The Suffolk Voice

Issue date: 6/5/08 Section: News

Media Credit: Creative Services, Suffolk University

For many in the Suffolk community, remembering to refer to Dr. Nancy Stoll as the Vice President for Student Affairs may take some getting used to, but the change is worth noting after the Dean of Students for the past 20 years received a promotion this past April.

Suffolk University President David Sergent welcomed Vice President Stoll into her new position by commending her "exceptional leadership in our campus life and student service programs for the College of Arts and Sciences and the Sawyer Business School.

"This promotion acknowledges the tremendous growth in her areas of responsibility and the need for her to continue providing vision and creativity to our support for student success," said Sargent.

Ann Coyne, who served as Associate Dean of Students the past two years, will succeed Vice President Stoll as Dean of Students. Suffolk is currently looking to fill a second Associate Dean position vacated by Christopher Giordano.

In addition to administrative changes, the Dean of Students Office has also been renamed to the Student Affairs Office; a change which better reflects the office's role within the University.

Vice President Stoll expressed that she is extraordinarily pleased with her appointment to the position, saying that she is proud to be a part of an office which is responsible for so many facets of student life and that the creation of the position was a very positive statement by the University.

The addition of a new layer within the Student Affairs Office benefits the office from an organizational standpoint as well, according to Vice President Stoll. Considering that the Office will still retain many of the same responsibilities, it will now be easier to delineate future tasks. A clear rank of personnel will also help in situations where Vice President Stoll can not be present.

While Suffolk is working to notify students of the changes at hand, this task may take a considerable amount of time considering the summer break coupled with various pages of Suffolk's website currently referring to the now outdated Dean of Students Office.

To help ease the transition, some have decided to refer to Dr. Stoll simply as "VP Dean Stoll." While Vice President is the proper title, don't be too worried if you slip-up and refer back to her as "Dean Stoll."

"It's awfully hard to break a 20 year habit," acknowledged Vice President Stoll with a heartfelt laugh.

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