Tarleton names Assistant Vice President for Student Life Studies

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Aug. 20, 2009

STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS—Tarleton State University recently named Dr. Robert Michael Haynes as its new Assistant Vice President for Student Life Studies.

Haynes will work with the Division of Student Life to conceive and implement planning and assessment strategies at the departmental and divisional level, including collaborating with each department on campus to identify their needs and how best to measure the desired outcomes from their programs and services.

“We are delighted to have someone of Dr. Haynes’ expertise to oversee our planning and assessment efforts,” said Dr. Wanda Mercer, vice president for student life. “He will be a wonderful asset to the Student Life division and to the University.”

Haynes received his bachelor’s degree from Baylor University and his master’s and doctorate from the University of North Texas (UNT). Before coming to Tarleton, he worked nine years at UNT Denton and three years at the UNT Health Science Center in Fort Worth.

“My impression of Tarleton has been shaped over the past several years through first-hand experience,” Haynes said. “As part of my master’s degree requirements, I had the wonderful opportunity to intern in the Division of Student Life during the fall of 2003, and my wife and I have lived in the Stephenville area since 2005. I am extremely excited about joining the Tarleton community and the opportunity to serve in a capacity related to assessment, evaluation and research.”

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