Associate provosts named
MCG Provost Barry Goldstein has named three associate provosts to provide single points of contact for issues related to research, information technology and academic programs.
Dr. Frank A. Treiber, vice president for research, and Beth P. Brigdon, vice president for information technology, have been named associate provosts.
Dr. Roman M. Cibirka, associate vice president for academic affairs, has been named vice president for instruction and associate provost.
The new titles are in keeping with peer research institutions in the University System of Georgia and do not include any change in compensation, Dr. Goldstein said.
Dr. Treiber serves as chief advisor to MCG President Daniel W. Rahn and the provost regarding the university’s research mission. The former director of the Georgia Prevention Institute is a clinical child psychologist. He earned his doctorate from the University of Georgia and completed a postdoctoral fellow clinical training program at UGA and a psychology internship at the Medical University of South Carolina. He joined the MCG faculty in 1984 and was named director of the Georgia Prevention Institute in 1999, vice chair of basic research for the Department of Pediatrics in 2003 and vice president for research in 2005.
As vice president for information technology, Mrs. Brigdon will continue to report to President Rahn and, as associate provost, will advise Dr. Goldstein on academic and research technology support. Mrs. Brigdon came to MCG in 2003 from the University System of Georgia Board of Regents, where she was an information services executive and assistant vice chancellor of Enterprise Systems and Services. She earned an undergraduate degree in computer science from the University of Georgia and a master’s degree in business administration from Augusta State University.
In his new position, Dr. Cibirka serves as Dr. Goldstein’s chief advisor on academic affairs, strategic management of educational programs, instructional effectiveness and academic assessment. He joined the MCG School of Dentistry faculty in 1996 as assistant professor in the Department of Oral Rehabilitation and was named an associate professor in 2001 and associate vice president for academic affairs in 2002. He is a 1988 graduate of the University of Michigan School of Dentistry.