Ithaca College President La Jerne Terry Cornish has announced the appointment of Stanley Bazile to serve as the college’s next Vice President for Student Affairs and Campus Life. Currently the Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students at St. Francis College in Brooklyn, New York, he will join IC on June 10.
“Stanley’s values and experience align with Ithaca College’s belief that academic excellence, respect, accountability, innovation, sustainability, and equity are critical factors to students realizing their full potential,” said Cornish. “I am excited to welcome him to the IC community and look forward to both the knowledge and the collaborative approach he will bring to our critical work in helping to ensure student well-being and success.”
Bazile will be responsible for providing leadership and strategic direction to more than 100 professional staff and over 450 student employees in advancing programs, activities, and services that enhance opportunities for student engagement, leadership, and success. He will support the development of curricular and co-curricular community partnerships and activities and work collaboratively with the Provost and the Associate Vice President/Chief Human Resources Officer to advance the college’s goals of equity, inclusion, and belonging.
At St. Francis, where he also served as interim Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer, Bazile’s accomplishments have included restructuring the student affairs division to most effectively respond to and anticipate student/campus demands; collaborating with academic affairs to create a cross-divisional Student Success and Retention Taskforce charged with creating strategies and making recommendations to close the achievement gap between underrepresented minority and non-marginalized student populations; and helping lead the institution through the challenges of the COVID pandemic and the return of students, faculty, and staff to campus after 17 months of remote learning.