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News release prepared by: Cheryl May, 785-532-6415, may@k-state.edu

Thursday, July 3, 2008

PAT BOSCO NAMED VICE PRESIDENT FOR STUDENT LIFE AND DEAN OF STUDENTS

MANHATTAN -- In a move to gain more efficiency within Kansas State University's internal reporting structure, Pat Bosco will become the vice president for student life and dean of students July 7.

The announcement, from K-State President Jon Wefald and Bob Krause, vice president for institutional advancement and director of intercollegiate athletics, recognizes Bosco's long history of effective service to K-State.

From his days as student body president to the present time -- more than 30 years later -- Pat Bosco has had a positive impact on Kansas State University, Wefald said.

"K-State has long had a tradition of 'putting students first' and Pat Bosco has been the lead person in developing many of the programs, activities and administrative areas which support this tradition," Wefald said. "I am confident he will continue to further develop the importance of our student life programs on and off campus."

"Pat has done an outstanding job as associate vice president for institutional advancement and dean of student life over these past 22 years," Krause said. "This change in title consolidates all the student life programs under Pat who will report to the president through my office."

In April, Krause assumed additional responsibilities for administering intercollegiate athletics at K-State. This change is one of the ways K-State is maximizing efficiency in institutional advancement.

"This move consolidates all of the student life programs into one unit which, among other things, will facilitate planning for the transition of career and employment services and counseling services to Memorial Stadium," Wefald said. "It also streamlines the direct reporting relationships to Bob Krause which will allow him to better focus his time on institutional priorities and coordinate the various activities of the Alumni Association, the Kansas State University Foundation, athletics, student life and various external university constituencies."

Bosco's involvement with student recruitment reversed a trend of declining enrollment at K-State during the early 1980s, and his work has sparked unprecedented growth at a time when universities are fighting cutbacks of many kinds, Krause said.

He has more than 30 years experience in leadership training, student government advising, campus union programming, residence hall staff training and Greek affairs in both a community college and major university setting. His demonstrated commitment to these areas is expressed in the many keynotes, workshops, conferences and consulting opportunities he engages in each year.

Bosco received his doctorate in higher educational administration from the University of Nebraska in 1982; his master of science in educational administration from Kansas State University in 1973; and his bachelor of science in elementary education from K-State in 1971.

As an undergraduate, he served as the Kansas State University student body president from 1970-71. He is a member of Delta Sigma Phi fraternity, Phi Delta Kappa educational fraternity, Order of Omega, and an honorary member of Blue Key and Golden Key national honor societies.

Bosco received the 2000 Excellence in Dedication Award from the Kansas City Alumni Club for his quarter century of administrative service to the university. He is also a recipient of numerous service and leadership awards including the Kansas State University Service to Students Award, the Excellence in Dedication Award, and the Alumni Distinguished Service Award from his fraternity. He has served on the board of directors of several national, state and local community volunteer agencies.

K-State alumni named a freshman scholarship in his honor, and each spring the College of Education's department of leadership studies and programs recognizes an undergraduate as the Pat J. Bosco Outstanding Student Leader.

He is an associate professor (adjunct) in the department of educational administration and leadership, College of Education, and has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in the areas of leadership and volunteerism at K-State for the past 20 years.

Bosco has volunteered in community youth activities for the past 30 years. His summer baseball and softball teams won state of Kansas championships in 1989, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2001 and 2002, possibly the only coach in the state to have such a distinction.

His wife, Susan, is a K-State graduate, as are their children: Christopher and Mary Catherine.