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On Tuesday, November 8, 2011, Dr. Richard Padilla will be at the University of Louisville totalk about his longtime career in Student Affairs. The event will begin with counterpartdiscussions at 10:30 a.m. in the Student Activities Center (SAC). After a light lunch the lecture will begin at 1:30 p.m. in the Floyd Theatre (SAC).
Dr. Richard Padilla had been the University of Texas at El Paso’s Vice President forStudent Affairs from March 1994 to September 2011. He and the staff of the Division ofStudent Affairs provided comprehensive programs and services to university students thatassisted them in developing themselves academically and personally. The Division alsoworked with elementary and high school students to prepare them to enter and succeed incollege. In addition to leading the Division of Student Affairs, he was the Project Director ofthe university’s Title V Grant and Chair of the following university committees: CustomerService Committee; Tuition and Fees Advisory Committee and the Student Service FeeAllocation Committee. He was the co-chair of the Centennial Commission Task Force onCampus Climate. Before coming to UTEP he worked at the University of Houston from1982 – 1988. At Houston he served as an Area Coordinator in the Department ofResidence Life from 1982-1985, Assistant Dean of Students from 1985-1987 and AssociateDean of Students from 1987-1988. He became Dean of Students at the University ofHouston-Downtown in 1988 and served in that capacity until from 1994.
Dr. Padilla has served as chair of the Council of Student Services Vice Presidents, astatewide association of the chief student affairs officers for public universities in Texas andwas the chair of The University of Texas System Vice Presidents Committee. He recentlyconcluded a two-year appointment to the Board of Directors for Region III of the NationalAssociation of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA). Additionally, he served on anational task force for NASPA’s Health Education and Awareness Program that was fundedby the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. Dr. Padilla is the immediatepast chair of the El Paso Local Employee’s Committee of the State Employees CharitableCampaign and has been a board member for the past 11 years.
He holds an Ed.D. in higher education administration from the University of Houston, aMaster’s of Divinity Degree from Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, and a bachelor’s inEnglish with a philosophy minor from Bellarmine College in Louisville, Kentucky. He alsocompleted the Management Development Program at Harvard University.
He is married to Mary Helen Padilla and they have two children, Rick and Lisa and threegrandchildren, Janie, Julia, and Ricky.
SCHEDULE
10:00 a.m. Check-In/Light Reception, Floyd Theatre (Student Activities Center)
10:30 a.m. Counterpart Discussion, Student Activities Center
12:00 p.m. Light Lunch, Student Activities Center
1:30 p.m. Lecture: An Afternoon with Dr. Richard Padilla
3:00 p.m. Departure
****Lunch will be provided****
For more information contact Mr. Frank Mianzo, Assistant to the Vice President, Student Affairs,University of Louisville. 502-852-1335 [email protected]
Parking available in the Floyd StreetGarage.http://louisville.edu/admissions/contact/directions-1/directions-floyd