Shelly Bacon
- Senior Associate Vice Provost of Undergraduate Education
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 (PES), and transfer student success initiatives.
Shelly began her CU Boulder career in 2000 and, before moving to the Office of Undergraduate Education, was most recently the Assistant Dean for Academic Advising and Student Success in the College of Arts & Sciences, where she oversaw advising and student support services in that college.
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.