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President moves: Recent resignations show 3 reasons why a leader steps down

University Business

The private nursing school will officially welcome its fifth president on May 6, according to school communications. His last academic appointment was at Mercy from 2017 to 2020 as the vice president of academic affairs. In her last year as president, Ward looks forward to ramping up community outreach efforts.

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The Ongoing Fight for Diversity in Higher Ed

Higher Ed Connects: Diversity

The school instituted a race-conscious admissions policy in the early 2000s in an attempt to enroll more Hispanic students, in hopes that they would practice in underserved West Texas communities. Continuing community outreach initiatives including those that create pathways from pre-academic readiness efforts to higher education.

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Conway-Turner: From First-Gen Student to 43-Year Career Retirement

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Engaging the university’s alumni has been deliberate. Buffalo State celebrated its 150th anniversary during her presidency, and that provided an opportunity for alumni to reconnect with each other and the institution. “It Conway-Turner describes 2020 as “extraordinary” and “nothing I or any of my colleagues could have imagined.”

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