{"id":1817,"date":"2013-02-15T10:57:04","date_gmt":"2013-02-15T14:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?p=1817"},"modified":"2022-03-25T11:48:48","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T15:48:48","slug":"kalamazoo-college-president-named-naicu-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/kalamazoo-college-president-named-naicu-chair\/","title":{"rendered":"Kalamazoo College President Named NAICU Chair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/02\/ileenNAICU.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1818 size-full\" src=\"\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/02\/ileenNAICU.jpg\" alt=\"Kalamazoo College President Eileen B. Wilson-Oyelaran\" width=\"273\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/02\/ileenNAICU.jpg 273w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/02\/ileenNAICU-221x300.jpg 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 273px) 100vw, 273px\" \/><\/a>Kalamazoo College President Eileen B. Wilson-Oyelaran, Ph.D., has been named chair of the board of directors of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.naicu.edu\/\">National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities<\/a> (NAICU) for 2013-14. NAICU represents more than 1,000 member colleges, associations, and other institutions nationwide, including Kalamazoo College.<\/p>\n<p>As chair, Dr. Wilson-Oyelaran will lead the NAICU board in setting the association\u2019s agenda on federal higher education policy, actively encourage support of NAICU priorities and initiatives, and oversee the association\u2019s financial administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNAICU is an effective and respected participant in the political process, representing member institutions such as K on policy issues with the federal government, including issues affecting student aid, taxation, government regulation, and the assault on the liberal arts,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs NAICU chair, I will be in a position to advocate for these and other issues that are vital to helping institutions such as Kalamazoo College thrive in a competitive marketplace, an uncertain economy, and a divisive political climate.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kalamazoo College President Eileen B. Wilson-Oyelaran, Ph.D., has been named chair of the board of directors of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU) for 2013-14. NAICU represents more than 1,000 member colleges, associations, and other institutions nationwide, including Kalamazoo College. As chair, Dr. Wilson-Oyelaran will lead the NAICU board in setting the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1818,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[233],"tags":[89],"post_formats":[],"class_list":["post-1817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faculty-staff","tag-president"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Kalamazoo College President Named NAICU Chair - News and Events<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Kalamazoo College President Eileen B. 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Wilson-Oyelaran\" width=\"273\" height=\"370\" \/><\/a>Kalamazoo College President Eileen B. Wilson-Oyelaran, Ph.D., has been named chair of the board of directors of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.naicu.edu\/\">National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities<\/a> (NAICU) for 2013-14. NAICU represents more than 1,000 member colleges, associations, and other institutions nationwide, including Kalamazoo College.<\/p>\n<p>As chair, Dr. Wilson-Oyelaran will lead the NAICU board in setting the association\u2019s agenda on federal higher education policy, actively encourage support of NAICU priorities and initiatives, and oversee the association\u2019s financial administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNAICU is an effective and respected participant in the political process, representing member institutions such as K on policy issues with the federal government, including issues affecting student aid, taxation, government regulation, and the assault on the liberal arts,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs NAICU chair, I will be in a position to advocate for these and other issues that are vital to helping institutions such as Kalamazoo College thrive in a competitive marketplace, an uncertain economy, and a divisive political climate.\u201d<\/p>\n","comment_info":"No Comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1817"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9463,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1817\/revisions\/9463"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1817"},{"taxonomy":"post_format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_formats?post=1817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}