As Provost, I have the privilege and responsibility of being the College’s Chief Academic Officer. This entails serving as principal adviser to the President on academic matters and leading the College’s academic units and pursuits. As head of the Division of Academic Affairs I adopt a team approach to guiding the affairs of the Division, under the leadership of the President and in partnership with the other division heads. The Academic Deans for our three schools – the School of Arts and Sciences, the School of Business and Information Systems, and the School of Health and Behavioral Sciences – play central roles in the Division, as do the Chairs of our 16 academic departments and the Chief Librarian.

The Aviation Institute, Undergraduate Research Program, Honors Program, and the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning are among our signature academic ventures. Significant, too, are the academic support areas: Registrar’s Office, Academic Advising, Testing, Research and Sponsored Programs, Institutional Research and Assessment, the Academic Achievement Center, the Search for Education, Elevation, and Knowledge (SEEK) program, and Academic Skills Immersion and Outreach Program. Moreover, playing notable teaching, research, and community engagement roles are the Performing Arts Center, out Collaboration Initiative with the Food and Drug Administration, our award-winning Athletics Program.

York College is a relatively young institution, established in 1966. But over the years we have developed a deep commitment to broadening the educational and economic horizons of our students and to facilitating the theoretical and applied research endeavors of our faculty. Our talented faculty, and dedicated administrators and staff labor painstakingly to ensure that our students fulfill their educational dreams. What is more, we are committed to the fulfillment of those dreams by habituating best practices, mindful of Aristotle’s dictum: “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.”

So, thank you for visiting us. I trust that this virtual visit will enable you to understand who we are and how you may become a part of or a contributor to the work we do in the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, and service.

Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith, Ph.D.
Professor of Political Science
Provost & Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs

National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS) (Status: The self-study has been submitted and the site visit is in October)

* Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools accredits degree-granting colleges and universities in the Middle States region, which includes Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and several locations internationally. The Commission is a voluntary, non-governmental, membership association that defines, maintains, and promotes educational excellence across institutions with diverse missions, student populations, and resources. It examines each institution as a whole, rather than specific programs within institutions.

Middle States Commission on Higher Education
(Statement of Acceditation Status)
3624 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-2680
Tel. (267) 284-5000
E-mail: info@msche.org