This podcast contains comments from the October 16, 2023 meeting of the Texas A&M faculty senate.

Two weeks after Texas A&M's interim president returned the provost's position to number two in authority, the provost is asked about the elevated role by members of the university's faculty senate.

Provost Alan Sams, who was hired by former president Katherine Banks, says he has a range of experiences that is equivalent to most of the provosts he knows at land grant universities of similar stature and size to A&M.

Sams served nine months as interim provost when he was given the job on a permanent basis in May.

Sams also told the faculty senate that the reorganization of the provost's office that came with the announcement by Mark Welsh should be completed next month.