Reappointment of Cindy Fan as Vice Provost of International Studies and Global Engagement
Dear Colleagues:
Following the completion of a customary five-year administrative review, it is with great pleasure that I announce the reappointment of Cindy Fan to a third term as vice provost of international studies and global engagement. Her leadership over the past 10 years has been marked by extraordinary achievements in expanding UCLA’s global reach and reinforcing its reputation as a world-class research institution.
Under Vice Provost Fan’s leadership, UCLA’s International Institute has thrived as a hub for interdisciplinary scholarship, education and collaboration. She is widely praised as a transparent, inclusive and strategic leader who has built meaningful relationships across campus and internationally.
Highlights from Vice Provost Fan’s tenure include her efforts to successfully align the Institute’s core goals with UCLA’s Strategic Plan, grow the Institute’s gift endowments by 60% in five years, launch the Global Advisors Council, expand international collaborations and study abroad opportunities, and foster a culture shift at UCLA to advance international scholarship and global engagement. As UCLA’s ambassador abroad, she has accompanied leadership on dozens of high-level visits and helped elevate the university’s global reputation through partnerships with international consortiums including the Association of Pacific Rim Universities and the U7+ Alliance of World Universities.
Vice Provost Fan has enhanced International Education Week at UCLA, in addition to championing course diversification, including the integration of global perspectives and hybrid programming models. She is also deeply committed to inclusive excellence in global education.
Her reappointment survey respondents and stakeholders lauded her attentiveness, responsiveness and collaborative leadership style, and her work continues to be instrumental to UCLA’s public mission at the local, national and international levels.
Please join me in congratulating Vice Provost Fan as she begins her next term.
Sincerely,
Darnell Hunt
Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost