The Board of Trustees of the University of La Verne is pleased to announce the selection of Devorah Lieberman, a nationally recognized academic leader and award-winning educator, to succeed retiring president Steve Morgan.
Lieberman, who emerged from a talented and imminently qualified group of finalists, is Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs at Wagner College, a private comprehensive liberal arts institution in Staten Island, N.Y. Lieberman will be the first female president in the university’s 119-year history when she takes office on July 1, 2011.
La Verne has scheduled a special introduction event for 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Ludwick Conference Center on the third floor of the Campus Center. There will also be an open reception at 3 p.m. on the main floor of the Campus Center. All alumni are welcome to attend both events.
Lieberman has established herself as an engaged and collaborative administrator as well as an enthusiastic and exceptional educator in her 33-year career in higher education. Lieberman said she is honored to be selected to the La Verne presidency and looks forward to furthering the successful goals and objectives already established at the university.
Lieberman will officially assume the position following Morgan’s retirement on June 30, 2011. Until then she will continue her administrative duties at Wagner. She plans to return to La Verne numerous times before the end of the 2010-11 academic year to meet with members of the campus community, expand her knowledge of the university and work closely with Morgan and others to prepare for a seamless transition.
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