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Toledo Resident Shanda L. Gore, EdD, Is Changing Jobs
President Karen Schuster
Webb, Ph.D., has announced the appointment of Shanda L.
Gore, Ed.D., as the first Vice President of Institutional
Innovation and Economic Development at Union Institute &
University. Gore will work with the leadership team to
develop long-term revenue strategies for enrollment growth,
new market access and targeted funding sources.
Gore has held numerous roles
in higher education including associate vice president,
chief diversity officer, and an executive director for
nearly 15 years at the former Medical College of Ohio
Foundation and the University of Toledo (UT).
A seasoned fundraiser, she has raised funds through events,
donor relations, and grants totaling more than $2 million in
the last six years. She has also taught at undergraduate and
graduate levels and served on dissertation committees. As an
administrator, she created and directed the regional UT
Minority Business Development Center and was recently
awarded additional funding to enhance its virtual
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Shanda L. Gore, Ed.D. |
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In the private sector, Gore
has been a trainer, marketing coordinator and specialist for
regional and national firms and is the president and founder
of Mays and Associates, LTD, a strategic planning and
consulting company serving clients across the United States.
She has served as the president of the Ohio Diversity
Officers Collaborative, State of Ohio Coordinator of the
American Association of Access, Equity, and Diversity, and
currently serves as State co-chair and executive board
member for the American Council of Education (ACE) Women's
Ohio Network.
She has published and presented at competitive conferences,
including the Higher Learning Commission, the Association of
American Medical Colleges, the National Diversity Council
Leadership Conference, and the Annual National Conference on
Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education. Recognized as an
African American Legacy Emerging Leader of Excellence, she
is the recipient of the Toledo Urban Federal Credit Union
Community Appreciation Award. She recently completed
workshops for Big 10, MAC, and Mid Atlantic NFL officials on
team building strategies.
Gore is a graduate of
Bowling Green State University from which she earned three
degrees: a Bachelor of Communications degree, a Master's of
Communication with a study emphasis on minority communities
in the Greater Toledo Ohio area, and a Doctor of Education
in Leadership Studies. Her research area was involvement
behaviors and minority medical student retention.
Union Institute & University
is a non-profit, regionally accredited university
specializing in providing quality higher education degrees
for adults nationwide. Founded in 1964, Union's academic
programs and services are the result of more than five
decades of identifying and refining ways to structure and
deliver education to meet the needs of adults. Distinguished
as the pioneer in adult education, Union perfected the
concepts now common in higher education such as the hybrid
model, a blend of online and traditional classroom
instruction, interdisciplinary studies, and student centered
education with socially relevant and applicable learning
outcomes in its undergraduate, master's and doctoral degree
programs.
The university is guided by
its core mission to educate highly motivated adults who seek
academic programs to engage, enlighten, and empower them to
pursue professional goals and a lifetime of learning,
service, and social responsibility.
Union is a national
university with academic centers located in: Ohio, Florida,
and California.
For more information about
Union Institute & University, visit www.myunion.edu<http://www.myunion.edu>
or call 1- 800-861-6400.
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