2008 Woodie Awards
MU hires new student affairs VP
Caitlin Varley
Issue date: 4/4/08 Section: Campus
Miami University hired Barbara Jones as the new vice president of student affairs to start Aug. 1.
Jones will replace Richard Nault, who is retiring June 30. Nault said that it is time for new leadership.
"I think I've done all I can do for Miami," Nault said.
Jones comes from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, where she spent eight years as a senior student affairs officer.
"I have supervised most of the areas that are in student affairs at Miami, plus a number of others," Jones said.
Before her time at Wisconsin, Jones was associate vice president for student affairs at Ball State University for 10 years. She has also been the national president of Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education (NASPA).
Michael Dantley, chair of the search committee and associate dean of the School of Education and Allied Professions, said that Jones was chosen because of her phenomenal national reputation in student affairs.
"She comes as a person that we believe would serve as a very strong advocate for the student affairs division," Dantley said.
He added that the committee thought that Jones would fit in well with a team that must work closely with Miami President David Hodge and the president's cabinet.
Nault said that Jones is a very strong person who will take the office of student affairs to new levels of excellence. Part of her job, he explained, will be lead the people who are committed to Miami students.
"We try to oversee the fabric of student life outside the classroom," Nault said.
According to Dantley, the university employed a search firm to find suitable candidates for the position. The search committee met with the firm to explain what kind of person the committee was looking for and particularly the needs of the student affairs office.
Dantley said that the search firm used various venues, such as The Chronicle of Higher Education, to publicize the opening. After that, the search firm received a number of applications and letters of interest that the search committee looked at before narrowing the field down to seven people.
Jones will replace Richard Nault, who is retiring June 30. Nault said that it is time for new leadership.
"I think I've done all I can do for Miami," Nault said.
Jones comes from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, where she spent eight years as a senior student affairs officer.
"I have supervised most of the areas that are in student affairs at Miami, plus a number of others," Jones said.
Before her time at Wisconsin, Jones was associate vice president for student affairs at Ball State University for 10 years. She has also been the national president of Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education (NASPA).
Michael Dantley, chair of the search committee and associate dean of the School of Education and Allied Professions, said that Jones was chosen because of her phenomenal national reputation in student affairs.
"She comes as a person that we believe would serve as a very strong advocate for the student affairs division," Dantley said.
He added that the committee thought that Jones would fit in well with a team that must work closely with Miami President David Hodge and the president's cabinet.
Nault said that Jones is a very strong person who will take the office of student affairs to new levels of excellence. Part of her job, he explained, will be lead the people who are committed to Miami students.
"We try to oversee the fabric of student life outside the classroom," Nault said.
According to Dantley, the university employed a search firm to find suitable candidates for the position. The search committee met with the firm to explain what kind of person the committee was looking for and particularly the needs of the student affairs office.
Dantley said that the search firm used various venues, such as The Chronicle of Higher Education, to publicize the opening. After that, the search firm received a number of applications and letters of interest that the search committee looked at before narrowing the field down to seven people.
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