Nancy J. Cable, Ph.D., Vice President and Dean of Admission
and Financial Aid at Davidson College (N.C.), will join
the University of Virginia in March as the School of Engineering
and Applied Science (SEAS) Associate Dean for Development
and Virginia Engineering Foundation Vice President for Development.
“This is an extraordinary time in the life of the
Engineering School," Cable said. "Recognition
of the importance of science and engineering is quite high;
the faculty, students and staff are excellent; the alumni
are loyal and interested in the School; and support from
the University administration is strong. I am thrilled to
join U.Va. in this capacity and am eager to take on the
challenges ahead,” she added.
The timing of Cable’s
arrival coincides with recent changes in the volunteer structures
for the School. “After careful consideration and dialogue,
the SEAS Trustees organization has been created," said
Doug Garson, President of SEAS Trustees. "This organization
will serve as the backbone of support for the Engineering
School—through strategic planning, development, and
promotion—and will serve as the governing body of
the Virginia Engineering Foundation,” he explained.
“We are very fortunate to have a professional of Cable’s
stature join us as we begin this exciting new venture in
support of the Engineering School. We conducted an extensive,
nationwide search and in the end we found in Nancy Cable
the outstanding qualities of enthusiasm, charisma, and development
expertise we need to go forth with success in the challenging
times ahead,” Garson said.
Cable’s professional
experience includes a comprehensive background in admissions,
recruitment, financial aid, marketing, publications, and
development. Her work at Davidson has helped to sustain
the college's high academic standards and to enhance the
size, quality and diversity of the applicant pool and enrolling
students.
Prior to her position at Davidson, Cable was Vice
President for Student Development and Dean of Students at
Guilford College (N.C.), and before that she was Associate
Dean and Dean of Students and later Director of the Career
Development Center and Graduate School Advisor at Denison
University (Ohio).
Cable is a member of the Association of American Colleges,
the Southern Consortium of Admission Deans, and the selection
team for the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, and
is an invited member of the College Board. She has been
a consultant on admissions, financial aid and development
to other higher-education institutions, and has spoken nationally
on the college admission process and issues in higher education.
She was named one of 40 national “Young Leaders in
Higher Education” in the January–February 1998
issue of Change magazine. She is a Phi Beta Kappa and cum
laude graduate in history from Marietta College (Ohio) and
received her master’s degree in student personnel
services in higher education from the University of Vermont.
She received her doctorate in educational history from the
University of Virginia in 1984, during which time she worked
as an assistant to the Dean of the Graduate School of Arts
and Sciences. She is a 1997 graduate of the Harvard University
Grauate School of Education Institute for Educational Management.
Cable currently serves as a Board of Trustees member at
the Asheville School and the Cannon School (both in N.C.).
As Associate Dean of Development and head of the Virginia
Engineering Foundation, Cable will work for the Dean of
the Engineering School, which will allow for an improved
blending of academic and development efforts. Jim Aylor,
Interim Dean of the School, is enthusiastic about collaborating
with Cable: “She is the person we need for the work
at hand and I look forward to working with her.”
Cable shares Aylor’s enthusiasm for collaboration.
“I am excited about the opportunities to work with
the great alumni and faculty of this institution on such
worthy tasks, working together to outline the needs of the
School at this critically important time in its history,”
she said. “I especially look forward to engaging with
individuals and organizations who want to work to enhance
and sustain the quality of education and research at the
School and the University.”
Cable will join the University
in late March.
