Stevens Begins Search for New University President

Executive Search Firm Storbeck/Pimentel & Associates Hired

HOBOKEN, N.J., March 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As Stevens Institute of Technology heads into a new era, the 140-year-old university recently retained the executive search firm, Storbeck/Pimentel & Associates, to lead the search for its seventh president.

"We are pleased to be partnering with Storbeck/Pimentel & Associates at this important moment in Stevens history. We look forward to working with the entire Stevens community as we move ahead in the search for our next president. We are striving to make this an inclusive process and are reaching out to all our stakeholders for their input," said Steven Shulman, Chairman of the Presidential Search Committee and Vice Chairman of the Stevens Board of Trustees.

Stevens is currently celebrating its 140th anniversary as a top choice for technology and engineering students and a destination for world-class faculty. The university retained Storbeck/Pimentel & Associates to find a president who will represent the innovation and educational commitment that has gained Stevens respect and partnerships worldwide.

On March 10, the university will hold a forum for the entire Stevens community in an effort to help Storbeck/Pimentel & Associates get a better understanding from the community about Stevens and the opportunities and challenges its new president will face. The discussion on the 10th will also provide input about presidential attributes and leadership priorities. The event will be open to Stevens students, staff and faculty and will be held in the DeBaun Auditorium, on Stevens' campus, from 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.

Storbeck/Pimentel & Associates is a minority and female owned retained executive search firm specializing in providing executive recruitment services to colleges, universities, independent schools and not-for-profit organizations. Storbeck/Pimentel & Associates is comprised of more than 25 consultants and support staff located in two main offices in Los Angeles and Philadelphia with three affiliated offices in Vermont, Virginia and Florida.

Collectively, the staff of Storbeck/Pimentel & Associates has more than 60 years of experience in the executive search industry and has conducted more than 1,500 executive level searches for higher education and not-for-profit clients over the course of the last 20 years.

Key members of the firm have conducted dozens of top university executive searches, including Dartmouth College, Rice University, University of Michigan, University of Colorado, California Polytechnic State University, Swarthmore College, and Wesleyan University. Shelly Weiss Storbeck will be the lead partner on the search.

More information about the firm may be found at http://www.storbeckpimentel.com.

About Stevens Institute of Technology

Founded in 1870 and celebrating 140 Years of Innovation, Stevens Institute of Technology, The Innovation University, is one of the leading technological universities in the world dedicated to learning and research. Through its broad-based curricula, nurturing of creative inventiveness, and cross disciplinary research, the Institute is at the forefront of global challenges in engineering, science, and technology management. Partnerships and collaboration between, and among, business, industry, government and other universities contribute to the enriched environment of the Institute. A new model for technology commercialization in academe, known as Technogenesis(R), involves external partners in launching business enterprises to create broad opportunities and shared value.

Stevens offers baccalaureates, master's and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, computer science and management, in addition to a baccalaureate degree in the humanities and liberal arts, and in business and technology. The university has a total enrollment of 2,234 undergraduate and 3,700 graduate students with more than 400 faculty. Stevens' graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America. Additional information may be obtained from its web page at www.stevens.edu.

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SOURCE Stevens Institute of Technology