Glenn Gibney
Assistant Provost and Associate Vice President for Career Readiness
Armstrong Campus
912-344-3248
ggibney@georgiasouthern.edu
Glenn leads the Office of Career and Professional Development (OCPD), a centralized career service office overseeing the career readiness of Georgia Southern students and supporting all nine academic colleges. The OCPD supports Georgia Southern University’s commitment to prepare a global workforce by providing students and alumni with a broad range of personalized services to prepare them for professional success.
Glenn Gibney is the Associate Vice President for Career Readiness at Georgia Southern University where he leads the transformation of career readiness from an optional activity to an integral part of the student experience. In that role Glenn oversees the strategic direction and operations of the Office of Career and Professional Development that serves more than 30,000 students. Glenn uses his extensive industry experience and his knowledge of how “work, works” to develop career readiness programs and strategic employer relationships to help Georgia Southern students acquire the essential skills they need to be successful in the workforce. At Georgia Southern Glenn has introduced innovative programs such as Ready Day 1 Connect, a partnership with faculty that embeds critical career-ready competencies into academic curriculum; the Internship Scholarship Program, which awards over $150,000 in student scholarships annually, and the Pre-Professional Test Prep Grant Program, which provides free professional test prep services to help raise student LSAT and MCAT test scores.
Prior to his work in Higher Education, Glenn built a highly successful career in sales and executive leadership at global technology firms such as NCR Corporation, VeriSign, and Asurion. During his tenure as VP/General Manager at Asurion, Glenn guided the Asurion Client Services team to four successive Walmart Partnership awards. He earned an MBA from the University of Dayton, and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Bucknell University. Glenn is a USATF Level 1 Track and Field Coach, as well as a Certified Christian Financial Counselor.
Education
- BS Mechanical Engineering, Bucknell University
- Master of Business Administration, University of Dayton