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New Director of Admissions Brings Extensive Experience
PATRICIA PRIEST JOINS UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSIONS
Patricia “Trish” Priest, a seasoned college admissions director, counselor and advisor, became director of admissions in March. Priest, who brings more than 25 years of higher education
experience in admissions, college counseling, and academic advising to Queens, most recently served as director of college counseling at Columbus School for Girls (CSG) in Columbus, Ohio. Her professional experience also includes eight years at Kenyon College where she served as senior associate dean of admission, director of athletic recruitment and director of transfer admission. “Trish has extensive experience in higher
education and has worked in many areas from admissions to athletics to advising,” said Adrienne Oddi, vice president of strategic enrollment and communications at Queens. Throughout her career, Priest has been an outspoken advocate for a humane approach to the college admission process and has presented nationally on strategic enrollment initiatives and the role of athletics in recruitment efforts. “I am excited to be joining the Queens
community and firmly believe that ‘people and place’ make all the difference,” Priest said. “I am particularly drawn to the university’s innovative approach to the liberal arts and the visionary work being done around community partnerships and student outcomes.” Priest holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology with a minor in communications from Hanover College.
—Keith Pierce 8 MAGAZINE
New Leader for Queens Blair College of Health
DR. JULLET DAVIS WEAVER BRINGS A LEGACY OF ACCOMPLISHMENT
Jullet “Jaye” Davis Weaver, Ph.D., former professor and director of the Health Care Management Division at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU), is the new dean of the Blair College of Health. Weaver, who grew up in the Bronx, New York, brings a legacy of accomplishment to Queens. As an assistant professor in the Culverhouse College of Business at the University of Alabama (UA), she was awarded funding from the National Institutes on Aging to explore the contextual determinants of nursing home racial and ethnic diversity. Weaver received grants from internal sources for several other research projects. As the director of the Division of Health Care Management at FAMU,
Weaver was instrumental in helping the graduate program become the only accredited program in the nation housed in an HBCU. She secured more than $500,000 in new funding and established a $1 million endowment. Weaver also updated the graduate and undergraduate curricula, established a graduate program recruitment initiative, formed key professional community partnerships and developed a social media plan specific to health care management. Weaver’s research applies organizational theory to managerial decision- making in post-acute care settings. She is on the editorial board for the Leadership in Health Services journal and an ad hoc reviewer for several health services journals. She was also a guest editor for a special issue of the Journal of Health Administration Education focused on post-acute care. Before her academic career, Weaver worked as a health care supervisor in public health and managed care. She is a member of several associations, including the American College of Healthcare Executives, the Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA), and the Gerontological Association of America. Weaver received her Bachelor of Science in health services administration
from the Herbert H. Lehman College of the City University of New York system. Her Master of Health Administration and Ph.D. in health policy and administration are from Pennsylvania State University.
— Keith Pierce
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