Susan Stuebner has been selected to serve as interim president of Simpson College, beginning July 28.
Based in Indianola, Iowa, the college enrolls over 1,100 undergraduate students, 53 percent of whom are women. Simpson also has a small graduate population of roughly 20 students.
Last spring, Dr. Stuebner was named president of Marietta College in Ohio. However, days before she was slated to begin her presidency, she withdrew from the role due to “unforeseen changes in her personal considerations,” according to a report from WTAP.
Instead, Dr. Stuebner remained at Colby-Sawyer College in New London, New Hampshire, where she served as president and a professor of business for eight years. After deciding to withdraw from the Marietta College presidency, she has spent the past academic year as an advisor to her successor, interim president Laura Sykes.
Before her time with Colby-Sawyer College, Dr. Stuebner was the executive vice president and chief operating officer at Allegheny College and vice president for administration and planning at Lycoming College, both in Pennsylvania. Earlier in her career, Dr. Stuebner held various admissions and student support positions with Dartmouth College, Wheelock College, and Albright College
“I am truly honored to be joining the Simpson community,” said Dr. Stuebner. “This is a special place with an inspiring history of distinctive excellence in preparing students to make a profound impact in their professions and the communities they serve. The headwinds remain fierce in higher education, but Simpson is clearly poised for a promising future. I look forward to working closely with our outstanding faculty and staff to maximize the great opportunities ahead of us.”
Dr. Stuebner is a three-time Ivy League graduate. She holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Dartmouth College, as well as a master of education degree in administration, planning, and social policy and a doctorate in higher education from Harvard University.