Janet Richardson Named VP of Student Affairs

Janet Begin Richardson, whose career in student affairs at WPI spans 24 years, has been named vice president for student affairs; she is the first woman to hold a vice presidential post at WPI. Richardson succeeded her mentor, Bernard H. Brown, who died in August after a 38-year WPI career (see “A Champion for Students” in the Summer 2004 issue of Transformations).

In her new post, Richardson is responsible for the delivery of services to more than 3,600 undergraduate and graduate students and for oversight of the offices of undergraduate admissions, enrollment management, financial aid, and student life, as well as the Career Development Center and the Department of Physical Education, Recreation, and Athletics.

“Janet Richardson has had a long and distinguished tenure at WPI as a truly outstanding student affairs professional,” says President Dennis Berkey. “Her exceptional qualities were evident to me long before I joined WPI, and have been doubly evident in the period since my arrival. Her general management abilities, as well as her expertise in the areas within the student affairs portfolio, make this a well-deserved promotion.”

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