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Deidre Shaffer to Lead the Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, Campus of DeVry University

DeVry University has announced that Deidre Shaffer will be the new dean of its Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, campus. The Fort Washington site is of one of three Philadelphia-area campuses of DeVry University. Previously, Shaffer was dean of students at Rosemont College in Rosemont, Pennsylvania.

Shaffer holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania.

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