as reported by UF NEWS
After serving as provost for the University of Florida since January and as interim provost beginning July 2023, Dr. J. Scott Angle announced August 14 that he will return to UF/IFAS as senior vice president for Agriculture and Natural Resources next month, a position he assumed in 2020. Interim President Kent Fuchs asked former UF Provost Joe Glover to return to the university to serve as interim provost.
“Serving as your Provost for the past months has been an honor,” Angle said in a letter to faculty and staff Wednesday. “It was not a position I sought, but I accepted the job with an open heart, and I greatly enjoyed working with my faculty colleagues to support their work and to strengthen UF on all fronts.”
Effective Sept. 6, Glover will return to Gainesville as UF’s chief academic officer in an interim role following a brief period as the provost of the University of Arizona. Glover stepped down from his provost role and as senior vice president for academic affairs at UF in July 2023 after a 15-year tenure, one of the longest in university history.
“When I took this position, Dr. Glover graciously offered his support. I am pleased to return the favor,” Angle said.
As senior vice president for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Angle is the chief executive of UF’s agriculture and environmental sciences arm and leads nearly 2,300 employees who work in all 67 Florida counties. UF/IFAS encompasses the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, the Florida Cooperative Extension Service, and the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station.
“In this time of transition and opportunity, my fellow academic leaders and I remain deeply committed to UF’s excellence, transparency, and service to humankind,” Angle said in his message. “By bringing out the best in our students and our stakeholders, the UF community makes the state and the world better. UF will continue to be a significant force for positive change, and I’m proud to be part of it.”
