IAUP President Dr. Neal King was invited to meet with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during a recent visit to New York. Dr. King was appointed President of IAUP by its Board after the untimely death of former IAUP President, Dr. J. Michael Adams.
IAUP is pleased to present a new leadership team which will guide the organization through the current presidency which ends in 2014. The team consists of Dr. Neal King (President), Dr. Jason Scorza (Secretary General), Dr. Carmen Lamagna (Treasurer), and Ling Lam (Deputy Secretary General). Dr. King was chosen by the IAUP Board of Directors to succeed Dr. Michael Adams as IAUP President, who passed away in June following a long illness.
July 2, 2012 – IAUP was honored to have been included as a part of the private service for Michael Adams at Fairleigh Dickinson University this past weekend. IAUP Secretary General Neal King was invited by the family to speak on behalf of IAUP immediately following the remarks of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. Jim Roach, Rich Bronson, Ramu Damodaran and Ken Brier also were present.
June 21, 2012 -- The IAUP Board of Directors is saddened to report the death of Dr. J. Michael Adams, President of the International Association of University Presidents. Adams was diagnosed in the fall with a rare blood disorder known as Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS). In February, he underwent a bone marrow transplant, which failed to cure the disease. He was subsequently diagnosed with a cancer known as Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), to which he succumbed early this morning.
The third WISE Education Leadership Program will take place in Doha, Qatar October 7 – 10, 2012. The deadline to apply is July 3, 2012 although late applications may still be considered.
The WISE Education Leadership Program was launched at the Qatar Foundation’s inaugural World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) in 2009 to support current and emerging leaders in higher education around the world.