Vincent E. Isom
Vincent E. Isom is Director of the IU 21st Century Scholars Program at Indiana University Bloomington. In his role, Vincent leads a team of 5 full-time student support services professionals who serve 3,000+ undergraduate scholars across the University's 16 degree-granting colleges, programs, and schools. Prior to his role, Vincent was Academic Advisor and Coordinator of Upperclassman Advising and Activities between 2002 and 2014 in the IU Groups Scholars Program at Indiana University Bloomington, former Director/Co-Director of the IU Thomas I. Atkins Living Learning Center between 2007 and 2019, Assistant Resident Manager of IU Residential Programs and Services (RPS) between 1999 and 2002, and Academic Advisor/Counselor & Resident Hall Coordinator between 1993 and 1999 at Youngstown State University. Vincent holds an M.S. degree in College Student Personnel Administration from the IU School of Education and a B.S. degree in Public Affairs (Management) from the IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) at Indiana University Bloomington. He was the recipient of the "2021 Exemplar Award" from the IU Neal-Marshall Alumni Club, "2016 Janice L. Wiggins Staff Academic Service Award" from IU Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies, the "2015 University Partner Award"from Inroads, the "2014 Faculty and Staff Student Choice Award"from . Under his leadership, the IUB 21st Century Scholars Program was the recipient of the "2021 Certificate of Merit for Outstanding Advising Program" by NACADA, the Global Community for Academic Advising and "2015 Champion Award" by 21st Century Scholars Indiana. Vincent is originally from Richmond, Indiana.
Vincent can be reached at visom@iu.edu
