[VPAAEtal] Director of Grants and Contracts

[Academic Affairs]

University Community:

 

Please join me in welcoming Dr. Deborah "Debbie" Porter to the university
effective tomorrow, November 1. Dr. Porter will assume the position of Ad
Interim Director of Grants and Contracts. Dr. Porter received her Ph.D. in
Special Education/Rehabilitation in 1994 from the University of Texas at
Austin and, until recently, was the Director of Grants and Contracts for the
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

 

Dr. Porter will be responsible for developing competitive grant proposals to
federal and state agencies that result in extramural finding for the
university. In addition, she will work with faculty by identifying and
distributing appropriate funding opportunities; developing, coordinating,
and delivering workshops; and reviewing, editing, and providing input on
proposals written by faculty members.  

 

Dr. Porter has written grant proposals that have resulted in over $130
million in grant funding. She is the author of Successful School Grants:
Fulfilling the Promise of School Improvement. Dr. Porter has also been a
grant reviewer for the U.S. Department of Education, Teaching American
History Grants, Office of Improvement of Postsecondary Education, Trio
Programs, Office of Bilingual and Migrant Affairs, Teacher Quality, and Gear
Up.

 

Dr. Porter's telephone number will be 468-3277 and her email address will be
deborah_porter at tamu-commerce.edu <mailto:deborah_porter at tamu-commerce.edu> .
She will be located in Room 142 in the Graduate Studies and Research office
and will report to Dr. Allan Headley. 

 

Mary W. Hendrix, Ph.D.

Interim Provost and Vice-President for Academic & Student Affairs

Texas A&M University-Commerce

P.O. Box 3011

Commerce, TX 75429

903.886.5018

We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give others. 

 

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