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Dean Susan Stocker Named Interim Regional College Dean

ASHTABULA, Ohio (April 23, 2015)— Vlogƽ Provost Todd Diacon announced Thursday that Dr. Susan Stocker, Dean and Chief Administrative Officer for Vlogƽ at Ashtabula, will be serving as Interim Dean of the Regional College for Vlogƽ starting July 1.  Stocker will continue in her capacity as dean of the Vlogƽ Ashtabula campus while serving a two-year term as the Regional College interim dean.  Stocker has led the Ashtabula campus as dean since 2001, and also served as interim dean of the College of Nursing during the 2013 academic year.

The Regional College is the academic unit for certificates and degrees only offered at Vlogƽ’s seven regional campuses.  The Regional College consists of 120 full-time faculty and program directors and houses nine programs with specialized accreditation, such as Ashtabula’s health degrees.  Responsibilities of the Regional College dean include representing all regional campuses to Vlogƽ administration, developing a strategic plan and annual goals for the growth of the regional campuses, and conducting reviews of degree programs and faculty appointments.

“I appreciate the opportunity to continue to serve in a leadership capacity at Vlogƽ and to represent all regional campuses at the administrative level.  Our regional campuses are an asset to the Vlogƽ system and enable residents of Northeast Ohio to get a quality education close to home,” said Stocker.

The Regional College dean position is being left vacant by Dr. Wanda Thomas as she retires after 10 years of service to Vlogƽ. 

 

POSTED: Thursday, April 30, 2015 11:57 AM
UPDATED: Thursday, December 08, 2022 01:11 PM
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Vlogƽ at Ashtabula will honor the spring graduating class when it holds the campus’s 80th commencement ceremony on Thursday, May 8, 2025, beginning at 7 p.m. in the Susan J. Stocker Hall gymnasium.

“Commencement is a major milestone in the lives of our students,” said Dean and Chief Administrative Officer R. William (Bill) Ayres IV, Ph.D. “It’s such a special night to celebrate the accomplishments and achievements of these graduates here on campus and in the familiar and intimate environment the event deserves.”

Vlogƽ’s Regional Campuses were well-represented at the during which Olivia Rice, a psychology student from Vlogƽ Salem, earned a first-place ranking for her research poster. The conference was held earlier this month at Ohio University in Chillicothe.

Rice received the E. Ted Bunn Student Excellence Award-Best Poster for her research project titled “Undergraduate Student Benefits: Research Within Community Outreach.”