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Eagle Street, Greenville, Pennsylvania, 16125
troy@vanaken.net, W 724.589.2100, H 724.373.8201, C
724.456.9268
EDUCATION
Bowling Green State
University, Bowling Green, Ohio
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Doctor of Philosophy in
Mathematics, 1994;
Master of Arts in Mathematics, 1991
Specializations:
Combinatorics and Coding Theory; Cognate:
Probability and Statistics
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Hillsdale
College,
Hillsdale, Michigan
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Bachelor of Science, 1989
Major: Mathematics; Minors: Computer
Science and Physical Education
Completed Secondary Education
Teaching
requirements
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FELLOWSHIPS
AND INSTITUTES
Miami University,
Oxford, Ohio, Collegiate Management Institute, 2006
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Institute for Educational Management, 2005
American
Council on Education, Washington D.C., ACE Fellow,
2002-2003
Project
Kaleidoscope, Washington D.C., Faculty for 21st
Century Fellowship, 1996
Project
NExT,
Washington D.C., Project NExT Fellow, Mathematical
Association of America and Exxon
Educational Foundation sponsored program for new faculty, 1995
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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Thiel College,
Greenville, Pennsylvania, 2009 - present
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President and Professor of Mathematics
The Chief Executive officer of the College, reporting to the Board of
Trustees through its Chair. Responsible for the operations of the
College including, without limitation, all administrative, executive,
academic and institutional advancement functions. Significant areas of
emphasis include strategic plan development, trustee relations, fundraising,
enrollment, and public relations.
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Albion
College,
Albion,
Michigan, 1999 - 2009
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Executive
Vice President, 2006 -
2009
Responsibilities include college budget
planning and oversight, facilities planning, internal and external
entrepreneurial initiatives, endowment and investment oversight, business
and accounting offices, information technology, sustainability initiatives,
dining and hospitality, facilities operations, conference services, real
estate activities, risk management, and the equestrian center. Significant areas of involvement
include trustee relations, community/economic projects, assisting with
fundraising and grant initiatives, and other special assignments as
requested by the president.
Serve as staff liaison to the audit, finance and business affairs, building
and grounds, and investment committees of the Board of Trustees. Managed and served on the board of
directors for Colchester Properties and Briton Acres; both wholly owned
subsidiary corporations of Albion
College.
Acting
Head of Institutional Advancement, 2007
Oversaw fundraising and advancement operations, including staff of
twenty-four, major gift cultivation, stewardship, annual fundraising,
campaign guidelines, communications and marketing, and alumni and parent
relations. Was assigned several
major gift prospects at various stages in the donor pipeline.
Vice
President for Finance and Management, 2005 - 2006
Served as the Chief Financial Officer during
development of a new financial model.
Accountable for budget planning, endowment and investment oversight, and leadership of finance functions
as well as operations of human resources, business office, facilities
operations, dining and hospitality services, and the equestrian center.
Athletic
Director/Executive Assistant to the President, 2003 - 2006
Supervised athletic staff and coaches for 18
NCAA Division III teams, a new IHSA equestrian team and facility, the campus
recreation and fitness center, intramurals, facilities planning, and media
relations. Assisted with
fundraising activities, alumni events, science faculty development, and
other special assignments as requested.
Vice
President for Information Technology, 1999 - 2006
Provided oversight and strategic planning for
technology initiatives, systems and facilities. Areas of responsibility included
managing a college/community technology grant, campus technology purchases,
implementing technology systems, networks, web sites, network file servers,
public labs, media services, software licensing, and distance learning
facilities.
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American
Council on Education Fellow,
2002 - 2003
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Placement at San Jose State University,
San Jose, California. In addition to a yearlong curriculum, I
shadowed the President and senior administrators. Areas of focus
included: fiscal stability while undergoing a comprehensive quality
enhancement initiative, continuous quality improvement, budget and
technology planning, and California State
system activities. Time was also
spent in athletics working on Division I status and budgets. Maintained permanent employment with Albion College throughout
fellowship.
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University
of Evansville, Evansville,
Indiana, 1994 -
1999
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Assistant
Vice President for Instructional Technology,
1996 - 1999
Provided oversight and
planning for instructional technology systems and facilities, including Harlaxton College,
the British Campus in Grantham,
England. Areas of responsibility include
implementing technology systems, campus technology purchases,
Y2K initiatives, local area network, Internet and intranet web sites,
network file servers, public computer labs, media services, software
licensing agreements, and distance learning facilities. Additional responsibilities included
membership on the President’s Cabinet and Academic Affairs Council,
facilities planning, grant writing, and leading science and
mathematics faculty on interdisciplinary initiatives.
Assistant
Professor of Mathematics, 1994 - 1999
Taught
Database Systems, Probability, Statistics, Calculus I-III, Workshop Science
and Mathematics, Mathematical Ideas, Survey of Calculus, Math for Elementary
Teachers. Departmental duties
included chairing the Assessment Committee, advising, supervising the
network and department computers, and managing
departmental web sites. Constructed
the first University
of Evansville comprehensive website.
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Bowling Green State
University,
Bowling Green,
Ohio, 1990 - 1994
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Research
Fellow,
1993 - 1994
Research
area: communication theory using algebra and combinatorics. Focus was on error correcting codes,
coding theory, and affine difference sets.
Course
Coordinator, 1991 - 1993
Supervised
operation of Intermediate Algebra course, hired/oversaw 4 instructors and
10 tutors that served 200 students per semester, administered budgets,
scheduled sections, counseled students, and formulated curriculum
guidelines.
Teaching
Assistant, 1990 - 1991
Mathematics
for Elementary Teachers I & II, and Intermediate Algebra
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ADDITIONAL
EXPERIENCE
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Entrepreneurship/Economic/Community
Development
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Started
three profitable technology related companies that
employ 25 individuals. Currently own
and assist with strategic oversight of two of these companies. Participated in local and regional
economic development initiatives.
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Consulting
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Technology,
financial, and strategic planning; instructional technology; e-commerce, and web/database integration; facilities
design; expert witness in federal software
case.
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Athletic Coaching
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High school football,
junior high track, youth baseball, and youth football.
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PUBLICATIONS
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T.
VanAken, “A Search for Affine Difference Sets of Even Order”, Journal of Statistical Planning and
Inference, 1996, volume 62, pp. 125-133.
S.
Broad and T. VanAken, “Cyclic Affine Difference Sets of Order 8 Modulo 16”,
Congressus Numerantium, 1996,
volume 122, pp. 203-206.
J.
Hayden and T. VanAken, “Character Theory and Idempotents in Affine
Difference Sets”, Congressus
Numerantium, 1995, volume 112, pp. 185-190.
T.
VanAken, “Jobs in Academia”, Concerns
of Young Mathematicians, 1995, volume 3, issue 33.
T.
VanAken, “Problem 490 Conic Covers”, The
Pentagon, 1995, Fall, pp. 35.
T. VanAken, Affine
Difference Sets, Dissertation, Bowling Green State University, 1994.
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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
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Conferences/lectures/meetings
attended
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Council of Independent Colleges President's Meeting, January 2010 and 2011
Institute for Charitable Giving: Designing a Successful Capital Campaign,
Chicago, 2011
Lutheran Education Conference of North America President's Meeting, San
Diego, 2010
NCAA Annual Convention, January 2004, 2005, 2006,
2010, and 2011
National
Conference on Student Recruitment, Marketing, and Retention, Chicago, 2008
NACUBO Annual Meeting, Chicago,
2008
National Information Technology in Liberal
Education Summit, San Francisco, 2008
Commonfund Endowment Investment Forum,
Orlando, Florida, 2007 and 2008
Advancing to the
Presidency, American Council on Education, Washington D.C., 2007
NACUBO New Business Officers Program, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2006
NACUBO Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2006
Considering the Presidency, Edgewood College,
Madison, Wisconsin, 2006
Building a Better Board of Trustees with Dick
Chait, Gambier, Ohio,
2006
Integrating Library and Computing Services,
Gambier, Ohio,
2006
American Council on Education Annual Meeting,
2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006
American Council on Education Fellows Weekend,
Washington D.C., 2003
California State University: Advocacy Team
Development Conference, Sacramento; Board of Trustees Meeting, Fullerton,
California; Business Officer Conference, San Bernardino, California, all in
the spring of 2003
American Council on Education: Fellows Mid-year Seminar, San Diego,
2003; Opening Seminar, Snowmass, Colorado; Fellows Weekend, Washington
D.C., 2002
Rethinking Teaching and Learning Spaces for Liberal Arts
Colleges, Atlanta,
2002
COMDEX, Las Vegas, Nevada,
1998, 2000, and 2001
ASP/XML Connections, New Orleans, Louisiana,
2001
Special Interest Group of University Computer
Services, St.
Louis, Missouri,
2001
Consortium of Liberal Arts Colleges
Conference, Crawfordsville,
Indiana, 2000
AIIM 2000, New York, New
York, 2000
EDUCOM,
1997 and 1998
Project
Kaleidoscope National Assembly, 1996 and 1997
Special
Interest Group of University Computer Services, St. Louis, Missouri,
1997
Mathematical
Association of America
Indiana Section Meeting, Indianapolis,
1996
Southwest
Indiana Council of Teachers of Mathematics Conference, Evansville,
1996
Southeastern
International Conference on Combinatorics, Baton Rouge, 1996
Joint
AMS and MAA Mathematical Meetings, Orlando, Florida, 1996
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Lectures/papers/workshops
presented
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"Student Engagement",
Plenary Session, Lutheran Education Conference of North America President's
Meeting, San Diego, California, 2010.
“2%
Solution Follow Up”, panel discussion with state, county, and city
representatives on localized environmental initiatives, Albion, Michigan,
2008.
"Athletics and the Liberal Arts Education - Past, Present and Future" ,
panel discussion, Albion, Michigan 2004.
“Information
Technology in the Service of the Liberal Arts”, GLCA Information Technology
Summit, DePauw University,
Greencastle,
Indiana, 2001.
“Information
Technology in the Liberal Arts College”, NASCUMC Annual President’s
Conference, Hilton Head, South Carolina, 2000.
“Technology in Education”, Southwest Indiana PC Users
Group, Evansville,
Indiana, 1998.
“Facilities
for the Future: Accommodating Technologies”, PKAL Facilities Roundtable, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1998.
“Technology:
Strategic and Financial Planning”, Independent Colleges of Indiana's Retention and Persistence Workshop,
Indianapolis,
Indiana, 1998.
“Project NExT in Indiana”,
MAA Indiana Section Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1996.
“Appropriate
Role of Technology in Mathematics Education”, (with panel discussion)
Southwest Indiana Council of Teachers of Mathematics Mini Conference,
Harrison High School, Evansville, Indiana, 1996.
“Cyclic
Affine Difference Sets of Order 8 Modulo 16”, Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph
Theory and Computing, Baton
Rouge, Louisiana,
1996.
“A
Mathematical Journey Back To The Future”, Kappa Mu Epsilon Banquet, University
of Evansville,
1995.
“Character Theory and Idempotents in Affine
Difference Sets”, Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics,
Graph Theory and Computing, Boca Raton, Florida,
1995.
“Math
Using Technology”, Midwestern Mania, University of Evansville, 1994.
“Introduction to Error-Correcting Codes”, University
of Evansville
Math Club, 1994.
“On
Affine Difference Sets”, University of Evansville, 1994.
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ACTIVITIES
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NCAA Division III
Chancellor/Presidents Advisory Group, 2011 - present
University of
Pittsburgh Medical Center Horizon, Board of Directors, 2009 - present
Penn-Northwest
Economic Development Corporation, Board of Directors, 2009 - present
Educational &
Institutional Insurance Administrators Advisory Council, 2008 -
2009
Albion College
Sustainability Council, Founder and Leadership Team, 2007 -
2009
Project
Kaleidoscope Leadership Initiative Liaison, Albion College, 2006 - 2009
National
Association of Division III Athletic Directors, 2003 - 2006
NCAA
Division III Focus Group, MIAA Athletic Director Representative, 2005
Southwest
Indiana Technology Center,
Technology Consultant, 2003 - 2007
MIAA
Men’s Tennis Coordinator, 2003 - 2006
Albion
College Campaign Leadership Committee, 2001 - 2006
Evansville
Vanderburgh Public Library, Building Technology Consultant, 2001 - 2006
Hillsdale
Youth Football Coach, 2004
Albion
College
Equestrian Implementation Committee, 2003 - 2004
Albion
City
Cable Television Committee, 2000 - 2002
Calhoun
County
High Speed Telecommunications, Sub-committee Chair, 2000 - 2002
Access
Evansville,
Board of Directors, 1997 - 1999
Evansville
Signature School, science/mathematics committee, 1996 - 1997
Interdisciplinary
Science Committee, co-authored successful NSF grant, 1994 - 1997
World
Wide Web Committee, chairman, University of Evansville, 1995 - 1996
Co-founder
of committee to develop a Multimedia Major, University of Evansville, 1995
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GRANTS
AND AWARDS
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2006 Collegiate Management Institute
Scholarship, CACUBO
2003 American Council on Education Fellow,
2002 - 2003 Fellows Class
2000 Ameritech, $10,000 for Internet enhanced
mathematics instruction
1998 Lilly Endowment, Inc, $200,000 for Center
for Teaching Excellence
1998 Ameritech, $10,000 for audio video on
demand via campus LAN
1997 University of Evansville, $7,500
Innovative Grant for new course media
1996 Project Kaleidoscope Faculty for 21st
Century Fellowship
1996 National Science Foundation, $53,326 for Interdisciplinary
Math/Science Course
1995 Project
NExT Fellowship (Exxon Foundation program for math faculty)
1995 University of Evansville ADVANTAGE Grant
(undergraduate research)
1993 Bowling Green State University
Research Fellowship
1992 Finalist for Bowling Green State University
Graduate Student Teaching Award
1990 Hillsdale College
Computer Science Award
1989 Hillsdale College Mathematics Awards
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