Chaminade University Names New President

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CHAMINADE UNIVERSITY NAMES NEW PRESIDENT
--PLOEGER, CHIEF ARCHITECT OF CURRENT STRATEGIC PLAN--

View Brother Bernard Ploeger, S.M., Ph.D. Bio

HONOLULU--March 25, 2009--Chaminade University announced that Brother Bernard Ploeger, S.M., Ph.D. (name pronounced: Bern'-erd Play-gur) has been officially appointed as Chaminade's ninth president. The Board of Regents voted unanimously to accept the Presidential Selection Committee's recommendation of Bro. Ploeger in their 2 p.m. meeting today. Shortly after that vote, the Regents made the offer to Bro. Ploeger, who then officially accepted the appointment. His presidency begins immediately.

Ploeger was one of three finalists chosen by the presidential selection committee who went through rigorous rounds of interviews and meetings with students, staff, faculty, and other constituencies.

Considered the chief architect of Chaminade's strategic plan for 2008-2013, Ploeger will become Chaminade's ninth president. He has been an integral part of the Transformations overall campaign, which successfully raised $66.5 million during the presidency of Dr. Sue Wesselkamper and the successful completion of the university's WASC review with commendations this year. Ploeger and Wesselkamper have been close colleagues, working in tandem to revive Chaminade from its 1990s troubles to the fortified sustainability and forward momentum that it now experiences.

Ploeger has served the university as its executive vice president and provost since arriving at Chaminade in 2001 at the invitation of Wesselkamper, who died in January. He has stepped up to the plate as Chaminade's interim president twice: first in 2005 when Wesselkamper was initially diagnosed with cancer until her return and currently since fall 2008 upon Wesselkamper's final medical leave of absence.

As provost and executive vice president, Ploeger worked intensively with deans and divisional faculty to strengthen the quality of Chaminade's curriculum and increase its currency and relevance for students. He has promoted academic excellence and scholarship.

Previously, Ploeger served at the University Of Dayton as its vice president for administration/ senior vice president for administration from 1986 to 2001 before accepting Wesselkamper's invitation to Chaminade.

Celebrating more than 50 years of educating students for life, service and successful careers, Chaminade University offers programs of study grounded in the liberal arts with day, evening, online and accelerated courses. The main campus is located in Ka'imuki at 3140 Waialae Ave., Honolulu, HI 96816, with 10 satellite locations around Oahu. For more information, visit the Chaminade Web site at www.chaminade.edu or call (808) 735-4711.

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Biography

Brother Bernard Ploeger, S.M., Ph.D.
(name pronounced: Bern'-erd Play-gur)

Brother Bernard Ploeger, S.M., Ph.D. received his doctorate from The Ohio State University - Columbus, Ohio in 1975. He also received his M.S. degree in 1973 from The Ohio State University and was an N.D.E.A. Fellow there from 1971-74. He received his B.S. degree in 1971 (summa cum laude) from the University of Dayton also in Ohio.

Invited by the late Dr. Sue Wesselkamper, Bro. Ploeger has served Chaminade University in the capacity of executive vice president and provost since 2001. Before coming to Chaminade, he was the vice president for administration/ senior vice president for administration for the University of Dayton from 1986 to 2001. He concurrently served on the Provincial Council as a councilor. He has taught mathematics as an instructor at the University of Dayton and as an assistant professor at Wilberforce University in Ohio.

Bro. Ploeger has co-authored three refereed papers published during the period of faculty service at the University of Dayton (1976-80) relating to the differential equations to model the transport of sugar/starch in sugar beets and Projet Tapis Vert. He has also served as a member of a WASC visiting team for California Graduate Institute (2004) and Maui Community College (2005).

A Marianist, Ploeger took first vows in the Society of Mary (Marianists) in 1967 and had attended Archbishop Moeller High School in Cincinnati, a Marianist-sponsored school.

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