<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2020/tran-sheffield-promotion.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>09/29/2020</pubDate><title>Faculty Members Look Forward to Fostering Even More Collaboration in New Roles at the University</title><description>Alvin Tran, Sc.D., MPH, and Jenna Sheffield, Ph.D., are taking on new roles as assistant provost for diversity, equity, and inclusion, and interim director of the Center for Teaching Excellence, respectively, at the University of New Haven. They are developing new initiatives that aim to bring students, faculty, and staff together in new and innovative ways that promote learning and inclusion.</description><hide-description/><author>Renee Chmiel, Office of Marketing &amp; Communications</author><author-details/><hide-author/><date>September 29, 2020</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/news/non-college-specific/blog/2020/tran-sheffield.jpg" alt="Picture of Alvin Tran and Jenna Sheffield. "/></image><image-caption>Alvin Tran, Sc.D., MPH, and Jenna Sheffield, Ph.D., are among several faculty members taking on new roles at the University.</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>year-2020</tag></tags></item>