Carlow University to Celebrate Presidential Inauguration

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Carlow University will inaugurate Dr. Mary E. Hines as its ninth president on Saturday, October 29, 2005. A week of special programming marking this important moment in Carlow's history will culminate in a day of ceremony and celebration:

Dr. Mary E. Hines, whose involvement in higher education spans both national and international arenas, was appointed Carlow University's ninth president on May 2, 2005. She came to Carlow from Penn State University's Wilkes-Barre campus, where she served as its Chancellor/Campus Executive Officer from 1997 until the summer of 2005. Among other highly successful initiatives realized under her leadership, she recently led that campus through an ambitious capital campaign.

Prior to her tenure at Penn State, Dr. Hines held faculty and administrative positions at Dundalk Community College, Catonsville Community College, the University of Baltimore, St. Mary's Seminary and University, and the College of Notre Dame of Maryland. She has served on the American Council of Education Fellows' Executive Board and has been an invited participant at the National Kellogg Foundation Round-table for Higher Education Leaders, the Netherlands Higher Education Study Team, and a Hong Kong Higher Education Study Team.

A New York City native, Dr. Hines' academic degrees are in Philosophy. She earned her B.A. degree (summa cum laude) from St. Francis College in Brooklyn, where she graduated first in her class and also received the College's Ethics Award. She received a National Fellowship to pursue her M.A. and Ph.D., which were awarded by The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.

Dr. Hines was the 2002 recipient of the Arthritis Foundation's "Community Leader of the Year" award. In the March 2003 issue of the Northeast Business Journal, she was identified as one of the "Top 20 Women in Business in NE PA." She is also an invited member of the International "Who's Who" Historical Society, 2005. Most recently, in June 2005, Dr. Hines was the recipient of the Distinguished Leadership Award from Leadership Wilkes-Barre.

Dr. Hines' husband, Kenneth, has taught Philosophy and Religious Studies at several institutions, including Penn State, Carroll Community College, and St. Mary's Seminary and University. They have four children: Sean, Kevin, Kathleen, and Brendan.

Carlow University welcomes inquiries from the media concerning Dr. Hines' presidential inauguration and will issue additional media advisories as developments warrant.