网易彩票下载校长Daniel J. Martin announced 今天 that he will resign his position effective April 5, 2021. Martin served as president for nine years, and is only the 10th president in SPU’s 130-year history.
在一封给SPU社区的电子邮件声明中, 马丁说, “I have decided it is the right time to transition from my role as president of 网易彩票下载. 辞职之后, I accepted an offer to serve in a leadership role at a healthcare foundation for a national health system. The nature of the role and the healthcare system’s expectations that I begin before the end of April will require me to transition prior to the conclusion of the academic year.”
Martin also cited several personal reasons for the resignation, noting the deaths of his father and sister last year and desire to be closer to his family in the Midwest.
“As I journeyed with them through their battles with Alzheimer’s and cancer, I am grateful the focus for the next chapter in my professional calling will be empowering and resourcing others who face similar critical health concerns. I am also grateful as the foundation I will serve is close to my hometown and family; especially near to my mother and my sister’s family,他在声明中说.
SPU Board of Trustees Chair Cedric Davis said in a statement to the SPU community,“Though we are saddened to learn of President Martin’s planned departure to pursue a new chapter in his life, we are also indebted to his remarkable and dedicated leadership over the past nine years of service as president of our beloved SPU.” Martin will serve as a resource during the leadership transition.
一年多了, Martin has overseen the transition to virtual learning and remote operations as SPU became one of the first universities in the country to cancel in-person classes due to the pandemic. Last month he announced the decision to return to in-person instruction for autumn 2021.
自2012年上任以来, 马丁已成为一名著名的战略规划师, 经验丰富的资金筹集活动, 还是“学生主席”,” famous for knowing students by name and a regular presence at hundreds of student events and athletic competitions each year. “Some of the most enjoyable aspects of serving at SPU has been experiencing this dynamic campus and engaging with our students,马丁在声明中说. He also reflected on the tragic campus shooting in June 2014. 在那些日子里, our community came together and leaned into our faith in Christ in remarkable, supportive ways — even in the face of grief and trauma. This was a glimpse into our community’s core identity as people of faith that I will always remember.”
Martin initiated a strategic planning process with specific goals to maintain excellence in SPU’s core identity and to position the university for the future. The university has been ranked a “Best National University” by U.年代的网易彩票下载 & 过去五年的世界报告. A successful launch in autumn 2020 of a “学费 Reimagined” campaign reduced the tuition rate by 25%, 提供新的奖学金计划, 并限制未来的学费增长.
Martin not only led the $6 million fundraising effort to restore and retrofit Alexander Hall, the university’s oldest building named after SPU’s first president, but also changed the building’s name to reflect the contributions of the first president’s wife, 阿德莱德啤酒. The building is now named Alexander and Adelaide Hall. The university has marked several financial milestones under his leadership, including the largest year for fundraising (fiscal 2019), and top tier nationwide rankings for endowment investments (the endowment has more than tripled during his presidency to a current value of more than $137 million).
In 2015, he launched the Committee on 首页。lessness to keep one of 西雅图’s most pressing issues in front of the SPU community and after a second short-term visit by Tent City 3, 一个便携式, self-managed community of people experiencing homelessness. SPU welcomed the community back to campus for a third time in 2017.
During his tenure he expanded the leadership team to include a new vice president of inclusive excellence to lead the university’s diversity efforts, 庆祝建校125周年, 并监督了新宿舍的建设, 最先进的健康科学大楼, 以及音乐表演和排练室.
在来SPU之前, President Martin held various positions in higher education, including serving as president of Mount Vernon Nazarene University in Mount Vernon, 俄亥俄州, and vice president for university advancement at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego, 加州.
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发布日期:2021年3月30日，星期二