Dr. Lawrence (Larry) V. Gould is Provost/Chief Academic Officer at Fort Hays State University.  While at FHSU, Dr. Gould has served as a faculty member in Political Science, president of the Faculty Senate, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Executive Assistant to the President and Director of the Docking Institute of Public Affairs.  He previously taught at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, and was a research associate with the Centre for Foreign Policy Studies at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada.  Beginning in 1991, Provost Gould played a key role in the development of the FHSU domestic distance learning environment, internationalization of the campus, the university’s participation in the Higher Learning Commission’s alternate regional accreditation track known as the Academic Quality Improvement Program (AQIP) and led the way in creating and managing the university’s dual degree programming in China, Turkey and Taiwan.  FHSU now has over 3260 students in China participating in cross-border distance education.  Dr. Gould is on the Executive Board of the National Consortium for Continuous Improvement in Higher Education and a member of the Implementation Board for the American Democracy Project.  Larry continues to publish articles on academic quality work, leadership and is recognized as a higher education reformer and innovator.  Finally, Dr. Gould is the recipient of two prominent national awards for provosts - the National Academic Advising Association’s 2000 Pacesetter Award and the William M. Plater Award for Leadership in Civic Engagement.