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Monday May 10, 2021
Dr. Roberta Teahen, Ferris State University
Monday May 10, 2021
Monday May 10, 2021
Roberta “Robbie” Teahen’s professional experiences include secondary and postsecondary teaching and leadership roles. Dr. Teahen most recently served as Associate Provost at Ferris State University and as founding director of the Doctorate in Community College Leadership. Effective January 2021, she will continue teaching and dissertation advising in this nationally recognized leadership program.
Prior to joining Ferris as a dean and her subsequent associate provost role, Dr. Teahen spent more than 30 years at Northwestern Michigan College in Traverse City, Michigan, where she began as an adjunct faculty member and concluded her career as the Dean of Workforce Development. Throughout her long administrative career, Dr. Teahen has consistently taught in the areas of business, education, and leadership. Teaching assignments have included undergraduate and graduate teaching for Northwestern, Ferris, Western Michigan University, and Michigan State University.
She earned her doctorate in Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education at Michigan State University in 2000. Professional endeavors include extensive service to the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) as a team chair, assessment mentor, and member of the Institutional Actions Council. She is also a long-serving board member of the Community College Baccalaureate Association and serves on a committee of the Association for the Advancement of Learning in Higher Education.
Recent recognitions include the Athena Grand Traverse Award in 2014, the Distinguished Woman in Higher Education recognition by the Michigan chapter of the American Council on Education (ACE) in 2015, and being selected as a Fellow of Northwestern Michigan College, the college’s highest honor, in 2020.
Robbie is committed to the value of education and learning and regularly helps others to advance their educational and professional careers. In her personal life, she has been married for 50+ years, has two beautiful and intelligent grown daughters, and three amazing grandchildren. For fun, she enjoys theatre, travel, golf, cooking, and time with many good friends.
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