The Circle

Issue date: 1/25/07 Section: News

Media Credit: James Reilly Artin Arslanian, the academic vice president and dean of faculty, has served in the position for 11 years, the longest any person has served in those positions. Over that time, he said that there have been several accomplishments of note, especially with the growth of the international program and the communications graduate program. Arslanian attributes these successes to the collaborative and collective work of his colleagues, who he said deserved the lion's share of the credit.

After 11 years as the academic vice president and dean of faculty at Marist, Artin Arslanian will be stepping down to make room for "new blood."

The decision was prompted, he said, by "a lot of things. Eleven years is an unusually long time for an administrator [to serve]. It's a very exacting position, [and] it's time for me to cut back. Possibly, I might go back to my first love - teaching and research."

During his tenure as a Marist administrator, Arslanian said he worked to strengthen certain programs, including the communications graduate program and the international program. The "enhancement of student research scholarship presentations, which enables students to get national recognition," is another accomplishment of which Arslanian said he was particularly proud. The successes partially lie with the dynamic nature of the college.

"It's a very energetic community," said Arslanian.

Additionally, Arslanian highlighted the new workload proposal, the product of a "long debate," would "try to lighten the burden on faculty" in part by reducing the number of classes taught on campus. This would, according to him, give professors the opportunity to engage in more research.

The credit for all the program and policy improvements enacted during his tenure, though, belongs to his colleagues, Arslanian said.

"I can't take credit. It takes more than one person to get things done…it was a collaborative effort."

Until a suitable replacement can be found, Arslanian will remain as Academic Vice President.

Arslanian earned his B.A and M.A in European and American history at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. He also earned his Ph.D from UCLA in modern British history.

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