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ZAYAITZ NAMED PROVOST AND VICE PRESIDENT FOR
ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
Dr. Anne Zayaitz has
been named provost and vice
president for academic affairs
at Kutztown University. Zayaitz,
who will serve as the university’s
chief academic officer and as a
member of the president’s cabinet,
will be second-in-command for
the institution. Her position
serves as the main advocate
for student success and the
pursuit of academic excellence,
with oversight of educational,
scholarly service and research
initiatives throughout the division of Academic Affairs.This will
include oversight of the university’s academic colleges and under-
graduate, graduate and doctoral programs.
Zayaitz served as acting provost and vice president of academic
and student affairs since March 2015. During that period, the
university secured five accreditations and announced its first two
doctoral programs.Three newminor programs and one certification
were added this spring, and 11 new programs, including four
bachelor’s and two master’s programs, will debut in the fall.
Zayaitz has been a member of the Kutztown University com-
munity since 1985, when she joined the faculty in the Department
of Biology. She taught various biology courses at KU for 14 years,
advancing to associate professor.During that period,Zayaitz regularly
advised more than 70 students, helped secured more than $300,000
in grants, and served as the university ombudsperson.
“I am very excited to join the president’s cabinet as provost and
vice president for academic affairs,”Zayaitz said. “I look forward
to continuing my work with the very dedicated, caring and talented
Dr. Anne Zayaitz
The Kutztown University Athletics Hall of Fame
inducted its Class of 2016 in February. The 37th annual class,
pictured with Dr. Kenneth Hawkinson (center), includes (front
row, L to R) Jessica Schuler ’98, softball; Kristina Braine Newport
’00, women’s track & field; Melissa Klein Bradley ’03, women’s
volleyball; Brianne Homyak Barona ’01, women’s basketball/softball;
(back row, L to R) Scott Eisenhart ’04, men’s track & field; and Eric
Clemmer ’00, baseball.The six new inductees increase the mem-
bership to 193 since the Hall of Fame was formed in 1977.
KU RAISES
FUNDS,
AWARENESS
FOR SUICIDE
PREVENTION
Kutztown University Clinical
Services hosted an Out of the
Darkness Walk for suicide
awareness and prevention in
April. More than 600 walkers
circled the DMZ raising $12,000
for the American Foundation for
Suicide Prevention.
HILTON JOINS KU AS VICE PRESIDENT OF ENROLLMENT
MANAGEMENT AND STUDENT AFFAIRS
COUNCIL OF TRUSTEES APPOINT NEW
OFFICERS
Dr. Warren Hilton has been
named vice president for
enrollment management and
student affairs at Kutztown
University. Hilton will be
responsible for all enrollment
management activities and
select student affairs programs
in the newly restructured,
cabinet-level position.
Hilton comes to KU
from the Community Col-
lege of Philadelphia (CCP),
where he has served as dean
of enrollment management since August is responsible
for overseeing an enrollment management division that includes
110 employees and a multi-million dollar increased
international student enrollment by 10 percent and maintained an
overall stable enrollment for the college.
Prior to CCP,Hilton was the associate dean for student and
external affairs at Drexel University in Philadelphia, where he
served for more than five was the senior student af-
fairs, enrollment management, and external affairs officer for the
School of Public revamped the orientation program
to include student success components, managed the advising
system, and increased first-year student enrollment by 20 percent.
He was promoted to associate dean from the role of assistant dean
for student and external affairs (2011-13), and assistant dean for
student affairs (2009-11).
Hilton worked at Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pa., from
2003 until 2009. He was the associate dean for student develop-
ment from 2006-09. His responsibilities included the supervision
of leadership development, student activities and orientation,
community service, and career development. From 2003-06, he
served as Moravian’s director for career development. Hilton
had stints early in his career as the assistant director for career
development at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore,Md.
(2001-03); academic advisor/evening administrator at Stevenson
University in Stevenson,Md. (2002-03); volunteer career coun-
selor/event planner at Baltimore Community College (2002-03);
and course lecturer/career consultant at University of Maryland,
College Park (1999-01). He has taught graduate higher educa-
tion as well as health management and policy related coursework
since 2011.
A native of Philadelphia,Hilton is a member of eight profes-
sional organizations and does extensive volunteer has
completed nearly 30 publications and presentations, has been a
journal peer reviewer and has secured two major grants.Hilton
earned his Doctor of Education in educational leadership and
management from earned his Master of Arts in
student affairs and Bachelor of Science in computer science with
minor in economics from Indiana University of Pa.
The Kutztown University Council of Trustees has appointed new officers for
the 2016 – 2018 academic years. Dr. Charles Blocksidge ’65 has been appointed the
chair of the trustees,Tom Heck has been appointed vice chair, and Dianne Lutz has
been appointed secretary.
Blocksidge served in multiple capacities at the Community College of Allegheny
County (CCAC) and retired as executive director of government relations and special
projects. He was inducted into the Kutztown University Athletics Hall of Fame for
football in 1979 and was recently named to the 1960s All-Decade Team.
Heck is the owner of Heck Brothers, a third-generation family-owned full service
florist which has served Reading and the Berks County area for 109 years.
Lutz is managing director and registered representative of Concert Wealth Man-
agement, Inc., San Jose, Calif., and Dinosaur Securities, New York and London. She
is the president and founder of Dianne Mae Financial, Sinking Spring, Pa. She is also
co-owner of Pappy G’s, Inc., Sinking Spring.
Dr. Warren Hilton
Dr. Charles Blocksidge ’65 Thomas Heck Dianne Lutz
faculty and staff at the university, as well as working
with Dr.Hawkinson to ensure student success.”
Zayaitz has served on many committees at KU
through the years, including chair of the new vice
president for enrollment management and student
affairs search,Women’s Center Advisory Board, Com-
mission on Human Diversity and the University
Safety Committee. She was an advisor to the Best
Buddies student organization.
In the community, Zayaitz is the president of
East Penn Neighbors Helping Neighbors, a board
member of the East Penn School District Education
Foundation, and a volunteer at the Outley House
Shelter for Men in Philadelphia, Pa. Zayaitz earned
her Ph.D. in food microbiology with a minor in
nutrition and economics from Cornell University,
Ithaca, N.Y. She earned her Master of Science from
Cornell in food microbiology and her Bachelor of
Arts fromDuke University,Durham,N.C., in botany.