Shelly Bacon

Shelly Bacon serves as Senior Associate Vice Provost in the Office of Undergraduate Education and provides strategic leadership and oversight for a portfolio that includes federated academic advising and coaching functions across campus, the Program in Exploratory Studies, and first-year and transfer student success initiatives.

Shelly began her CU Boulder career in 2000 as a professional academic advisor, and before moving to the Office of Undergraduate Education 2016, was most recently the Assistant Dean for Academic Advising and Student Success in the College of Arts & Sciences.

In her current role as AVP, Shelly supports strategic initiatives within Undergraduate Education and serves as a consultant to the broader campus community on issues related to academic exploration and support, academic advising and coaching, first-year and transfer student experience, and academic policies and processes. Holding the most senior advising-related position on campus, Shelly works closely with advising leaders from all advising units and sponsors the CU Boulder Advising Leadership Council. She provides executive sponsorship and influences the vision and structures for academic advising and coaching through collaborative leadership. She also teaches EDUC 5020, College Academic Advising, as part of our Masters in Higher Education (MAHE) program.