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LEXINGTON, Ky.\u2014Seamus Carey, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Conn., has been selected to serve as the 26th president of Transylvania University, effective July 1, 2014.\n<\/p>\nLEXINGTON, Ky.\u2014Seamus Carey, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Conn., has been selected to serve as the 26th president of Transylvania University, effective July 1, 2014.\n<\/p>\n
\nCarey, who received a Ph.D. in philosophy from Fordham University, will succeed Owen Williams at the historic Lexington, Ky., liberal arts institution. Williams was named president in 2010.\n<\/p>\n
\n\u201cDr. Carey was chosen from a strong pool of candidates because of his dedication to the liberal arts and his academic and administrative experience, first as a philosophy professor and most recently as dean,\u201d said William T. Young Jr., chairman of Transylvania\u2019s Board of Trustees.\n<\/p>\n
\nAs dean at Sacred Heart, Carey designed and implemented a performing arts minor and the Great Challenges Curriculum, which consists of four interdisciplinary minors: civic engagement, civil society and the common good; ecology and the global community; equality, wealth and philanthropy; and scientific literacy for the 21st century.\n<\/p>\n
\nHe also revised the university\u2019s First-Year Academic Experience to include first-year seminars and The Art of Thinking, a course in introductory logic that provides students with the tools they need to become careful readers, clear thinkers and strong writers.\n<\/p>\n
\nTo support some of these new programs, Carey developed a four-year faculty hiring plan that created 15 new faculty lines, funded by increased retention of first-year students.\n<\/p>\n
\nCarey attended Harvard\u2019s Management Development Program and the Executive Leadership Academy sponsored by the Council of Independent Colleges. At Sacred Heart, he supervises 121 full-time faculty, 18 department chairs and eight graduate program directors. Sacred Heart has 3,600 undergraduate and 650 graduate students and an annual budget of $25,825,000. As part of his development efforts, Carey has overseen the expansion of Sacred Heart\u2019s campus in Dingle, Ireland.\n<\/p>\n
\nCarey was selected by the Transylvania Board of Trustees following an intense week of campus forums during which four finalists met with the Transylvania community. Faculty, students, staff and alumni were invited to question each candidate and offer observations in an online survey.\n<\/p>\n
\n\u201cI am honored to receive this appointment,\u201d said Carey. \u201cI look forward to joining the Transylvania community.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\nCarey lives with his wife, Noreen, and three children in Pelham Manor, N.Y.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LEXINGTON, Ky.\u2014Seamus Carey, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Conn., has been selected to serve as the 26th president of Transylvania University, effective July 1, 2014. Carey, who received a Ph.D. in philosophy from Fordham University, will succeed Owen Williams at the historic Lexington, Ky., liberal arts institution. Williams was named president in 2010. \u201cDr. Carey was chosen from a strong pool of candidates because of his dedication to the liberal arts and his academic and administrative experience, first as a philosophy professor and most recently as dean,\u201d said William T. Young Jr., chairman of Transylvania\u2019s Board of Trustees. As dean at Sacred Heart, Carey designed and implemented a performing arts minor and the Great Challenges Curriculum, which consists of four interdisciplinary minors: civic engagement, civil society and the common good; ecology and the global community; equality, wealth and philanthropy; and scientific literacy for the 21st century. He also revised the university\u2019s First-Year Academic Experience to include first-year seminars and The Art of Thinking, a course in introductory logic that provides students with the tools they need to become careful readers, clear thinkers and strong writers. To support some of these new programs, Carey developed a four-year faculty hiring plan that created 15 new faculty lines, funded by increased retention of first-year students. Carey attended Harvard\u2019s Management Development Program and the Executive Leadership Academy sponsored by the Council of Independent Colleges. At<\/p>\n