Darlene Weaver has been named as the next president of the University of Dayton (UD).
She currently serves as the executive VP for academic affairs for the university. Upon assuming the role, she will become the institution’s 20th president and the first female head of the university that was founded 176 years ago.
During her tenure, Weaver led several significant initiatives and partnerships across the university. She played a key role in expanding a comprehensive advising approach and helped develop the “Flight Crew” framework of UD, which provides support and guidance to undergraduates throughout their academic careers. She also advanced an experiential learning commitment that gives students opportunities to gain practical experience and workplace-ready skills. Among her other accomplishments were establishing an office dedicated to academic research to strengthen faculty scholarship, introducing an artificial intelligence program for students in their first year, expanding graduate and professional offerings to better meet workforce needs, and helping secure a collaboration with IBM to create a cutting-edge semiconductor laboratory on campus.
Prior to her career at UD, Weaver spent 10 years as associate provost for academic affairs at Duquesne University and over 10 years at Villanova University. She has also authored two monographs and dozens of articles.
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Weaver will assume her new position on July 1.
