Christian Brothers University Names Dr. Brian Dalton as Vice President for Enrollment Management

Wednesday, July 1, 2020

Dr. Brian Dalton has joined Christian Brothers University in the position of Vice President for Enrollment Management, effective July 1.

Dr. Dalton is a native of Erie, Pennsylvania and is proud to point out that he is a product of a strong Catholic education, having earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a Master of Public Administration from his hometown alma mater of Gannon University. During his 30 years of collegiate experience in enrollment management, he also has earned his PhD in Education Administration from the University of Texas at Austin.

Dalton comes to CBU most recently from Alfred University in New York, where he has held the position of Vice President for Enrollment Management since 2017, having previously served in that position at Wilkes University and Allegheny College, both in Pennsylvania; Mercer University in Georgia; and the College of St. Scholastica in Minnesota. In addition, he has served as the Dean of Enrollment Management at the University of the Incarnate Word in Texas. Throughout his career, Dalton has demonstrated an ability to unite people from across campuses to grow enrollment through strategic outreach efforts and innovative academic programs and partnerships. He has a strong record of growing international student enrollment and enjoys working with alumni to develop volunteer recruitment initiatives, knowing that successful graduates are a university’s best ambassadors.

Dr. Dalton was recognized in 2010 by the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers as its Outstanding Strategic Enrollment Management Professional. He also has served as a Senior Associate Consultant for Noel Levitz, Inc. and played a pivotal role in constructing the Strategic Enrollment Planning (SEP) regimen that it uses today.

He and his wife are both active community volunteers, serving on school boards, in the Junior League, and as coaches for youth teams in the cities they have been privileged to call home.

Christian Brother’s University Names Dr. Faris Malhas As Dean of Gadomski School of Engineering

Dr. Faris A. Malhas has joined Christian Brothers University as the new dean of the Gadomski School of Engineering, effective June 1. He assumes the position from Dr. Siripong Malasri, who has served as dean since 2014 and is returning to the classroom as a professor in the Packaging Department.

Dr. Malhas is a seasoned engineering educator and administrator. He comes to CBU from the Kuwait College of Science & Technology, where he served as the Dean of Faculty. He was previously the Dean of the School of Engineering, Science & Technology at Central Connecticut State University. Before that, he was the Dean of the College of Architecture, Applied Engineering, and Technology at Bowling Green State University, and prior to that the Dean of the Leonard C. Nelson College

 

of Engineering & Sciences at West Virginia University Institute of Technology. He is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Florida and has been a practicing consultant structural engineer for over three decades.

Dr. Malhas’ research interests include durability of concrete structures, repair of concrete structures, seismic behavior of precast concrete structures, hollow core slabs, and structural health monitoring. He is an active member of the American Concrete Institute (ACI), the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the American Institute of Steel Construction, and the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute. He is the past chair of ACI Committee 444-Structural Health Monitoring of Concrete Structures. For his long service and contribution to ACI, he was elected as an ACI Fellow in 2009. He is also the recipient of the of the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute Martin P. Korn Award for the best journal paper, in recognition of his work on the Earthquake Resistance of Large Precast Panel Walls. Over his academic career, he has led a number of experimental and analytical research projects related to structural concrete and has taught a wide variety of structural engineering courses. He is the coauthor of the bestselling textbook titled Steel Structures: Design and Behavior.

Dr. Malhas received a BSE and MSE in Civil Engineering from the University of Mic

higan-Ann Arbor. He also holds an MSc in Engineering Mechanics and a PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Dr. Malhas is also an avid reader and a passionate cook. He and his wife Vicky have four children — Ameen, a marketing director at Facebook; Sami, a civil engineer with Witting-Turner; Tamara, a senior at UMass Amhurst majoring in Architecture; and Layla, who recently graduated from high school (and achieved a perfect score of 36 on the ACT).

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