On
behalf of Student Affairs, I want to provide two updates regarding
staffing in the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs. As you all
know, in June, Tim Wilkinson left Lehigh after more than 10 years of
service to Lehigh to pursue the Associate Dean of Students position at
Wake Forest University. Following his departure, we launched a national
search for a new Director of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs. I want to
thank the members of the search committee who worked diligently
throughout the search process.
Ashley Baudouin, OFSA
Matthew Bay, IFC
Ozzie Breiner, Residential Services
Gladys Castellon, Multicultural Greek Council
Chad Davis, Advancement
Howard Foltz, Greek Alumni Council
Rosa Guzman, OFSA
Chris Mulvihill, Dean of Students Office
Tyrone Russell, Multicultural Affairs
Ellen Weich/Katherine McLaughlin, Panhellenic
Throughout
our process, we interviewed a number of candidates who could bring a
variety of skills and experiences to this role at Lehigh. However at
the completion of our process, the search committee unanimously agreed
that there was not a candidate who we collectively felt was best suited
to lead Lehigh's fraternity and sorority community at this time.
Therefore, with the support of the Search Committee, we developed an
interim transition plan and made the decision to launch a more robust
national search at a later date.
Effective August 1st,
Ashley Baudouin who was recently promoted to serve as the Associate
Director of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs will begin serving as the
interim Assistant Dean/Director of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs for
the upcoming academic year. Prior to beginning in her new role, Ashley
served as an Assistant Director for Fraternity and Sorority Affairs for 3
years at Lehigh. In her time in that role, Ashley has had the
opportunity to work closely with all aspects of the Lehigh fraternity
and sorority community, including advising our undergraduate councils,
partnering with the Greek Alumni Council, and implementing a variety of
health and safety, diversity and inclusion and other educational
initiatives within our community. We feel confident that with the full
support of the Student Affairs leadership, Ashley will effectively be
able to lead the OFSA team during this time of transition.
Congratulations Ashley and thank you for your willingness to serve in
this capacity!
As
mentioned above, we are committed to the continued future success of
our fraternity and sorority community at Lehigh, and as such, we will
begin a new national search for this position in Spring 2016.
On
another note, we would also like to announce that Jennifer Tedeschi who
has served as an Assistant Director at Lehigh for the past year will be
moving on to a new role as Interim Assistant Director for Student
Activities and Greek Life at Gettysburg College in the next two weeks.
Jennifer worked with IFC and a number of our chapters over the past year
and also assisted with other departmental initiatives such as the Greek
Gala, Greek Week, and Social Host Training for our chapters. We are
very thankful to Jen for her service to the Dean of Students Office and
Fraternity and Sorority Affairs at Lehigh and wish her much success as
she begins her new role at Gettysburg and moves closer to loved ones in
the D.C. area.
Over
the next couple weeks, chapters who worked with Jen as well as IFC can
expect Ashley and I to be in touch with transition plans for the
upcoming academic year. In addition, we will begin an immediate search
to fill this Assistant Director vacancy.
In
conclusion, we are thankful to so many undergraduate students and
alumni members of our community who have been supportive and actively
involved with our office during this transitional time. We are looking
forward to partnering with all of you to have an excellent year in
Fraternity and Sorority Affairs. If you have any questions or would like
to discuss anything further, please email us at infrasor@lehigh.edu and Ashley or I will be happy to speak with you.
Thanks,
Allison Gulati