Chandra McKenzie is an RIT alumna with a B.S. in Criminal Justice and M.S. in Instructional Technology, as well as a Masters in Library and Information Science from State University of New York at Buffalo. Chan. McKenzie joined the RIT library in 1977 as Assistant to the Head of Circulation. She was promoted through a series of appointments to Associate Director of Wallace. As such, she oversaw four functional departments while also managing reference services, the coordinator of library distance learning, coordinator of electronic resources and the RIT Archives and Special Collections. The Library Marketing and Library User Services areas were also direct reports. Together, with Patricia Albanese, McKenzie served as co-project manager for the creation and launch of the Java Wally's Cafe.
In 2006, while McKenzie served as Assistant Provost and Director of RIT Libraries, the RIT Libraries received the Excellence in Academic Libraries Award. This national award is sponsored by Blackwell’s Book Services and The Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association. The RIT Libraries was recognized in the university library category, it is given to the staff of a university, college, or community college library for programs delivering exemplary services and resources to further the educational mission of an institution. The award acknowledges staff collaboration and innovation in particular. RIT Libraries became the first in the Rochester region and only the second library in New York State to earn this distinction.
In 2010, after contributing to the successful merger of RIT Libraries with Teaching and Learning Services to form the new Wallace Center, McKenzie was appointed to a position outside the library. She now serves as the Assistant Provost for Academic Affairs, working more directly for the Office of the Provost in the Division of Academic Affairs.
McKenzie is also a published poet, well known in the community for her work and public readings.
The Assistant Provost for Academic Affairs reports to the Provost and Senior Associate Provost working to enhance RIT’s educational mission. The Assistant Provost for Academic Affairs is responsible for:
- Strategic and tactical support of the calendar conversion process
- Academic Affairs division representative for the GeneSIS project - the implementation of the student information system replacement.
- Planning and managing strategic and tactical development of an RIT K-12 initiative.
- Directing the development team of a funded, special project called, BOOKBAG.
- Overseeing the Office of the Provost website
- Provost delegate: Academic Affairs Space Committee and other critical academic initiatives
Chandra McKenzie
Assistant Provost for Academic Affairs
2121 Eastman Bldg
12 Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester, NY 14623-5603
(585) 475-2566
cvmwml@rit.edu
Carole Miller
Sr. Staff Assistant
2141 Eastman Bldg
12 Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester, NY 14623-5603
(585) 475-5605
cjmdfp@rit.edu
