Bruce “Honored” To be New Provost At TTU

Tennessee Tech officials introduced Dr. Lori Mann Bruce as the university’s new provost Thursday afternoon.

Bruce the first woman to hold a top academic position at Tech. With a background in electrical engineering, Bruce said used to being one of the only females or first females into the arena.

“I didn’t even know I was the first female provost until I was on campus my first week,” Bruce said. “I feel very honored and special. I think it’s a great testament to the president and to the campus in general that they could recruit a female into the top academic position.”

As provost Bruce, will be responsible for academics at the university. She works with the university’s 10 deans in overseeing Tech’s colleges and library, along with six other units ranging from Distance Education to Military Science.

The size of Tech was one of the factors in Bruce wanting to come to university. The Middle Tennessee native said the university is big enough that it’s comprehensive and has all of the appropriate infrastructure.

“I feel it’s agile. If we see a need in the state for an academic program, there’s not a tremendous amount of bureaucracy for the faculty to launch new programs or redefine what they’re doing in their educational enterprise,” Bruce said. “For very large universities that’s hard to do.”