J. David Arnold

Since 2005 J. David Arnold has served as the president of Eureka College. Founded in 1855, the Eureka College campus is located in Eureka, Illinois and well known as the alma mater of President Ronald W. Reagan.

Overview

According to the College's website:

President J. David Arnold, Ph.D., began duties as the 26th president of Eureka College in July of 2005. Dr. Arnold formerly was vice president for academic and student affairs at Missouri Western State College, St. Joseph, Mo. He also served as provost at St. John Fisher College and as a dean and grants officer at Clarion University. He started his academic career teaching psychology and writing at St. Lawrence University, a residential liberal arts college where he was tenured and promoted before becoming an associate dean. As an academic leader and author, Dr. Arnold has focused on forging connections between the curricular, co-curricular, and extracurricular spheres of students' experience in learning communities, engaging faculty in strategic planning, and promoting the "teacher-scholar" model of faculty professional development at liberal arts institutions. [Information taken from Eureka College website, www.eureka.edu]

Personal and Educational

Dr. Arnold is a native of Lancaster, Pa. and the first in his family to graduate from college. He completed his undergraduate degree with honors at Bloomsburg University (formerly Bloomsburg State College), graduate work at the University of New Hampshire, and summer post-doctoral study at the Institute for Educational Management at Harvard University [harvard university institute for educational management] .

He has described himself as a movie buff and nature enthusiast.

Dr. Arnold and his wife, Katherine, have a son in college, Andrew, and two grown children, Jason and Amy as of 2008. [ [http://www.eureka.edu/discover/presgreeting.htm discover eureka college ] ]

Links

Official Eureka College website, President's greeting http://www.eureka.edu/discover/presgreeting.htm

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