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Thursday, May 22, 2008
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Marshall Names New VP of Multicultural Affairs
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Dr. Shari Clarke, most recently the associate vice president for student affairs at Temple University in Philadelphia, has been named vice president of multicultural affairs at Marshall University. She will begin her duties June 1.
“The search committee was impressed with Shari’s commitment to diversity and with her enthusiasm and energy,” said Marshall Dean of Student Affairs Steve Hensley, who chaired the committee.
At Temple, Clarke’s responsibilities included the administrative oversight of the offices of career development services, counseling services, disability resources and services, international student services and academic support. She also served as a liaison to the student health services operation.
Clarke has extensive experience in higher education administration, including serving as Associate to the President for Diversity for the University of Nebraska Central Administration Offices. In this position she was responsible for the diversity and gender equity initiatives for all four campuses comprising the University of Nebraska. Clarke also served as Vice President for Student Affairs at Mansfield University in Pennsylvania, where she oversaw the areas of multicultural affairs, residence life, Greek Affairs, student activities and the women's center.
She created the award-winning Dialogues In Diversity during her tenure at the University of Maine as associate dean for multicultural affairs. At Nebraska, she developed the regionally acclaimed SHE Leadership Academy for young women.
“I encourage faculty, staff and the students equally to get excited about diversity; it touches and changes lives,” Clarke said. “I am looking forward to the opportunity at Marshall.”
Clarke and her husband John have two sons, Austin, 20, and Iain, 10. Clarke says she enjoys reading, antiquing, Jazzercise and basketball and describes herself as a “power shopper.” Clarke served on the YWCA Board of Directors in Walla Walla, Wash. She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. and the American Association of University Women.
Clarke earned her B.A. degree in sociology from Lane College in Jackson, Tenn.; her M.A. in college student personnel from Bowling Green State University in Ohio; and her Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska. She also participated in the HERS Summer Institute for Women in Higher Education at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania.
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