Dr. Howard Wang, associate dean for student life at Duke Kunshan University (DKU), has been elected as vice president for the International Association of Student Affairs and Services (IASAS), announced Robert Shea, president of IASAS, on Saturday, July 25th. In the same announcement, Achim auf der Meyer Heyde, secretary general of Deutsches Studentenwerk in Germany, will replace Robert Shea as the new IASAS president.
‘Congratulations to Achim and Howard, ‘ said Roger Ludeman, IASAS president emeritus. ‘They will serve very well in the tradition of Prof. Shea who I thank personally for bringing IASAS to new levels of excellence. IASAS is ‘off and running!”
In accepting his role as IASAS’ vice president, Dr. Wang said, ‘I will gladly serve IASAS to my best ability. I will collaborate with all the other candidates who participated in this election and work with them as a team to raise IASAS to an even a higher level of international prominence. They have been outstanding leaders in IASAS, nominated as part of the candidate pool, and I look forward to working with them and all of IASAS members. I envision each and every IASAS member will serve as a change agent who could help promote universal access to education and especially higher education. I see myself working closely with IASAS Regional Coordinators to facilitate open communication, and to encourage adaptation of global best practices in various student services and programs that promote learning and learning outcome assessment, knowledge application, personal enlightenment, as well as national development.’
Dr. Wang has been DKU’s associate dean for student life since 2014. He was one of the founding members of IASAS conceived at the Seattle NASPA Annual Conference in 2009. He has been a long-time member of several U.S. national and international professional associations such as the Asia Pacific Student Services Association (APSSA), National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA), American College Personnel Association (ACPA), and the Association of College and University Housing Officers-International (ACUHO-I).
