The Next Provost at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Sylvia Alva has been appointed provost and vice president for academic affairs at California State Polytechnic University in Pomona. The university enrolls about 21,000 undergraduate students and 1,500 graduate students. Women are 43 percent of the undergraduate student body. Dr. Alva will become provost on September 3.

Dr. Alva has been serving as dean of the College of Health and Human Development at California State University, Northridge. Prior to joining the staff at the Northridge campus, Dr. Alva was associate vice president for undergraduate programs at California State University, Fullerton.

Dr. Alva is a graduate of California State University, Los Angeles. She holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles.