Wright State names first president finalist

UW-Platteville leader is first of 3 finalists
Dennis Shields, Chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, is one of three finalists for the president’s job at Wright State University.

Dennis Shields, Chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, is one of three finalists for the president’s job at Wright State University.

Dennis Shields, chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, is one of three finalists for the president’s job at Wright State University.

“He’s an up and coming star in higher education,” said trustee and presidential search committee chairman Doug Fecher. “He’s just a solid candidate.”

Shields has served as chancellor at UW-Platteville since 2009, according to the university’s website. Before that, he served as acting vice president of student affairs at City College of New York-City University of New York.

He has also held administrative positions at the Phoenix School of Law, Duke University School of Law, the University of Michigan Law School and the University of Iowa, according to a bio on UW-Platteville’s website.

Shields is considered a leader in diversity and inclusion in higher education, according to UW-Platteville. He serves as the chairman of the Diversity and Inclusion Working Group of the Division III of the NCAA.

In 2012 at UW-Platteville, Shields created a diversity officer position and established a new “Division of Diversity and Inclusion” at the university.

Shields earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration from Graceland College in 1977 and he earned a law degree from the University of Iowa in 1982, according to UW-Platteville.

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