
In December, sociologist Todd Migliaccio became interim chancellor of Penn State Berks, the 2,300-student campus where he had served as associate dean of academic affairs since 2021. Penn State Behrend Chancellor Ralph Ford led a recent $75 million campaign that helps fund the school’s open-laboratory model, where campus partnerships encourage research collaborations between students, faculty and external stakeholders like the Biomedical Translational Research Lab, an outgrowth of Ford’s partnership with the Magee Women's Research Institute. A first-generation student herself, DelliCarpini leads a campus with more than 3,000 students, more than 320 faculty members and 27 bachelor’s degree programs. A native of Trinidad and Tobago, Darbeau is also an organic chemist with $2 million in career research grants.Īt Penn State Abington, Chancellor Margo DelliCarpini recently hired the school’s first director of diversity, equity, inclusive excellence and belonging, and created a dedicated residence hall community for Abington’s first-generation students.

Ron Darbeau took over leadership of Penn State Altoona this year, having most recently helped merge three state universities on four campuses as a vice president at the recently created Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania.

Progress is flourishing across Penn State’s campuses under the leadership of its chancellors. Penn State Penn State Abington Penn State Behrend Gini Woy Photography Penn State Penn State Chancellors, Penn State Altoona Abington Behrend Harrisburg Berksįrom top left to right: Ron Darbeau, Margo DelliCarpini, Ralph Ford, John Mason Jr. Having surveyed students on 14 campuses about racism, representation and the challenges of being first-generation or underrepresented – as she herself was – Pearson is leading efforts to diversify faculty, boost student retention and improve outcomes across the entire system. Pearson is the inaugural chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer for the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, where she is also vice chancellor. Josh Shapiro’s transition advisory committee for higher education.įrom Black History Month events to last year’s inaugural Harrisburg Citizens Equity Roundtable, Denise Pearson is a frequent presence at social action events around the commonwealth.

Shapira, a former management consultant, recently served on Gov. For her success in masterminding this transformation – which has also included large-scale university consolidations – the Board of Governors awarded Shapira its 2022 John W. Since 2016, when she became chair of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Board of Governors, Cynthia Shapira has led a review and redesign of the system aimed at financial sustainability, lower student costs and debt, higher enrollment and better outcomes. Temple Dental is one of the largest providers of dental care for Holocaust Survivors in the U.S.Ĭhair, Board of Governors Vice Chancellor and Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer, Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Kelley Public School in North Philadelphia. He has also recently collaborated with the Philadelphia School District to open the first dental clinic for Temple University and William D. Closer to home, Ismail partnered with Greater Philadelphia Health Action to launch a community clinic that serves 22,000 patients annually. Ismail’s tenure has upgraded America’s second-oldest dental school to an R1 (highest research activity) institution and engaged Kornberg in global partnerships, including with Al-Quds and Hadassah Hebrew universities in the Middle East. Under the 14-year leadership of Dean Amid Ismail, Temple University’s Kornberg School of Dentistry has evolved into one of the nation’s – and the world’s – preeminent centers of dental education, patient care, dental research and cutting-edge medicine. Carnell Professor, Temple University Kornberg School of Dentistry
