December 7, 2004
Contact:
Mara L. Kiffin
Office of Public Affairs
954-262-5350
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL- Nova Southeastern University President Ray Ferrero, Jr. has announced the promotion of several university administrators:
Frank DePiano, Ph.D., was appointed Vice President
for Academic Affairs. DePiano, a former dean of NSU’s Center for Psychological Studies, is currently a faculty member of the Criminal Justice Institute, and the chair of the Academic Review Committee, as well as chair of the New Programs Review Committee.
Additionally, John Santulli was promoted from
Associate Vice President for Facilities Management to Vice President
for Facilities Management; Virginia McLain was promoted from Associate
Vice President for Information Technologies and Media Services to Vice
President for Information Technologies and Media Services; Peggy
Loewy-Wellisch was promoted from Executive Director of Student Financial Services
and Registration to Associate Vice President for Student Financial
Services and Registration; Chris Ott was promoted from Executive Director
of Business Services to Associate Vice President for Business Services.
Nova Southeastern University (NSU) has more
than 23,000 students and is the largest independent institution of
higher education in the Southeast, and the 8th largest independent
institution nationally.
NSU awards associate's, bachelor's, master's,
educational specialist, doctoral, and first-professional degrees
in a wide range of fields. The university is comprised of undergraduate,
graduate and professional schools of arts and sciences, osteopathic
medicine, pharmacy, optometry, allied health and nursing, medical
sciences, dental medicine, law, oceanography, business and entrepreneurship,
computer and information sciences, humanities and social sciences,
education and human services, and psychology.
The institution also
enjoys an excellent reputation for its programs for families offered
through the Mailman Segal Institute for Early Childhood Studies
and University School, a pre-kindergarten through 12th grade private,
college preparatory school.
