Kathryn Zubal-Strang '87 has been appointed director of administration for The College of
Arts and Sciences (A&S) at Syracuse University. In this newly created position, Zubal-
Strang reports directly to Dean George Langford and is responsible for managing The
College's visioning and priority-setting process. Zubal-Strang formerly served as assistant
secretary to SU's Board of Trustees for 13 years.
"I am thrilled to be returning to The College of Arts and Sciences-not as a student, but as
an administrator," says the Pennellville resident, who earned a B.A. in linguistics. "The experience I gained in the Office of the Board of Trustees has
greatly prepared me for this exciting leadership role."
In her new capacity, Zubal-Strang will serve as the dean's chief of staff, organizing the
announcement of new visioning initiatives, managing seed/planning grants for said
initiatives, and overseeing the implementation of the administrative restructuring of the
dean's office. She will support The College's new Vision Steering Committee, as well as the
preparation and revision of white papers from the visioning and priority-setting process.
Prior to working for the Board of Trustees, Zubal-Strang served as an administrative
specialist in SU's Office of Alumni Relations and worked at the New York State Institute for
Health and Human Services. Zubal-Strang says she is excited to be returning to the place
where she "cut her teeth" as a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Eta Pi Upsilon, the national
academic and women's honor societies, respectively. "I really look forward to working
directly with students and faculty members, and to carrying out the Chancellor's vision of
Scholarship in Action," she says.
Zubal-Strang's appointment is part of a larger restructuring effort within A&S, designed to
optimize resources and to better position The College on a national scale. "We want to create
a top-quality residential college that draws on the strengths of our liberal arts programming
and of SU's eight professional schools," says Langford, who joined A&S in July 2008.
"Kathryn Zubal-Strang is a daughter of The College and is integral to this process."
More information about The College, which is SU's oldest and largest academic unit, is
available at http://thecollege.syr.edu/.
