NVCC appoints new dean of student services

WATERBURY (Sept. 25, 2006) — Naugatuck Valley Community College has appointed a new dean of student services to oversee the admissions and registrar’s offices, financial aid, counseling and career services, and placement testing.

Previous to joining NVCC, James. E Daniels was dean of student development at Montgomery College in Rockville, Md., a campus with 16,000 students. Daniels has 17 years of experience in student services at both two- and four-year colleges, including four institutions in the California State University system.

“My goal is to build strong relationships, whether it’s between students and faculty, staff and administrators, or the college and the community,” Daniels said. “I believe that a college can thrive only when it has strong relationships both internally and externally.”

Daniels holds a bachelor’s degree in theology and management from Pacific Christian College in Fullerton, Calif., and a master’s degree in industrial and organizational psychology from California State University at San Bernardino. He expects to complete a doctorate in educational leadership at La Sierra University in Riverside, Calif., in June.

NVCC offers more than 100 associate degrees and credit certificates, as well as hundreds of non-credit programs. It serves more than 5,600 students from 35 communities across western Connecticut from Litchfield to Waterbury to Seymour to Southbury and Danbury.