West Liberty University welcomed a new interim vice president and member of the President’s Cabinet last week as Washington, D.C. native Mark Schulman joined the administration.
“I am pleased to welcome Dr. Schulman to our campus and look forward to his expertise and leadership in this important role,” said Dr. Cathy Monteroso, interim president. Monteroso served as interim provost prior to Schulman.
Utilizing the assistance of an outside higher education interim placement agency known as The Registry, WLU selected Schulman to serve in this position until a full-scale search is launched.
Schulman’s official title is interim vice president of academic affairs and provost and his office is located on the second floor of Shaw Hall.
Schulman has worked as a higher education consultant since his retirement from the presidency of Presidio Graduate School (San Francisco and Seattle) in 2017. Prior to Presidio, his presidencies included Saybrook University (San Francisco and Seattle) from 2010 to 2016, Goddard College (Plainfield, Vt., and Port Townsend, Wash.) from 2003 to 2010, where he led the successful turn-around of the institution, and Antioch University Southern California (Los Angeles and Santa Barbara).
Other administrative and faculty appointments include: academic dean/vice president, dean of the college, and professor at Pacific Oaks College (Pasadena, Ca.); chairperson, communication department/director, graduate media studies/lead faculty, distance learning/distinguished lecturer in communications at the New School for Social Research (New York); chairperson, communications, film and video department, and associate professor at City College of New York.
He also served in positions at Saint Mary’s College of California (Moraga, Ca.), Antioch College (Yellow Springs, Ohio), and Mount Vernon College (Washington, D.C.).
He has an extensive background in communications and education consulting and higher education administration. He served as the president of the Vermont Higher Education Council in 2006-2007; on the executive committee of the Association of Vermont Independent Colleges from 2005 to 2010; and on the Board of Directors of Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility from 2005 to 2010.
Schulman received his Doctor of Philosophy in Communications degree from the Union Institute and University. Schulman also earned the following degrees at Indiana University, (Bloomington): Specialist in Education, Master of Science in Education, Instructional Systems Technology and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Literature at Antioch College, (Yellow Springs, Ohio).
West Liberty University is West Virginia’s first public institution of higher learning and offers more than 70 undergraduate majors, plus a growing number of graduate programs, both online and on campus.
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