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Atlanta, GA | Posted: July 27, 2012
John Millsaps
Associate Vice Chancellor, Media & Publications
Board of Regents
University System of Georgia
john.millsaps@usg.edu
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The 318,000 students enrolled in the University System of Georgia’s 35 colleges and universities will have a new colleague in Dr. Joyce A. Jones. Jones has been named as the University System’s vice chancellor for Student Affairs, beginning August 15, 2012.
Joyce Jones Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs at USGThe 318,000 students enrolled in the University System of Georgia’s 35 colleges and universities will have a new colleague in Dr. Joyce A. Jones. Jones has been named as the University System’s vice chancellor for Student Affairs, beginning August 15, 2012.
Not only will Joyce be a new face in the USG office, her position also is new. The position has been elevated from associate vice chancellor to that of vice chancellor. The upgrade gives the position greater authority in dealing with student issues and policy and was requested by campus student leaders in conversations with System officials and had the support of Chancellor Hank Huckaby.
The head of Student Affairs has the primary responsibility for general oversight of a wide range of student services provided throughout the USG. The Office provides direct support for five major areas of student administration: Enrollment Services; Student Services; Student Life; Student Information; and Special Projects. The VCSA also works collaboratively with the System-wide Student Advisory Council (SAC), and a number of Regents Advisory Committees related to students.
Jones was named to her new post by USG Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Academic Officer Dr. Houston Davis. “We are so excited to have Dr. Jones join our team,” Davis said. “Her wealth of experience in student affairs and services combined with her strong relationships with our system campuses will enable her to advance the work of this critical area.”
Jones and the Student Affairs department report to Davis as part of the USG’s Academic Affairs division. Among other duties, she will be involved with the System’s work to increase college completion rates under the Complete College Georgia initiative.
Jones is currently the vice president for Student Services and dean of students at Augusta State University, a position she has held since 2005. At ASU, she has supervised several offices including financial aid, student activities, testing and disability services, the counseling center, the career center, international student programs, code of conduct, judicial and disciplinary boards, residence life and the first-year experience.
She came to Augusta State from The Carter Center of Emory University in Atlanta, where she held the position of director of Educational Programs from 1995 to 1998. Prior to Emory, Jones was assistant vice president for Student Affairs at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. from 1993 to 1995.
Jones holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and received her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Texas Woman’s University in Denton, Texas. She is originally from Terrell, Texas, a suburb of Dallas, Texas.
