Mary Ellen Mazey (born February 22, 1949) is an American academic who is President Emeritus of Bowling Green State University.

Career

Mazey served as Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs at

Auburn University Auburn University (AU or Auburn) is a public land-grant research university in Auburn, Alabama. With more than 24,600 undergraduate students and a total enrollment of more than 30,000 with 1,330 faculty members, Auburn is the second largest uni ...

, as Dean of the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences at

West Virginia University West Virginia University (WVU) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Morgantown, West Virginia. Its other campuses are those of the West Virginia University Institute of Technology in Beckley, Potomac State College ...

, and as Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at

Wright State University Wright State University is a public research university in Fairborn, Ohio. Originally opened in 1964 as a branch campus of Miami University and Ohio State University, it became an independent institution in 1967 and was named in honor of aviation ...

. In 1996-1997, Mazey was the appointed Director of the Office of University Partnerships for the

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government. It administers federal housing and urban development laws. It is headed by the Secretary of Housing and Urb ...

(HUD). In that capacity, she had oversight of HUD's $25 million in grant programs to colleges and universities across the country. In addition, she served as HUD's liaison to higher educational associations, other federal agencies, and colleges and universities. Mazey has served as a grants reviewer and consultant to HUD and the

U.S. Department of Education The United States Department of Education is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government. It began operating on May 4, 1980, having been created after the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare was split into the Department ...

in addition to being a consultant to the Appalachian Regional Commission and numerous local governments, colleges and universities. A first-generation college graduate, Mazey earned bachelor's and master's degrees from West Virginia University and a Ph.D. in geography from the

University of Cincinnati The University of Cincinnati (UC or Cincinnati) is a public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio. Founded in 1819 as Cincinnati College, it is the oldest institution of higher education in Cincinnati and has an annual enrollment of over 44,00 ...

. Mazey has served as a consultant on strategic planning and as an evaluator for the Higher Learning Commission. She chaired and led the board of the

Western Collegiate Hockey Association The Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) is a college athletic conference which operates in the Midwestern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as a women's ice hockey-only conference. From 1951 to 1999, it operated a ...

and the

Mid-American Conference The Mid-American Conference (MAC) is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I collegiate athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region that stretches from Western New York to Illinois. Nine of the twel ...

Council of Presidents. In addition, she served on the board of directors of the Ohio Inter-University Council,

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Chamber of Commerce and the Northwest Ohio Regional Growth Partnership. Mazey announced that she would step down as BGSU president at the end of 2017. In recognition of her passion, innovation and leadership for the University, the BGSU Board of Trustees granted her the title of President Emeritus in December 2017.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mazey, Mary Ellen Living people Auburn University faculty Wright State University faculty West Virginia University faculty University of Cincinnati faculty University of Cincinnati alumni Bowling Green State University faculty Heads of universities and colleges in the United States 1949 births