Published May 13. 2021 5:36PM | Updated May 13. 2021 6:56PM
New London Amy K. Donahue, whose career includes serving as a public policy professor and vice provost for academic operations at the University of Connecticut and a post at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, has been announced as the U.S. Coast Guard Academy’s first provost.
She will be the academy’s chief academic officer and advise the superintendent on matters relating to academics and faculty, the academy announced in a news release Thursday.
“We are pleased to welcome Dr. Donahue to the Coast Guard Academy as the Provost and Chief Academic Officer after an extensive search,” Rear Adm. Bill Kelly, academy superintendent, said in a statement. “Dr. Donahue brings a wealth of leadership and academic experience to the team and we look forward to her leading the faculty and our academic program as we develop the future officers of our Service.”