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Stiles will join the University June 12 to direct an operation with 38 employees that is home to 180 student organizations involving 3,700 students. He succeeds Interim Director Maureen McDermott, who will return to her position as assistant director for student involvement.
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At Husson University, Stiles oversees the Division of Student Life, including housing and residential life, community and student engagement, student conduct, commuter students, counseling and health, including the student crisis response team, and student organizations, including Greek life. He has extensive experience with new construction and renovation on college campuses.
Stiles also serves as a member of the president鈥檚 cabinet and executive leadership team at Husson. As the chief student advocate, he is responsible for a comprehensive suite of services for all students, including the fulfillment of the residential requirements for entering students, immunization compliance for students, development and assessment of comprehensive programs and services that affect overall quality of student life and student success. He also implemented programs and trainings that addressed cultural diversity awareness and appreciation.
Prior to Husson, Stiles worked at Springfield College in Massachusetts as director of Student Activities and the Student Union and oversaw the construction of Springfield’s new student union building. 聽He has also worked at the College of Staten Island in New York, Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey and Green Mountain College in Vermont.
Stiles obtained his bachelor’s degree from Western New England University and his master鈥檚 in student personnel administration from Springfield College. He completed his doctorate in educational leadership at Johnson & Wales University in Providence.