on the editorial board of ACE Network News. From 1997-2005, she chaired the Women Administrators in Management Education (the women's affinity group) of the Association for the Advancement of Colleges and Schools of Business.^[50]

Delta Delta Delta leadership [link]

Boze is a third generation Tri Delta (Theta Kappa, Southern Methodist University). She has served as the President of the Delta Delta Delta Alumnae Chapter (Alaska), President of the Rio Grande Valley Alumnae Chapter (Texas), State Reference Chairman (Alaska), Alumnae Advisor of the University of Arkansas collegiate chapter, Panhellenic Advisor at Louisiana State University Shreveport collegiate chapter and President of Wish Upon a Star, the Shreveport, Louisiana alumnae chapter philanthropy.

Environmental leadership [link]

Ecology Flag

Boze has a lifetime commitment to the environmental movement. As CEO and Dean of Kent State University at Stark, Boze signed the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment,^[21] and the campus joined the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education^[51]^[52]^[53] and become one of the largest recyclers in Stark County (Ohio). The campus is the site of Stark County's Earth Day and dedicated a pond as a federally protected wetland in 2007.^[54] Beginning with the 2008 graduating class, graduates are encouraged to take the "Graduation Pledge" of social and environmental responsibility.