10/30/06

Contact: Brian Keeter, (334) 844-4650, (bkeeter@auburn.edu)
Deedie Dowdle, (334) 844-9999 (dowdldk@auburn.edu)

AUBURN UNIVERSITY NAMES ALDERMAN NEW DEAN OF ENROLLMENT SERVICES

AUBURN - Auburn University President Ed Richardson on Monday named Wayne Alderman as dean of enrollment management. Alderman, who will report directly to the president, will provide leadership to the new AU Office of Admissions.

“Restructuring the admissions and scholarship process reflects our ongoing commitment to aggressively recruiting top-quality students and the rising academic achievement of Auburn’s student population,” said Richardson. “Attracting the best and brightest to Auburn is among the top priorities for the Board of Trustees and for me.”

Richardson added that AU has increased scholarships, created this new leadership position and developed an improved organization with the help of national experts, faculty, staff and students.

“Dr. Alderman holds the right combination of faculty experience, management skills and strategic vision to lead an expanded and vigorous enrollment program and augment Auburn’s academic reputation,” Richardson said.

As dean, Alderman will be responsible for ongoing design, development, implementation, monitoring and assessing of the university’s admissions, enrollment, and recruitment processes and support operations to ensure all are consistent with the university’s enrollment and diversity goals.

Alderman, the Torchmark Professor of Accounting, was the dean of the College of Business from 1993 to 2000, and a 2001 recipient of the AU Distinguished Alumnus award. He received his bachelor of science in business administration from AU in 1971 and his master of business administration from AU a year later. He earned his doctorate in business administration from the University of Tennessee.

Auburn University is a preeminent land-grant and comprehensive research institution with more than 23,500 students and 6,500 faculty and staff. Ranked among the top 50 public universities nationally, Auburn offers more than 230 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degree programs.

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