SUNY Board Approves Dr. W. Richard Stephens, Jr.’s Appointment as Acting Head of the SUNY College of Ceramics at Alfred University
June 22, 2016
New York City – The State University of New York Board of Trustees today approved the appointment of Dr. W. Richard Stephens, Jr. as acting unit head/vice president for Statutory Affairs at the SUNY College of Ceramics at Alfred University.
About Dr. W. Richard Stephens, Jr.
Dr. Stephens has served as the provost and vice president for Academic Affairs at Alfred University since 2013, where he is responsible for strategic and operational progress over its five colleges and other off-campus programs, including student success, degree completion, and online learning.
Prior to joining Alfred University, Dr. Stephens served as provost of Catawba College in Salisbury, North Carolina and as chief academic officer and dean of the School of Graduate and Professional Studies at Husson University in Bangor, Maine. Dr. Stephens is a recipient of one Pew Fellowship and two Pew-Reinard Fellowships. He received his B.A. from Greenville College, and an M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. from the University of Kansas.
Dr. Stephens’ appointment is effective June 22, 2016. He will receive a stipend of $25,000 in addition to his current salary of $185,000.
About the State University of New York
The State University of New York is the largest comprehensive system of higher education in the United States, and more than 95 percent of all New Yorkers live within 30 miles of any one of SUNY’s 64 colleges and universities. Across the system, SUNY has four academic health centers, five hospitals, four medical schools, two dental schools, a law school, the country’s oldest school of maritime, the state’s only college of optometry, and manages one US Department of Energy National Laboratory. In total, SUNY serves about 1.4 million students amongst its entire portfolio of credit- and non-credit-bearing courses and programs, continuing education, and community outreach programs. SUNY oversees nearly a quarter of academic research in New York. Research expenditures system-wide are nearly $1.1 billion in fiscal year 2023, including significant contributions from students and faculty. There are more than three million SUNY alumni worldwide, and one in three New Yorkers with a college degree is a SUNY alum. To learn more about how SUNY creates opportunities, visit suny.edu.
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