Faculty Assistant to the Provost

Bob Hoar - Faculty Assistant to the Provost

Robert (Bob) Hoar is professor of mathematics and the faculty assistant to the provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the UW-La Crosse. The assistant to the provost gathers information, conducts research and prepares reports for use on campus. The assistant also prepares reports to respond to UW System and external agency requests for information related to campus programs and planning initiatives. In addition, he manages and implements the timelines for reports and academic activities, which have specific deadlines for completion. Typical projects include issues related to retention and promotion, academic program review, enrollment management, program entitlement processes, curriculum initiatives and project implementation. The assistant represents the Office of the Provost and Vice Chancellor at a variety of meetings and periodically attends UW System meetings with or for the provost. Hoar joined the mathematics faculty at UW-La Crosse in 1995. He has chaired several university committees, including the faculty senate. He earned his Ph.D. and M.S. in Mathematics at Montana State University, specializing in numerical methods for partial differential equations. He earned two B.S. degrees, one in mathematics and one in computer science, from the Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology. Hoar is also the Director of the Institute for Innovation in Undergraduate Research and Learning www.uwlax.edu/iiurl. He has led several projects that have developed web-based computational tools and related educational materials. Dr. Hoar served as principal investigator on a NSF funded multi-campus proof-of-concept project. The project has grown to involve faculty led student teams from around the UW-System. The teams create Flash and podcast enhanced learning objects that present materials for students who are studying math and science. Hoar has involved undergraduate students in his research for many years and has served as the chair of the Mathematics and Computer Science Division of the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR).

Robert (Bob) Hoar is professor of mathematics and the faculty assistant to the provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the UW-La Crosse.

The assistant to the provost gathers information, conducts research and prepares reports for use on campus. The assistant also prepares reports to respond to UW System and external agency requests for information related to campus programs and planning initiatives. In addition, he manages and implements the timelines for reports and academic activities, which have specific deadlines for completion.

Typical projects include issues related to retention and promotion, academic program review, enrollment management, program entitlement processes, curriculum initiatives and project implementation. The assistant represents the Office of the Provost and Vice Chancellor at a variety of meetings and periodically attends UW System meetings with or for the provost.

Hoar joined the mathematics faculty at UW-La Crosse in 1995. He has chaired several university committees, including the faculty senate. He earned his Ph.D. and M.S. in Mathematics at Montana State University, specializing in numerical methods for partial differential equations. He earned two B.S. degrees, one in mathematics and one in computer science, from the Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology.

Hoar is also the Director of the Institute for Innovation in Undergraduate Research and Learning www.uwlax.edu/iiurl. He has led several projects that have developed web-based computational tools and related educational materials. Dr. Hoar served as principal investigator on a NSF funded multi-campus proof-of-concept project. The project has grown to involve faculty led student teams from around the UW-System. The teams create Flash and podcast enhanced learning objects that present materials for students who are studying math and science.

Hoar has involved undergraduate students in his research for many years and has served as the chair of the Mathematics and Computer Science Division of the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR).