Bryan F Coker is an American academic administrator, and the 12th president of Maryville College.
23 Facts About Bryan Coker
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Bryan Coker was the dean of students at Jacksonville University from 2003 to 2013.
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Bryan Coker is an advocate for diversity, inclusion, and liberal arts education.
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Bryan Coker earned a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Rhodes College.
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Bryan Coker was a classmate of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett and they served together on the College Honor Council and as Resident Assistants.
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Bryan Coker was a member of the Phi chapter of Kappa Sigma fraternity.
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Bryan Coker earned a master of education in student personnel services in higher education from University of South Carolina.
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Bryan Coker's dissertation was titled, The Operationalization of the Doctrine of In Loco Parentis: The Administrative Council of the University of Tennessee in the Early 1920s and 1930s.
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Bryan Coker worked for six years at UT-Knoxville, starting in student affairs administration, and from 1999 to 2003 served as the director of student judicial affairs.
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From 2003 to 2013, Bryan Coker was the dean of students at Jacksonville University, where he led the planning and implementation of the Student Solutions Center to address and resolve student concerns, and created a first-year student residential experience program.
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Bryan Coker taught college transition courses and served as an academic advisor for first-year students.
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Bryan Coker created a leadership council to address student diversity issues.
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Bryan Coker was recognized as an LGBT ally by a consortium of local advocacy groups for his efforts to provide domestic partner benefits to employees and his revisions to the residential life policies regarding gender-neutral housing.
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On February 4,2013, Bryan Coker succeeded Gail Edmonds as the vice president and dean of students of Goucher College, serving as the chief student affairs officer.
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Bryan Coker is an advocate for diversity, inclusion, and liberal arts education.
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In 2018, Bryan Coker graduated from the Council of Independent Colleges and American Association of State Colleges and Universities Executive Leadership Academy.
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Bryan Coker assisted Goucher president, Jose Antonio Bowen with the "Undaunted" capital campaign to raise $100 million, and created partnerships with businesses and organizations in Maryland.
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Bryan Coker served as the acting president of Goucher in the summer of 2019.
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Bryan Coker was a peer evaluator for the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.
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On July 1,2020, Bryan Coker succeeded Tom Bogart as the president of Maryville College.
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Bryan Coker met his wife, Sara Barnette Bryan Coker, at Rhodes College.
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Sara Bryan Coker is the co-founder of a Jacksonville-based nonprofit that brought Afghan children to Florida for medical care.
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Bryan Coker is a lifelong Presbyterian, and is an ordained elder and liturgist in the Presbyterian Church.