Bill Michel

 

As Associate Provost and Executive Director of UChicago Arts and the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, Bill works with Advisor to the Provost for Arts David Levin to advance the creative work of students and faculty and support a vibrant set of public arts programs and arts collaboration across the University and Chicago. As the inaugural Executive Director of the Logan Center, Bill works with academic departments, University-presenting organizations, and artists and organizational partners on the South Side and throughout the city to ensure that the Logan Center is a home of artistic practice that contributes to Chicago’s cultural scene, while encouraging creativity in the next generation.

 

Before joining the Office of the Provost, Bill led the substantial growth of student engagement in theater as Director of University Theater and enhanced the student experience outside the classroom as Associate Dean of the College and Assistant Vice President for Student Life. Off campus, Bill serves on the South Side Community Art Center Board and About Face Theatre Honorary Board. 

 

Bill graduated from The College with a BA in politics, economics, rhetoric, and law and received an MBA from the Booth School of Business. In January 2020, Mayor Lori Lightfoot appointed Bill to the city’s Cultural Advisory Council.