SHU Promotes Amanda Moras to Assoc. Provost for Teaching & Learning
FAIRFIELD, Conn.—Sacred Heart University has promoted Amanda Moras to the role of associate provost for teaching and learning.
Moras, who resides in West Hartford, has been a faculty member at SHU since 2010. Since then, she also has held multiple administrative roles, including director of the gender and sexuality studies program. Additionally, she established the Social Justice Living and Learning Community by working directly with faculty and the office of student life.
In her new role, Moras will serve on the provost’s leadership team, working and collaborating with colleagues across the University to lead efforts that foster and support evidence-based teaching.
“I am excited to begin this new role and to have the opportunity to collaborate further with colleagues and students on continuing our tradition of excellence in teaching and learning at SHU,” Moras said.
Prior to her new position, Moras was director of the Thomas More honors program, associate dean for student success in the College of Arts & Sciences and a critical member of the dean’s leadership team.
Most recently, Moras has played a vital role in the University’s adoption and implementation of SHU Flex. The program began during the height of the pandemic to give students the flexibility of Zooming for class rather than attending in person, to slow the spread of COVID-19.
About Sacred Heart University
As the second-largest independent Catholic university in New England, and one of the fastest-growing in the U.S., Sacred Heart University is a national leader in shaping higher education for the 21st century. SHU offers nearly 90 undergraduate, graduate, doctoral and certificate programs on its Fairfield, Conn., campus. Sacred Heart also has satellites in Connecticut, Luxembourg and Ireland and offers online programs. More than 9,000 students attend the University’s nine colleges and schools: Arts & Sciences; Communication, Media & the Arts; Social Work; Computer Science & Engineering; Health Professions; the Isabelle Farrington College of Education; the Jack Welch College of Business & Technology; the Dr. Susan L. Davis, R.N., & Richard J. Henley College of Nursing; and St. Vincent’s College. Sacred Heart stands out from other Catholic institutions as it was established and led by laity. The contemporary Catholic university is rooted in the rich Catholic intellectual tradition and the liberal arts, and at the same time cultivates students to be forward thinkers who enact change—in their own lives, professions and in their communities. The Princeton Review includes SHU in its Best 387 Colleges–2022 Edition, “Best Northeastern” and Best Business Schools–2022 Edition. Sacred Heart is home to the award-winning, NPR-affiliated radio station, WSHU, a Division I athletics program and an impressive performing arts program that includes choir, band, dance and theatre. www.sacredheart.edu