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provost

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1. provost - Noun

2. provost - Verb

3. Provost - Proper noun

Meaning

A person who is appointed to superintend, or preside over, something; the chief magistrate in some cities and towns; as, the provost of Edinburgh or of Glasgow, answering to the mayor of other cities; the provost of a college, answering to president; the provost or head of certain collegiate churches.

The keeper of a prison.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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After publishing the petition last Wednesday, Mayorga and SESP junior Soteria Reid met on Friday morning with Provost Jonathan Holloway, University Registrar Jacqualyn Casazza, and Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education Miriam Sherin over Zoom. Source: Internet

A formal memorandum must then be sent to the Provost who in turn makes a request to UTD’s President who, after receiving approval from the McDermott Foundation, then makes a formal request to UT System. Source: Internet

Before the meeting, Everts and Interim Provost Heather Norris sent an email to members of the faculty senate after receiving a media inquiry related to the vote. Source: Internet

“As Chancellor Blank has stressed, the marker is a beginning, not an end,” says Steven Cramer, vice provost for teaching and learning. Source: Internet

As such, its presiding officer was called a "provost," and reported to the main campus in Berkeley. Source: Internet

Angry about the tweet, Stephens emailed Karpf and carbon copied the provost of the professor’s department in the email. Source: Internet

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