That is fantastic!!  MA is lucky to have her!

Director of TRIO Programs
Upward Bound/Johnson Scholars
University of Maine at Farmington
238 Main St., Suite 1
Farmington, ME 04938
207-778-7297 (w)
207-491-6862 (c)



On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 8:26 AM, Bridget Mullen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Congratulations to UMaine UB graduate, Patricia Marshall!
>
> I love that her participation in Maine TRIO tops her resume.
>
>
> [Text Box:]
> MEMORANDUM
>
>
> TO:                 Community College Presidents
> State University Presidents
> Martin T. Meehan, President, University of Massachusetts
>
> FROM:            Carlos E. Santiago
>
> CC:                 Community College Chief Academic Officers
> State University Chief Academic Officers
> Marcellete G. Williams, Senior Vice President, University of Massachusetts
>
> DATE:                        November 17, 2015
>
> SUBJECT:     New Deputy Commissioner for Academic Affairs & Student Success
> I am happy to announce that Dr. Patricia Marshall will be joining the
> Department of Higher Education effective November 30th as our new Deputy
> Commissioner for Academic Affairs & Student Success.
> Since 2012, Dr. Marshall has served as the Associate Vice President for
> Academic Affairs at Worcester State University (WSU). She holds a B.A. from
> Colby College and a Ph.D. in Hispanic Studies from Brown University.  She
> participated in the Upward Bound program at the University of Maine Orono
> from 1986-1990, received services from Education Talent Search, and was the
> 2014 recipient of the New England Educational Opportunity Association’s
> Achiever Award. In 2013, the Council for Opportunity in Education invited
> Dr. Marshall to testify before the U.S. Congressional TRIO Caucus in
> Washington, D.C. to generate support for and awareness of the importance of
> TRIO programs in rural areas (“Meeting the Needs of Rural Low-Income
> Students”).
> Dr. Marshall helped to launch WSU’s “Succeed in 4” retention and
> graduation improvement initiative through her work as Faculty Fellow.  In
> that role, she established the groundwork for campus-wide retention
> efforts, played a key role in the selection and initial configuration of
> the Starfish Early Alert system, and served as the Principal Investigator
> on WSU’s first Vision Grant. She has co-presented on the work being done at
> WSU at the AAC&U, the New England Conference for Student Success (UMASS,
> Amherst), the NEASC Annual Conference, and the Massachusetts Educational
> Opportunity Association Annual Conference. Dr. Marshall is also a founding
> board member of MassEdCO, a statewide network of service sites that works
> with economically and educationally disadvantaged students.  Prior to
> serving as AVPAA she was the founding Chair of the Department of World
> Languages and held a tenured appointment as an Associate Professor of
> Spanish at Worcester State University.  Dr. Marshall has also held faculty
> appointments at Clark University, Wesleyan University, Providence College,
> and served as a clinical faculty member with the Brown School of Medicine.
> Her publications include a book on Calderon de la Barca, translations, book
> reviews, and peer reviewed articles on Spanish Golden Age literature.
> I would like to take this opportunity to thank our search committee and
> committee chair, Katy Abel, for their hard work in helping us find such a
> highly qualified candidate. I also would like to acknowledge and thank Dr.
> Winnie Hagan who has done a tremendous job filling in as Interim Deputy
> Commissioner since July.
> Please join me in welcoming Dr. Patricia Marshall to the Department of
> Higher Education.
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