Academic
Highlights New Appointments
DENNIS ROME, PROVOST Dr. Dennis Rome is the new Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs. Rome previously served as the Dean of the College of Letters and Sciences at Columbus State University in Columbus, Georgia. In June 2018, Rome took over for Acting Provost Wamucii Njogu, who retired that month. A graduate of Lane Tech College Prep High School, Rome is a product of Chicago Public Schools. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Bradley University, his master’s degree from Howard University and his Ph.D. from Washington State University. All of his degrees are in Sociology.
JOHN FRAIRE,
INTERIM ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT FOR ENROLLMENT SERVICES In October 2018, Dr. John Fraire was named Interim Associate Vice President for Enrollment Services. During the previous three years, Fraire served as Vice President for Enrollment Management and Student Affairs at Portland State University. Prior to that he spent almost eight years as Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment at Washington State University, where he helped to increase freshman enrollment by nearly 30 percent.
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ARNOLD HENNING,
STEVEN HARRIS,
Last summer, Arnold Henning was named Interim Vice President for Finance and Administration. Henning retired in 2016 from Marian University in Wisconsin, where he served as Vice President for Business and Finance. Prior to that, he was the Vice President for Business Affairs and Chief Financial Officer of the Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston.
In August, Steven Harris began serving as Dean of Libraries. Harris comes to Northeastern after serving as an Assistant Dean at the University of Nevada, Reno since 2013. He has had a 30-plus-year career in university libraries throughout the country, first earning tenure at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. In addition he has held several leadership roles in the American Library Association and its divisions, including the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) and the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS).
INTERIM VICE PRESIDENT FOR FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
DEAN OF LIBRARIES
NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY I 2019 PRESIDENT’S REPORT