Around De La Salle De La Salle brings in executive administrator During this challenging transitional time, the De La Salle Collegiate’s Board of Trustees has decided to bring in an executive administrator to work with and provide additional support to our leadership team. Brother Joseph Jozwiak, FSC will be returning to the school in this new role for the foreseeable future.
School officials emphasized their commitment to remaining student-centered in decision-making, implementing academic best practices and working toward continuous improvement. De La Salle strives to pursue excellence in all that it does—in academics, athletics, and the arts.
Brusewitz also noted that in the coming weeks, the board will begin a national Brother Joe, an alumnus from search for a new president who is able the Class of 1965, has previously to begin in August 2020. He noted that served as a guidance counselor, while the search process will be differTheology teacher, vice principal, Brother Joseph Jozwiak FSC ‘65 ent due to the pandemic – using online dean, principal, and president at De surveys and other technology platforms La Salle. He is currently serving as – the board and search committee plan to gather compresident of the Christian Brothers Academy in Syracuse, munity feedback to help shape the direction of the school New York. going forward. “Brother Joe will enhance our already strong leadership team not only with his prior knowledge of De La Salle, but also with his international experiences and leadership work in New York,” Board Chair Jack Brusewitz said. “Together with our current team composed of the board, teachers and staff we will continue to focus on and encourage each student to develop our Lasallian values: faith, character, intellect and morality.”
With the uncertainty that comes with a pandemic, De La Salle officials offered special thanks to the community for their continued commitment to the school. “As academic work shifts in the short term to distance learning with teachers and staff increasing their communication via telephone and video,” Brusewitz said, “we have really appreciated the cooperation and support that has been shown by our parents and students.”
Presidential search committee named The De La Salle Collegiate Board of Trustees announced the members of the presidential search committee who will lead the process to identify the fifth president in school history. The Board also announced the hiring of Trion Solutions, a Troy-based human resources firm that will assist the search committee in identifying candidates. The search committee includes representatives from former faculty, alumni, and parents, along with five current
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members of the Board of Trustees. “Individuals were selected to represent a cross-section of De La Salle’s various constituencies,” Board Chair Jack Brusewitz said. “Individually and collectively, they bring a broad and inclusive array of education, backgrounds, skills, abilities, personal and professional qualities, experiences, and frames of reference to our search process.” Committee, Continued on page 6
