Elane Seebo
Vice President and Senior Assistant to the President (Retired)
Wayland Baptist Universtiy
With more than 40 years in higher education, Dr. Elane
Seebo is now retired and most recently served as Senior Assistant to the
President (3 years) and the Vice President of External Campuses for Wayland
Baptist University (14 years). She holds a Ph.D. in Applied Technology and Training
Development (University of North Texas), an MA in Human Resource Management
(Pepperdine University), an M.Ed. (Texas Tech University) and a B.A. in English
with secondary teacher certification (Oklahoma State University). She served as
a site visitor and special reader for the Southern Association of Colleges and
Schools Commission on Colleges (2003-present), as a site visitor and
Commissioner for the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education
(2000-present), and as an observation visitor for the Council for Higher
Education Accreditation (2019-2022). She also served as a National Visiting
Committee member for the National Science Foundation (SpaceTec project) for
over 10 years. Previous positions include associate professor of education and
business, chief academic officer for the Community College of the Air Force,
senior training administrator, chief of faculty development, chief of training
technologies plans, and chief of curriculum and training development.
Dr. Elane K. Seebo is a retired
higher education administration who most recently served as the Senior
Assistant to the President, Wayland Baptist University. In this role, Dr. Seebo advised the president on a variety of issues of
interest to senior university administration, including institutional and
programmatic accreditation, strategic and emergency planning, legal and
legislative matters, institutional research and effectiveness, program development,
military relations, and similar issues.
§ Academic Education
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Ph.D.,
Education/Applied Technology and Training Development – University of North
Texas
- M.A., Human Resource
Management – Pepperdine University
- M.Ed.,
Secondary Education – Texas Tech University
- M.A.
Coursework, Counseling and Personnel Services – University of Maryland
- B.A.,
English – Oklahoma State University (teacher certification – State of
Oklahoma)
§ Other Education
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Council
for Excellence in Government Senior Fellowship
§
Council
for Excellence in Government Fellowship
§
Air
War College, USAF
§
Executive
Leadership Development Program, DoD
§
Air
Command and Staff College, USAF
§
Squadron
Officer School, USAF
§ Notable Experience and Honors
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Senior
Assistant to the President, Wayland Baptist University
§
Senior
Training Administrator, 82nd Training Group
§
Dean/Chief
Academic Office, Community College of the Air Force
§
Commissioner,
Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education
§
University
Accreditation Liaison, site visitor and special reader, Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
§
Council
for Higher Education Accreditation Observation Visitor
§
National
Science Foundation National Visiting Committee Member (SpaceTec project)
§ Relevance to QS
Reimagine Education Awards Process
§
Extensive
experience in higher education
§
Extensive
leadership and management background
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Extensive
experience with institutional and programmatic accreditation
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Extensive
experience the AF Professional Military Education and AF Technical Training
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Strong
background in strategic and emergency planning
seeboe@wbu.edu