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ONEONTA, N.Y. -- Interim SUNY Chancellor John B. Clark announced
today that he will recommend to the SUNY Board of Trustees that Dr. Nancy
Kleniewski, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Bridgewater
State College in Massachusetts, be appointed as the seventh President of the
SUNY College at Oneonta. Pending approval by the trustees at their June 17
meeting, Dr. Kleniewski will replace President Alan B. Donovan, who will
retire this summer.
Dr. Kleniewski brings a wealth of experience to SUNY-Oneonta from her
previous positions. At Bridgewater State, where she has worked since 2002,
she oversees all academic services including libraries, admissions,
financial aid, and learning support; manages nine academic research/outreach
centers in a public college of 9,900 students, 675 faculty and staff;
administers an annual budget of $35 million; works with faculty to develop,
review, and enhance academic programs and policies; coordinates
institutional planning, assessment, and enrollment management; and provides
direction for faculty development, evaluation, and grants and sponsored
projects.
Before joining Bridgewater State, Dr. Kleniewski served from 1996 to 2002
as Dean of Fine Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences and Professor of
Sociology at the University of Massachusetts--Lowell.
Dr. Kleniewski worked at SUNY-Geneseo from 1981 to 1996, where she held
positions as Executive Assistant to the President, Chair of the Sociology
Department, Associate Dean of the College, Coordinator of Urban Studies, and
Professor. She received the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in
Teaching while she was a faculty member at SUNY-Geneseo.
Dr. Kleniewski is the author or co-author of nine books and many
scholarly articles. She has served on the editorial boards of the Journal
of Sociology and Social Welfare, Journal of Urban Affairs,
Research in Social Policy, and Urban Affairs Review.
Dr. Kleniewski has shown a commitment to community service throughout her
career, including volunteer leadership positions with the United Way of
Greater Plymouth County, City of Lowell Community Schools Program, Center
City Committee of Lowell, Community Outreach Partnership Center of Lowell,
Greater Lowell Community Foundation, Lowell Office of Cultural Affairs,
Lowell Transitional Living Center, Mental Health Association in Livingston
County, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, and Metro-Act of Rochester.
Dr. Kleniewski holds a Ph.D. and master's degree in sociology from Temple
University and a bachelor's degree in sociology and behavioral sciences from
Emmanuel College. She has also completed the Millennium Leadership
Initiative Institute of the American Association of State Colleges and
Universities, the Institute for Educational Management at Harvard
University, and the Massachusetts Higher Education Executive Leadership
Institute.
Dr. Kleniewski is expected to assume the presidency of the College at
Oneonta effective in July.
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