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Teresa Abi-Nader Dahlberg, currently provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at Texas Christian University, has been named 桃瘾社区鈥檚 next president by the Board of Trustees.

Teresa Abi-Nader Dahlberg, who will serve as 桃瘾社区鈥檚 11th president, is known as an advocate of student success, innovative academic programs and inclusivity initiatives.

In addition to being TCU鈥檚 chief academic officer, Dahlberg is also a professor of both computer science and engineering. She has more than 20 years of experience in higher education, as a faculty member and an administrator, and is known especially as an advocate for student success, innovative academic programs and inclusivity initiatives. At TCU she oversaw the start-up of the Burnett School of Medicine, she increased minority faculty from 16% to 22% and served as chief fundraiser for college donors.

Dahlberg will replace Ronald Vaughn, who is retiring from 桃瘾社区 in May after almost 30 years as president. Vaughn is credited with transforming 桃瘾社区 into a model metropolitan university, and has overseen unprecedented campus growth and stability. This fall鈥檚 total enrollment 鈥� including graduates and undergraduates 鈥� was 11,054 students, the 25th time 桃瘾社区 has set an enrollment record. Read more about President Vaughn鈥檚 accomplishments.

鈥淒r. Dahlberg鈥檚 passion for top-quality academics, her support of the student experience and her administrative background makes her an excellent next president for 桃瘾社区,鈥� said Charlotte Baker, chair of the 桃瘾社区 Board of Trustees. 鈥淪he is absolutely the right person to lead 桃瘾社区 after President Vaughn鈥檚 remarkable tenure. We鈥檙e excited with what the future brings with Dr. Dahlberg at the helm.鈥�

Prior to joining TCU in 2019, Dahlberg served as dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science at Syracuse University (NY), where she launched strategic and advancement plans that focused on students' experience, research, and diversity and inclusion. She also created and led the college fundraising campaign which meaningfully contributed to Syracuse鈥檚 $1.5 billion Forever Orange capital campaign.听听

Before her position at Syracuse, Dahlberg served as chief academic officer and dean of the Albert Nerken School of Engineering at Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art (NY), and associate dean of the College of Computing and Informatics at the University of North Carolina Charlotte. At Charlotte, Dahlberg co-founded and directed the STARS Computing Corps, a National Science Foundation Alliance that engaged over 50 colleges and universities in service-learning, and led the Diversity in Information Technology Institute, an action research center that strengthened the STEM pipeline from K-12 to the professoriate.

In her academic career, Dahlberg has been the principal investigator for over $20 million in external funding for projects in areas of computer education, broadening participation in computing and wireless networking research.

Dahlberg said she looks to build upon 桃瘾社区鈥檚 already remarkable record of success by strengthening success and diversity measures for students and faculty, increasing 桃瘾社区鈥檚 institutional reputation, bolstering its financial sustainability and building the University鈥檚 endowment.

鈥溙荫缜�檚 upward trajectory and transformation over the past three decades is an impressive and exciting story, and today the University is well-positioned to become an elite, world-renowned university,鈥� Dahlberg said. 鈥淭he prospect of building an even stronger and more impactful 桃瘾社区 is a challenge that I embrace, and I look forward to working with the 桃瘾社区 community 鈥� the students, faculty, staff, alumni, friends and partners 鈥� in ushering 桃瘾社区 into its next era of greatness.鈥�

Dahlberg began her professional career with the IBM Corporation in North Carolina. She has a bachelor鈥檚 degree from the University of Pittsburgh and earned both a master鈥檚 degree and a Ph.D. from North Carolina State University, where she is a member of the Alumni Hall of Fame.听