Roberts to succeed Dausey in provost’s ofice
Daly wraps up 51-year career at Hurst After more than a half-century of service to Mercyhurst, Mary Daly retired from her alma mater on her birthday (Dec. 29, 2017) as its longest-serving lay woman administrator. Daly earned her business degree from Mercyhurst in 1966 and immediately joined the college’s staf. Within a few years she became the college’s public relations director and she later held several cabinet-level vice president positions. She was the highest-ranking woman administrator at Mercyhurst for 25 years. For the past 17 years, she has served as the president’s liaison to the Board of Trustees and board professional. She left Mercyhurst only briefy to earn a master’s degree in corporate and political communication from Fairfeld University. A respected public relations professional, Daly was the frst woman elected president of the Erie Ad Club and the frst woman to receive the George Mead Award for a Distinguished Career in Public Relations. She also received a Distinguished Alumni Award from Mercyhurst and was honored by the Mercy Center for Women as a “Woman Making History.” Daly’s advertising campaigns captured many awards. She also launched the school’s frst professional website; founded Mercyhurst Magazine and the Monday Morning newsletter; and supervised events ranging from graduations and Christmas parties to the Old-Fashioned Fourth of July and the D’Angelo Young Artist Competition. She spent her fnal months at Mercyhurst compiling a chronology of the university’s 90+- year history.
and Social Sciences, will succeed Dausey as provost and vice president for academic afairs in July. Since joining Mercyhurst’s education faculty in 2001, Roberts has been an exceptional educator with wide-ranging expertise in academic leadership. She was awarded the coveted Teaching Excellence Award in 2014, the same year she was promoted to full professor. In addition to her roles as department chair, associate dean and dean, she has served on a variety of university committees and on the executive board of the Faculty Senate. She has been noted for her intellectual energy, creativity and innovative mindset. Roberts has secured many large grants and contracts to enhance the university’s strategic initiatives and the educational experience for Mercyhurst students, and to positively afect the Erie region, in particular through the nationally recognized Carpe Diem Academy, a K-2 extended learning day program for inner- city children. Roberts received her Bachelor of Science and Master of Education degrees from Edinboro University and her doctorate in Education from the University of Akron. Prior to coming to Mercyhurst, she worked in public and corporate education, consulting with clients that included Lucent Technologies, Motorola, Goodyear, Quest Diagnostics and Veterans Afairs Medical Centers. Roberts lives in Erie with her husband, Dr. Joseph Morris, chair of Mercyhurst’s Political Science Department, and two children, Gracie and Logan.
Dr. David Dausey – Mercyhurst’s executive vice president and provost for the past two-and-a-half years – will leave at the end of the academic year to become provost at Duquesne University in his native Pittsburgh. A 1997 Mercyhurst graduate, Dausey returned to Erie in 2011 to launch Mercyhurst’s public health program. An internationally respected public health and health care expert, he had previously been a professor at Carnegie Mellon University and the senior director of health programs and initiatives at CMU’s Heinz College. He holds a Ph.D. from Yale University. Dausey set aside his teaching career to join President Michael Victor’s administration in August 2015. In that role, he led a complete academic restructuring including new colleges, new administrative deans, a new calendar and curriculum overhaul. He was also active in service to his community, most notably as chair of the Erie Innovation District. Dausey said the opportunity at Duquesne allows him to return to his hometown, where his parents and extended family live. He and his wife, Nichole Putt Dausey ‘97, have two young sons, Eli and Danny. He said he views Mercyhurst and Duquesne as “kindred souls,” closely aligned in values and mission with both institutions sharing a strong Catholic heritage. “Returning to Pittsburgh is a homecoming for me and my family, but Mercyhurst will always be my alma mater and I love everything about it. It is irreplaceable.” Dr. Leanne Roberts, currently dean of the Hafenmaier College of Humanities, Arts
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