Marvin L. Yates named Vice President for Student Affairs
Contact: Christina Chapple
8/4/06
HAMMOND – Marvin L. Yates, who has served as Southeastern Louisiana University’s interim Vice President for Student Affairs for the past year, has been selected as vice president following a nationwide search.
His appointment is pending approval by the University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors, Southeastern’s governing board.
Former executive vice president of Paine College in Augusta, Ga., and chancellor of Southern University in Baton Rouge, Yates brings three decades of teaching, consulting and academic administrative experience to the position.
“Dr. Yates has impressive credentials, demonstrated leadership abilities and a vision for the Division of Student Affairs,” said President Randy Moffett. “During the past year, he has proven himself to be a student-focused educator and administrator committed to Southeastern’s long-standing ‘student-friendly’ tradition. I applaud the work of our search committee. Their efforts were instrumental in the process that led to selecting Dr. Yates.”
“I’m pleased to have the opportunity to lead an area that is such an integral part of the Southeastern experience,” Yates said. “Student Affairs is about the total development of students while they’re here pursuing their education and preparing for rewarding future careers. Our excellent staff will continue working hard on programs and opportunities that create a campus environment that is safe, friendly, supportive, and caring.”
Yates, a native of Memphis, Tenn., has a doctoral degree from the University of Pittsburgh and master’s and bachelor’s degrees from Southern University. He worked in various capacities at Southern University and with the Southern University System from 1962 to 1997, including serving as a professor in the College of Education, vice chancellor for student affairs, and vice president for student affairs and community services for the system office. Early in his tenure at Southern, he filled several roles designed to enhance student success efforts at the university.
Before being named interim vice president at Southeastern, he served as executive vice president at Paine College, where he was responsible for the institution’s daily operations. Previously, as vice president of programs for the United Negro College Fund, he was responsible for two-thirds of the UNCF’s annual budget of approximately $90 million.
At UNCF, Yates also was responsible for the Gates Millennium Scholars Program, a $1 billion grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; and the Corporate Scholars Program, a diversity strategy which expands the workforce applicant pool of 22 major corporations throughout the United States. He also presided over 450 other scholarship programs administered through the United Negro College Fund and directed the UNCF’s Fiscal and Strategic Technical Assistance Program.
Yates’ higher education experience also includes serving as interim dean of the School of Education at Jackson State University and vice president for student affairs at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.
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