Woodbridge Provost Sam Hill to Retire

Woodbridge Provost Sam Hill has announced his retirement from NOVA at the end of spring semester, after a remarkable five-decade career in higher education. After earning his Master’s in Counseling from Gallaudet University, he spent the early years of his career working with deaf and hearing-impaired students before serving almost four decades in leadership roles at community colleges in Texas, Illinois and Virginia.

Dr. Hill joined NOVA in 2005 and has truly shaped the Woodbridge Campus into the heart of that community over his 17 years, including growing enrollment, adding to and updating the physical campus, expanding transfer and career programming and welcoming signature student support programs like Year Up.

Dr. Hill has become an integral part of the Woodbridge community during his tenure as provost, serving as a commissioner on the Prince William County Future 2030 Commission; and on the boards of Northern Virginia Family Services, the Prince William Chamber of Commerce, the Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center and the Greater Manassas/Prince William Center for the Arts, among others. He is a graduate of Lead Virginia, the Prince William County Citizens Police Academy and the FBI Citizens Academy at Quantico. Recognizing the significant role that the Marine Base at Quantico plays in the life of Prince William County, Dr. Hill has made serving and supporting student veterans a priority at Woodbridge.

It will be difficult to imagine our college without Dr. Hill, but I know you join me in congratulating him on a well-deserved retirement with much more time for his family and—as anyone who knows him can testify—more time for golf. Please look for announcements in the next weeks about opportunities to celebrate Dr. Hill and thank him for his almost two decades of exemplary leadership at NOVA.

NOVA will engage in a national search for the next Woodbridge provost, and I anticipate that this search will begin and be completed in the upcoming fall semester. Thus, I am seeking an interim provost for the Woodbridge Campus to serve from approximately June 1 through December 31.

The interim provost must hold a doctoral degree from a regionally-accredited institution and must have at least four years of progressive administrative responsibility, including program oversight, personnel supervision and budget management.

The interim provost will serve as a member of Administrative Council with all associated responsibilities and will report to the president. Acting pay, in accordance with VCCS policy, will be provided for the duration of this appointment.

NOVA employees who meet these qualifications, understand the requirements, and wish to be considered for the role of interim provost for the Woodbridge Campus should submit a one-page letter of interest to Corinne Hurst (churst@nvcc.edu) in the President’s Office no later than Friday, April 8, at 5 p.m. The interim provost for the Woodbridge Campus will be selected and appointed by the president from the pool of qualified individuals expressing interest.

Please Note:  This announcement does not constitute or replace the full search for the NOVA Woodbridge provost. A national search based on the complete EWP for this position will be conducted by NOVA during fall 2022. If the interim provost meets all criteria outlined in the formal posting, this individual is eligible to apply. The expectation is that the successful candidate in the national search will begin their appointment as Woodbridge provost in January 2023.