10 Facts About Brian Rosenberg

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Brian Clifford Rosenberg is an American academic administrator and a scholar on Charles Dickens.

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Brian Rosenberg is currently employed as the president-in-residence at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, following his retirement from the position of president of Macalester College.

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Brian Rosenberg has published numerous articles on Dickens and other subjects as well as two books: Mary Lee Settle's Beulah Quintet: The Price of Freedom and Little Dorrit's Shadows: Character and Contradiction in Dickens.

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4.

Brian Rosenberg worked at Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania, from 1983 to 1998 as an English professor and as chair of the English Department and participated in the development of the college's strategic plan.

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5.

From 1998 to 2003, Brian Rosenberg was dean of the faculty and an English professor at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin.

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Brian Rosenberg directed the design and passage of the university's first new general education requirements in 15 years, created the college's first mentoring program for new faculty and wrote the long-range faculty staffing plan.

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7.

Brian Rosenberg became the 16th president of Macalester College in August 2003.

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Brian Rosenberg led a number of fundraising campaigns for the college, such as the Macalester Moment campaign, and oversaw the construction and renovation of several buildings on campus, including the Leonard Center Athletics and Wellness Complex, Markim Hall, and the Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center.

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Brian Rosenberg remained politically outspoken during this time, writing articles on the politics involved in higher education and responding freely to current events in newsletters and statements to the student body.

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10.

In 2019, Brian Rosenberg announced that he planned to retire from the position of President at the end of the academic year in 2020; he was succeeded in the position by Dr Suzanne Rivera.

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