Rose-Hulman Names Interim VP
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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowRose-Hulman Institute of Technology has announced Doug Smith will serve as Interim Vice President for Institutional Advancement. Smith, who previously worked at the University of North Texas at Dallas, will oversee fundraising and alumni relations activities.
May 7, 2015
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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Experienced higher education fundraising expert Doug Smith has been named Interim Vice President for Institutional Advancement at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.
In this new role, Smith will oversee all fundraising and alumni relations activities for the institute, and will be part of President Jim Conwell’s administrative cabinet.
Smith is filling a vacancy created when Rickey N. McCurry left recently to become vice president for development and alumni affairs at the University of Tennessee. McCurry also was named president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the University of Tennessee Foundation.
Before coming to Rose-Hulman, Smith served as vice president for university advancement at the University of North Texas at Dallas (UNTD), and president and CEO of the university’s foundation.
Smith’s career also includes being vice president for university advancement at Bowling Green State University (Ohio). He helped lead the university’s first major comprehensive capital campaign that raised $146 million, exceeding a $120-million goal by 20 percent.
Outside of higher education, Smith served as senior vice president of fundraising and chapter development at the Leukemia Society of America. He was also vice president of fundraising for the national Multiple Sclerosis Society, an organization he joined as a regional executive director in 1973.
Smith earned a master’s degree in political science from the University of Toledo after receiving a bachelor’s degree in education from the same institution.
About Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Founded in 1874, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology is dedicated to preparing its students with the world’s best undergraduate science, engineering, and mathematics education in an environment infused with innovation, intellectual rigor, and individualized attention. The college, located in Terre Haute, Indiana, has an enrollment of approximately 2,200 undergraduate students and 100 graduate students. A national survey of engineering department deans and senior faculty, conducted for U.S. News & World Report’s College Guide, has consistently ranked Rose-Hulman and its academic programs No. 1 in undergraduate engineering education. The Princeton Review’s Best 300 Professors book features six professors from Rose-Hulman—the only institution of higher learning in Indiana to be featured.
Source: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology