04/05/2019
Greetings all -- news is out: Professor Eric Boynton will be headed to Beloit College as its new Provost this Fall. Beloit is a Great Lakes Colleges school much like Allegheny -- we all wish Eric well, and will be planning a sendoff fitting of our fine colleague.
I'll spare you further prose of my own -- our own Provost Ron Cole has sweetly summarized Eric's career well:
Dear Members of the Allegheny Community:
I am writing to share the news that Eric Boynton, Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies, has accepted a position as Provost and Dean of the College at Beloit College in Beloit, Wisconsin. He will start on June 10. This role represents a tremendously exciting opportunity for Eric, one that reflects his outstanding contributions to Allegheny and his achievements as a teacher, advisor, and scholar. Please join me in congratulating Eric and thanking him for his remarkable service to our community, his colleagues, and our students.
Eric, who joined the Allegheny faculty in 2002, has made a meaningful difference in an array of important leadership positions at the College, including Director of Interdisciplinary Studies and Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies and of the Black Studies Minor Program. He received the Thoburn Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2006; an alumna who nominated Eric for that honor wrote: “He empowers classrooms of students to step out of their comfort zone, to step out of their belief system, and he finds new and creative ways to explain old and complicated ideas. In so doing, students in his classes grow as learners and as people.”
My thanks to Eric for the impressive and lasting impact he has made during the past 17 years at Allegheny.
Ron Cole
Provost and Dean of the College
