Vice Provost of Global Education, Immersions and Strategic Initiatives

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Anastasia Vrachnos

Anastasia Vrachnos, currently serves as the Vice Provost of Global Education, Immersions and Strategic Initiatives. She works closely with leadership, academic partners and business units to advance the scope of the University's global partnerships and immersive learning opportunities. She also coordinates strategic planning implementation and communications, oversees academic planning at Star Route Farms, and helps lead cross-divisional strategic initiatives that advance the academic enterprise. 

Before joining USF in 2019, Anastasia was the Vice Provost for International Affairs and Operations at Princeton University, and prior to that, served as as dean of international and professional experience for Yale-NUS College in Singapore. She draws on a wide range of professional experience in the fields of education, non-profit administration, finance, and journalism. She was the Executive Director of Princeton in Asia, worked as an investment banker for Morgan Stanley, taught middle school in the Bronx and was an award-winning photojournalist in Indonesia and East Timor. 

The Vice Provost of Global Education, Immersions and Strategic Initiatives oversees the following departments and initiatives:

• Academic Planning for Star Route Farms
• Center for Global Education
• Immersions
• Leo T. McCarthy Center for Public Service and the Common Good
• Office of International Initiatives