A New President for Rivier College

The Rivier College board of trustees unanimously elected Sister Paula Marie Buley as the 12th president of the educational institution. The appointment is effective on August 1. Dr. Buley has 25 years of experience as an administrator in higher education. She was executive vice president for administration at Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey.

Rivier, in Nashua, New Hampshire, is a Catholic college with enrollments of about 2,250 students. More than 80 percent of the undergraduate students at the college are women.

Dr. Buley holds a master’s degree from Georgetown University, an MBA from Villanova University, and an educational doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania.