Dan Nadler first stepped foot on Eastern’s campus as vice president of student affairs about a year ago and has made quite an impression since then.

Upon arriving, Nadler showed that he was up to the task of vice president of student affairs through his past experience.

“Vice president Nadler brought an excellent record of experience in student affairs and a solid understanding of the issues facing student affairs divisions both at Eastern and in higher education generally,” said Blair Lord, vice president for academic affairs.

Besides experience, Nadler showed that he wanted the best for the campus by learning fast and sharing his ideas.

“During the first several months he took his time to “learn” the campus. He was a quick learner and by the end of the fall semester, he was beginning to implement new programs for the campus,” said President Lou Hencken. “I am pleased, with the new programs and ideas, especially a program that will begin with new freshmen this fall – alcohol.edu.”

Alcohol.edu will be an on-line course aimed at reducing negative results connected with excessive alcohol use.

Nadler has also worked closely with the academic affairs office.

“Vice President Nadler has been a strong supporter of finding meaningful connections between the work of the Student Affairs professionals and the work of the Academic Affairs Division,” Lord said. “I’m delighted with the initiatives that Vice President Nadler has undertaken with the Academic Affairs Division.”

Nadler has assisted with the service learning initiative and coordinating student enrollment services, which are shared between student affairs and academic affairs

“He has great ideas and it is a pleasure to work with him,” Lord said.

Nadler’s work does not end there. He also hired more staff for the counseling center to benefit the students.

“He worked tirelessly last fall semester to relocate additional dollars so that additional staff could be hired in the counseling center to meet the needs of the students,” Hencken said. “It has been great working with Dr. Nadler this past year and I believe that he will continue to move the Students Affairs division forward.”