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Luther College selects new provost to fill vacancy from presidential transition • Iowa Capital Dispatch [1]

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Date: 2025-05

Luther College has chosen a new provost who is scheduled to start this summer.

Pamela Bacon, coming to the Decorah college from two universities sharing the same administration in Minnesota, will begin in her new role in July, according to a news release. She is filling the position left vacant by college president Brad Chamberlain when he was announced as president in October 2024.

“Luther’s reputation as a selective liberal arts college that is known for its involved students, committed faculty and staff, and a strong sense of community inspired me to apply, and I am delighted to accept President Chamberlain’s offer,” Bacon said in the release. “Given my experience at a faith-based residential liberal arts college and my own life-changing experiences attending a residential liberal arts college, I am excited to engage with the challenges and opportunities that are ahead for Luther College.”

Bacon previously served as faculty and administrator for the College of Saint Benedict, a women’s college, and Saint John’s University, a men’s college, as the institutions share curriculum, faculty and leadership. There she worked to oversee academic affairs and the colleges’ division of student success, according to the release, among other duties.

Once at Luther College, Bacon will oversee a combined department of academic affairs and student success and engagement, the release stated. The college brought academic and student affairs together into one program in 2021, Chamberlain said in the release, and its more holistic methods of serving students have seen success. Bacon said in the release she’s ready to work with the Luther community to “ensure that students receive a holistic, immersive experience that is both academically enriching and personally transformative.”

Chamberlain said he is excited to work with Bacon and see her “impact on improving the experiences of students, faculty and staff” at the college.

“Dr. Bacon brings to Luther College a passion for supporting the holistic development that students should experience, inside and outside of the classroom, at residential, liberal arts colleges,” Chamberlain said. “Informed by her academic training as a social psychologist and her progressive experience as an academic administrator, Dr. Bacon’s empathetic, relational and collaborative approach emphasizes engaging stakeholders, considering alternative perspectives, and using data to inform decision-making processes.”

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