Ohio State senior vice president for student life leaving school

Zach Varda
Fri, 22 Feb 2019 22:37:59 +0000
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Ohio State Seniopr Vice President for Student Life Javaune Adams-Gaston announced Friday that she would be leaving the university. Credit: Lantern file photo

Ohio State Senior Vice President for Student Life Javaune Adams-Gaston announced in a press release on Friday that she would be leaving her position to become president at Norfolk State University.

Adams-Gaston, who will remain with Ohio State through mid-June, has been with the university since 2009 and in that time helped create the Second Year Transformational Experience Program, and according to the press release oversaw a period where student organizations grew from 993 to 1,381, with 81 percent of undergraduate students currently engaged in some type of involvement activity. ?

“My time at Ohio State has been some of the most rewarding of my career,” Adams-Gaston said. “It has been an honor to be a part of the lives of thousands of Buckeyes and to help craft a co-curricular experience that is challenging, supportive and transformative.”

In a statement, University President Michael Drake thanked Adams-Gaston — affectionately known as Dr.J — and congratulated her on her new job.

“Our students are the heart of our university, and the work of Javaune and her team has focused on supporting Buckeyes for a decade,” Drake said. “We will all miss Dr. J and wish her the very best in her new and exciting opportunity.”