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Daniel Webster College welcomes new president,
Dr. Robert E. (Skip) Myers
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"Ruminations" from the President
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(Nashua, N.H.) – Daniel Webster College’s faculty and staff were out in force to welcome
the college’s new president, Dr. Robert E. (Skip) Myers.
Dr. Myers and his wife Gretchen introduced themselves, shook hands and
shared stories as they mingled among the crowd during a welcome
reception held in Daniel Webster Hall.
“My family and I are very excited to be at Daniel Webster College (DWC) and
living in Nashua,” said Dr. Myers. “Gretchen and I were overwhelmed with the
number of people, many of whom took time away from their own vacations, who
were here to welcome us to our new ‘home.’”
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Dr. Myers (fourth from left) with his
administrative team |
Myers’ most recent post was as chancellor of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical
University’s (ERAU) extended campus, where he executed initiatives to
improve the quality and currency of both faculty and curricula. Equally
committed to the needs of students, Dr. Myers launched and raised seed
funding and corporate support for the development and implementation of an
extensive scholarship program.
Prior to ERAU, under his strategic leadership as executive vice president
and chief operating officer at University of Maryland University College (UMUC),
Dr. Myers achievements included overseeing global implementation of a $40
million management information system, co-founding a for-profit affiliated
spin-off corporation, and developing entrepreneurial relationships with the
U.S. Armed Forces.
In accepting the presidential post at Daniel Webster College earlier this
year, Dr. Myers noted that Daniel Webster College maintains an enormously
successful reputation in its aviation-related programs, as well as respect
in its specific efforts to reach out and broaden its curricular activities,
particularly in the expansion of its acclaimed two year engineering program
to a four year baccalaureate degree in aeronautical and mechanical
engineering just this year. Additionally, Daniel Webster College is leading
the way in providing distinctive opportunities for adult learners through
its accelerated MBA program, a new Air Traffic Management evening program,
and an online MBA in Aviation slated to start in January 2006.
What particularly attracted Myers to Daniel Webster was its commitment to
“being a stellar teaching college.” That, and the sense of excitement
within the DWC community about the institution’s future. “There is a real
sense of excitement on campus about the possibilities for the future. This
institution is a special place whose brightest days are ahead.”
see Dr. Myers' bio
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