Lillian Y. Zhu will join the SUNY Brockport administrative staff as director of institutional research, announced Timothy J. Flanagan, academic affairs. Zhu, who will report to Flanagan, will begin work on Nov. 8.
Zhu is currently associate for institutional research at Buffalo State College, where she has worked since 1998. Prior to joining Buffalo State, Zhu was an analyst/consultant with M&T Bank and HSBC Bank in Buffalo. Zhu holds a Master of Science in Consumer Economics from the University of Georgia and a BS in International Business Management from Shanghai
Institute of Foreign Trade. She has published research articles in the Journal of Continuing Higher Education, Journal of Consumer Affairs, and Housing and Society, and will present a paper titled "How the First-year College Experience Contributes to Persistence" at the annual meeting of the Northeast Association for Institutional Research in Boston next month.
Zhu's responsibilities as SUNY Brockport's institutional research director include:
· Supporting strategic planning initiatives;
· Analyzing recruitment and marketing efforts, student retention, and
assessment of learning outcomes;
· Developing peer comparisons and performance measures;
· Coordinating campus survey efforts;
· Developing and analyzing institutional research databases;
· Designing and providing analytic support of assessment projects in academic departments; and
· Supervising the work of two full-time research associates.
The Office of Institutional Research has relocated to the 6th floor of the Allen Building.
Flanagan also passed
along his gratitude to those who helped to bring Zhu to SUNY Brockport, saying: "I greatly appreciate the effective work of the search committee, who brought this search to a successful conclusion." They were Max Ivey, IT support services; Joseph Mason, school of professions; John Perry, international education and chair; Karen Schuhle-Williams, special sessions and programs; Michael Fox, academic affairs; Jill Campbell, academic advisement; Terry Hover, student affairs; Jeff Post, budgeting; and James Haynes, biological sciences.
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