Staff Directory

Philip N. Clay

Title: Vice President for Student Affairs

Email:

pclay@wpi.edu

Tel:

+1 (508) 8315000 x5507

Department: Dean of Students

Office location: Rubin Campus Center, 228

Philip Clay has worked in student affairs for 34 years; he currently serves as vice president for student affairs at WPI.  With the dean of undergraduate studies, he works to ensure an appropriate balance and synergy between academic and student life.  He oversees a wide array of services and programs designed to support WPI’s 6,500 full- and part-time undergraduate and graduate students including International Student Life; Residential and Dining Services; Rubin Campus Center and Foisie Innovation Studio, Fraternities and Sororities; Health Services; Student Development and Counseling and Disabilities Services. 

He also oversees Conduct Affairs and the WPI CARE Team, a group of professional staff from across the university that meets weekly to address the safety, welfare, and academic success of students.  He is co-chair of the WPI’s Emergency Preparedness Team, where he coordinates the university’s response to critical incidents and emergency situations.

Prior to joining the WPI community in 1993, he worked at SUNY Potsdam and Binghamton University.  He holds a BA from St. Lawrence University and an MA from Binghamton University.