{"id":2768,"date":"2026-03-31T00:03:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T00:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/campuses\/indianapolis\/?page_id=2768"},"modified":"2026-06-11T20:24:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T20:24:17","slug":"renee-a-thomas-bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/indianapolis\/renee-a-thomas-bio\/","title":{"rendered":"Renee A. Thomas Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"modal-ready\"><div  class=\"section has-padding-bottom-small  page-layout-wide page-layout-two-column\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n                \n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns page-layout-columns columns is-multiline is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column column is-full-tablet page-layout-main is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/indianapolis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dir_OSCE_Renee_Thomas-1.jpg\" alt=\"Renee A. Thomas\" class=\"wp-image-2793\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3\/4;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/indianapolis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dir_OSCE_Renee_Thomas-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/indianapolis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dir_OSCE_Renee_Thomas-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/indianapolis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dir_OSCE_Renee_Thomas-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-aged-gold-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d41a257b03ed567bf0006c3b1248a1da\"><strong>Renee A. Thomas<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Associate Vice Provost for Student and Community Engagement\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-83c4177c540619f8ed17874590abd4c9 wp-block-paragraph\">Renee A. Thomas serves as the Associate Vice Provost for Student and Community Engagement.&nbsp;&nbsp;She leads a transformational portfolio focused on student belonging, community&nbsp;partnerships&nbsp;and civic engagement<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d250cf47c0bf3bf9ba2b5095a8fd5ecc wp-block-paragraph\">She cultivates mutually beneficial relationships with civic,&nbsp;community&nbsp;and educational leaders that reflect community interests and are in alignment with Purdue\u2019s mission as a STEM-focused urban campus.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2768","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/indianapolis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/indianapolis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/indianapolis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/indianapolis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/indianapolis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2768"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/indianapolis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3246,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/indianapolis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2768\/revisions\/3246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/indianapolis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}