The new vice provost for diversity and climate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will be full-time, reflecting the importance of the position and the extensive demands on the person who holds it, university officials said.
Damon Williams, an assistant vice provost at the University of Connecticut-Storrs, has been appointed to take the position that was held by recently retired physics Professor Bernice Durand since 2003 on a part-time basis.
“It is an overwhelming task for anyone at an institution of this size,” said UW-Madison spokesman John Lucas. “Bernice worked extremely hard in balancing all her different roles.”