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About the Office of Academic Affairs

Senior Leaders

Michael Sherman

W. Michael Sherman
Vice Provost for Academic Planning

W. Michael Sherman originally joined the Office of Academic Affairs as the vice provost for academic administration in January, 2005.  Before that, he served as director of the School of Physical Activity and Educational Services in the College of Education where he was beginning his third four-year appointment.  As director he had administrative responsibility for the Center for Special Needs Populations and the Center on Education and Training for Employment.

A professor of sport and exercise science, Vice Provost Sherman is a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education.

His scholarship focuses on physical activity and carbohydrate metabolism and, more recently, on methods to measure physical activity for use in physical activity intervention studies.

He earned his B.S. degree at Ohio University, his M.S. at Ball State University, and his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin.  He joined the Ohio State faculty in 1985.

 

Primary responsibilities

  • Academic space / facilities
  • Convenes the Integrated Physical Planning Liaison Group
  • Facilitation of OAA units, including:
  • Liaison to the Office of University Outreach and Engagement
  • Liaison to the University Senate Council on the Physical Environment
  • Liaison to the University Senate Fiscal Committee
  • Liaison to University Development for capital priorities
  • Member, Enterprise Risk Management Advisory Committee
  • Strategic Planning

 

Support staff
Charles Finlay

 

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