SJNY PRESIDENT BOOMGAARDEN NAMED TO HIGHER EDUCATION POWER 100 LIST

March 14, 2023 BK LI

BROOKLYN and PATCHOGUE, N.Y. – March 14, 2023 – St. Joseph’s University, New York (SJNY) is pleased to announce that SJNY President Donald R. Boomgaarden, Ph.D., has once again been named to the 2023 City & State New York Higher Education Power 100 List, highlighting New York's most influential people in academia, including leaders of some of the best-known colleges, universities and professional schools. 

“I am extremely honored to be selected to this year’s Power 100 List,” said President Boomgaarden. “The past few years have been challenging, but I remain optimistic about the post-pandemic future of higher education in New York, and specifically of St. Joseph’s University. I congratulate my fellow honorees on their selection to this prestigious list and look forward to our continued good work in educating future leaders.”

Dr. Boomgaarden is the eighth president of St. Joseph’s University, New York, and most recently oversaw an historical designation change from College to University — a status granted by the New York State Department of Education and New York State Board of Regents in April 2022. Embarking on his third strategic plan journey during his tenure, he has also been at the forefront of a successful reaccreditation with the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, the launch of two prior consecutive strategic plans, successfully doubled the University’s endowment and saw record high enrollments on all three campuses — Brooklyn, Long Island and Online. 

Dr. Boomgaarden serves on the board of trustees for the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities (CICU); is Board Chair of the Association of Colleges of Sisters of St. Joseph (ACSSJ), a national organization of colleges and universities across the nation; a steering committee member of the Long Island Regional Advisory Council on Higher Education (LIRACHE), where he is also chair to the Superintendents and College President’s Partnership; and is chair of the Lower Hudson Valley Consortium of Catholic Colleges and Universities.

Dr. Boomgaarden is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music, and also studied at the University of Vienna, where he was a Fulbright Scholar. He graduated from Harvard University’s Institute for Management and Leadership in Education, and has held teaching positions at the Eastman School of Music, Ithaca College Conservatory of Music, St. Mary’s College in Maryland, the Institut für Musikwissenschaft at the University of Salzburg, Loyola University Maryland and Loyola University New Orleans.

For more information, visit sjny.edu.

ABOUT ST. JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK
St. Joseph’s University, New York has been dedicated to providing a diverse population of students in the New York metropolitan area with an affordable education rooted in the liberal arts tradition since 1916. Independent and coeducational, the University provides a strong academic and value-oriented education at the undergraduate and graduate levels, aiming to prepare each student for a life characterized by integrity, intellectual rigor, spiritual depth, social responsibility and service. Through its Brooklyn, Long Island and online campuses, the University offers degrees in more than 100 majors, special course offerings and certificates, affiliated and pre-professional programs.