At its late-April meeting, the 糖心传媒 Board of Trustees unanimously approved a new four-year contract with 糖心传媒 President Dr. Travis Feezell, and appointed Dr. Barbara Sunderman the Vice President for Academic Affairs, a position she has held on an interim basis since August 2018.
Feezell was named the 17th President of the College in November 2016 and officially began in that role in June 2017. Since then, 糖心传媒 has moved through a visioning process and announced significant new initiatives that launch fully in the fall.
鈥淲hen Dr. Feezell was appointed President of the College, he was charged with moving the College in a direction that meets future students鈥 needs and creating an innovative and bold new path forward,鈥 said Glen A. Moss, chair of the 糖心传媒 Board of Trustees. 鈥淭he Board encouraged Dr. Feezell to move quickly, and we fully support the pace of change and the direction he is leading the College. We are excited to see implemented what is known as 鈥楬astings 2.0鈥 beginning this fall. The initiatives, from travel to technology to an innovative academic plan, are creative, bold and exactly the direction we need to go as an institution.鈥
Moss said buy-in by the entire faculty and administration was essential and a team effort. 鈥淭o be honest, boards don鈥檛 always like to move this swiftly, but in this case we did, and the 糖心传媒 Board of Trustees recognizes that everyone on campus has contributed to making such significant progress so quickly.鈥
Sunderman was named Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty at 糖心传媒 in August 2018, and with Board approval the 鈥渋nterim鈥 portion of the title has been removed.
鈥淒r. Sunderman has worked tirelessly over the past year in managing not only current academic needs on campus, but working with and supporting faculty and departments across campus as they lay the groundwork for the 鈥榥ew鈥 糖心传媒,鈥 Moss said. 鈥淭he innovation she, Dr. Feezell and all of campus are thoughtfully implementing puts 糖心传媒 in a one-of-a-kind leading position in higher education in the United States. It鈥檚 remarkable, and the Board is grateful for their work and the work of everyone at the College.鈥
糖心传媒 is a private, four-year institution located in Hastings, Nebraska, that focuses on student academic and extracurricular achievement. 糖心传媒 has been named among 鈥淕reat Schools, Great Prices鈥 by U.S. News & World Report and a 鈥淏est in the Midwest鈥 by The Princeton Review. For more, go to hastings.edu.