March 13, 2006
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EDWARD WEIL NAMED PROVOST AND SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS AT WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY
Edward B. Weil, the provost and vice president for academic affairs at York College of the City University of New York (CUNY), has been named provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at William Paterson University in Wayne, N.J. following a national search.
Weil, who assumes the post on March 20, has served as provost at York College since 1999. From 1989 to 1999, he held the positions of dean of the School of Liberal Arts and professor of anthropology at Kean University of New Jersey.
In his position at William Paterson, Weil will serve as the chief academic officer and will be responsible for the planning, development and administration of the teaching, scholarship and service aspects of the University’s mission. Reporting to the president, he will coordinate the efforts of the institution’s vice presidents toward fulfillment of the University’s academic mission.
“Dr. Weil’s entire professional career as a faculty member and as an academic administrator attests to his experience in and passion for the mission of comprehensive public institutions like William Paterson University,” says Arnold Speert, president. “His expertise in the areas of programmatic and fiscal planning, curriculum development, program review, accreditation, and economic development will enable him to provide skilled leadership and management to the University community.”
“I am very excited about coming to William Paterson University and returning to New Jersey where I spent so many fulfilling years of my professional life,” says Weil. “I look forward to joining this vibrant academic community with its outstanding faculty, engaged students, and hard-working staff. I am grateful to President Speert and the Board of Trustees for this outstanding opportunity. Being selected to take on the academic leadership of a leading university is very gratifying and I am thrilled at the prospect of playing a role in its continued success.”
During his tenure at York College, Weil supervised all academic units and programs, academic support programs, the library, instructional computing, research and sponsored programs, adult and continuing education, and various bridge programs with the New York City Schools’ system. In this role, he served on the CUNY Academic Council, CUNY Information Technology Steering Committee, as an ex-officio member of York’s Foundation, and on the Board of Directors of York’s Auxiliary Enterprises, Inc.
Among his list of accomplishments at York, Weil provided leadership for the initiation of new academic majors in computer science, communications technology and physician assistant, the establishment of interdisciplinary, credit-bearing certificate programs that provide workforce development opportunities, and the establishment of the CUNY Aviation Institute and the Queens High School for the Sciences at York College.
For eleven years prior to joining Kean University, he served in positions of increasing responsibility at California State University, Dominguez Hills, beginning in 1978 as assistant professor of anthropology and culminating in his appointment as associate dean of the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, a position he held from 1987 to 1989.
Weil earned a bachelor of arts degree in anthropology from Queens College of CUNY in 1971. He earned master’s and doctoral degrees in anthropology in 1974 and 1978, respectively, from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He is a resident of Summit, N.J.
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