Peter Sloat Hoff

Peter Sloat Hoff, President Emeritus of the University of Maine, has focused on excellence in teaching and learning throughout his forty-year academic career. As a professor in Wisconsin, Hoff won a university teaching award, and directed the University of Wisconsin-Parkside Center for Teaching Excellence, the statewide Undergraduate Teaching Improvement Council, and the Wisconsin Lilly Fellows Project. As academic vice chancellor at Indiana University Southeast, the University System of Georgia, and the California State University, he established teaching excellence centers and state initiatives to transform teaching and learning. As president of Maine’s Land Grant research university, Hoff took special pride in its growth and achievements as a leading center for learning—from its unique Honors College to its multidisciplinary doctoral programs. Hoff also served as a member of the Kellogg Commission on the Future of State and Land Grant Universities, whose reports echo many of the findings and recommendations in Learning Matters.