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Armoza Named Vice President of Enrollment and Student Affairs
Vice President Armoza surrounded by students
Dr. Marcela Katz Armoza has been appointed vice president of student affairs and enrollment. Before serving for a year as acting vice president, she was City Tech's dean of enrollment management and director of the SEEK (Search for Elevation and Education through Knowledge) program, a dual position she had held since 2002. She reports directly to City Tech President Russell K. Hotzler.
The Board of Trustees of The City University of New York (CUNY) approved Dr. Armoza's appointment at its meeting last month.
"Along with her successful efforts to increase enrollment, Marcela put together the most dynamic program of activities for student life and development that this College has seen in a long time," says City Tech President Hotzler. "I am delighted to have her on my executive team as the College develops new programs to better serve all of our students.”
In her new position, Dr. Armoza, who began her tenure at City Tech in 1994 as director of the SEEK program, will provide executive leadership, coordination, supervision and evaluation for the Offices of Academic Advisement, Admissions, Career Development, Counseling, Financial Aid, Testing, Registrar, Residency Services, Scholarship Services, the New Student Center, and the SEEK program. Additionally, she will oversee the Office of the Dean of Students, including functional areas such as athletics, child care and student activities.
"My team worked very hard in the past year -- and will continue to work hard -- to support a campus environment that celebrates and respects diversity of all kinds," Dr. Armoza said, noting that U.S. News & World Report's 2007 edition of "America's Best Colleges" once again named City Tech as the most diverse comprehensive bachelor's degree-granting college in the north, the fourth year in a row the College is at the top of this category. "We marked our diverse heritages, our children, our differences, our women; we raised funds for students in need and provided funding for club and honor society members to attend conferences.
"Just as importantly, we built a sense of community among students, faculty and staff by supporting and fostering activities with academic and administrative departments," she added. For example, for the first time, the City Tech Veterans Club visited Washington, DC's major historic sites and participated in Memorial Day activities there. Dr. Armoza's office also helped support a standing room-only poetry slam contest coordinated by English Professor George Guida. In addition, she was instrumental in obtaining funding to send eight Department of Construction Management and Civil Engineering Technology students to the National Steel Bridge Competition in Salt Lake City, UT, in the spring.
In the three years Dr. Armoza was City Tech’s dean of enrollment management, she established a strong partnership with all of the College’s academic departments, creating teams of faculty and staff that worked across functional lines to improve enrollment-related services to students. As a result of these efforts, the College experienced a significant increase in the number of transfer and baccalaureate students. In streamlining the intake process for freshman and transfer students, she also helped ease their transition from high school or other institution of higher education to City Tech.
“My new position gives me the opportunity to broaden the scope of my responsibilities into areas in which I have a deep personal commitment -- services that impact the success of all City Tech students,” Dr. Armoza said. “I care deeply about the academic performance and retention of our students, and hope to significantly increase the positive experiences they have here.”
Dr. Armoza holds a PhD in social studies and administration from the University of Wales, Cardiff. Her dissertation topic was “The Distinct Impact of the Shifts of Federal Grants on the Persistence of Latino Low-Income Students in Higher Education.” She also holds an MPA degree from Baruch College/CUNY, and master’s and bachelor’s degrees in psychology from University of the Social Museum of the City of Buenos Aires.
Before coming to City Tech, Dr. Armoza was deputy director of the respite department and supervisor of the internship program at Hunter College’s Brookdale Center on Aging. Before this, she was assistant director of the Latino Student Program at Huntington Career College, Huntington Park, CA.
A member of One Hundred Latino Women, she is also actively involved with the Institute of International Education and the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers.
Dr. Armoza, who was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, is a longtime resident of Great Neck, Long Island. She lives there with her husband, Cesar, PhD, a licensed acupuncturist with clinics in Virginia, Maryland, Illinois, Texas and New York. They have three children -- Natalia, Sebastian and Fernanda -- and one grandchild.
08/29/06
