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Student Affairs reorganizes

Newly appointed Associate Deans Ruby Cordova (left) and Loretta Rahmani are extremely excited about their new jobs. / photo by Ary Farajollahi
Newly appointed Associate Deans Ruby Cordova (left) and Loretta Rahmani are extremely excited about their new jobs. / photo by Ary Farajollahi

by Martha I. Fernandez
Staff Writer

Loretta Rahmani and Ruby Cordova have been promoted from Assistant Deans to Associate Deans in the Student Affairs Department, in hopes of bet­ter serving the needs of ULV students.

The promotion became effective as of Sept. 1 and was agreed upon by both President Stephen Morgan and Dr. Len Hightower, dean of Student Affairs. The decision was made to make the department more efficient, since Dr. Hightower will continue as dean of Student Affairs, but also has taken the position of assistant to the president in the areas of institutional planning, con­tinued quality improvement and special projects.

Because of his new position, Rahmani and Cordova will now be responsible to supervise some of the departments for which Dr. Hightower was formerly responsible.

Rahmani is now the associate dean of Student Services and is responsible for overseeing the departments that deal with international students, health, din­ing, housing and the Counseling Center in conjunction with the Behavioral Science Department. She is also the L.E.A.D. program and Judicial Affairs coordinator.

“It’s more responsibility and a differ­ent focus that will give me a bigger pic­ture of student life and administration,” said Rahmani. “Restructure is needed for students to be served well and to continue quality improvement for student services, to serve students as well as we can.”

No new plans for change have yet been made for the Student Services departments. She said surveys and focus groups will continue to be initiat­ed to improve the departments. One-on-­one interviews with students will be conducted in the process to better serve their needs.

Associate Dean of Student Life is the newest title that has been bestowed upon Ruby Cordova. She will be super­vising Campus Ministry and the Prevention Center, as well as her past duties involving Minority Student Affairs, the Office of Student Life and Commencement.

“One of the advantages will be to have a supervisor that will give a con­centrated effort instead of channeling it out. The key is to look at the quality of programs and students’ needs. It’s· an opportunity to promote interaction with students,” said Cordova.

She said the departments will contin­ue to run as before. Her job is to ask questions on how to meet the needs of students, be supportive, and help the action come about.

The reorganization of the Student Affairs Department has also given new titles to former Career Development Director, Teresa Bader, who is now the Director of Student Development. Helena Gerstenberg, former resident director of the Oaks, is now Director of Housing and Residential Life.

Also under the Student Affairs umbrella are the Career Development Department and the Student Health Center.

Martha I. Fernandez, Features Editor
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