Successful beginning

Marlesa Roney, the new vice provost for student success, talks with guests at a reception in her honor at the Spencer Research Library on July 18. Roney began working at KU on June 23. Roney, a Concordia native, will oversee academic and student services that promote student retention, academic success and graduation. She succeeds Mary Lee Hummert, KU professor of communication studies, who has served as interim vice provost for student support since Aug. 1, 2002, when the vice provost of student affairs, David Ambler, retired following 25 years of service in student services at KU. R. Steve Dick/University Relations