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. > > ************************************************************************* > The information contained in or accompanying this e-mail is intended only > for the use of the stated recipient and may contain information that is > confidential and/or privileged. If the reader is not the intended recipient > or the agent thereof, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, > distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited and may > constitute a breach of confidence and/or privilege. 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