Tena L. Golding, a member of the Southeastern Louisiana University faculty and administration for more than 35 years, is the university’s provost and vice president for academic affairs and a professor of mathematics. Previously, she served as the founding director of the university’s Center for Faculty Excellence established in 1997 as a one-stop shop designed to enhance teaching effectiveness and the academic environment. She helped develop the university’s distance education and online learning services and has served as a liaison between the faculty and administration. She was also instrumental in creating the still-existing After-School Achievement Program (ASAP), which continues to provide tutoring services for area school children. Golding is the author of numerous articles and presentations related to reform-based mathematics curricula and preparation of teachers. She has served as an evaluator for the past 12 years for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.Golding holds a PhD from Louisiana State University and an MSE and BSE both from Delta State University in Cleveland, Mississippi.Updated 11-20-2017