Friday, November 12, 2021

New York City Hispanic Chamber of Commerce - Our Honoree - 16th Annual Hispanic Business Award Banquet & Scholarship Ceremony

 


16th Annual Hispanic Business Award Banquet & Scholarship Ceremony

Wednesday, December 15th, 2021
Our Honoree

Junius J. Gonzales
PROVOST & VICE PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS






As New York Tech’s provost and vice president for Academic Affairs, Junius J. Gonzales, M.D., M.B.A. leads the university’s programs in teaching, research, and service and is responsible for academic planning, new initiatives in teaching and learning, faculty and staff development, New York Tech's global programs, the libraries, as well as student engagement and development units (e.g., experiential education, career services, student life). He is an avid champion of student success and an enthusiastic supporter of New York’s innovative new programs that can reduce equity gaps for student achievement. He is the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions, most recent examples: named as one the NY State’s Responsible 100, Diversity in Business Award, Nassau County's Hispanic Education Advocate of the Year.

Gonzales has held high-level leadership roles across academia, government, and the private sector. He served as chief academic officer and senior vice president for Academic Affairs at the 17-campus University of North Carolina System from January 2015 to May 2018 and was interim president of the system from January to March 2016. As the UNC System's top academic officer, he was responsible for overseeing academic planning and budgeting, student affairs, sponsored programs and research, faculty support, licensure and institutional research, and analysis. Gonzales served as provost and vice president for academic affairs at the University of Texas at El Paso and held senior academic and administrative posts at the University of South Florida (founding dean of the College of Behavioral and Community Sciences) and Georgetown University, as well as leadership positions at the National Institute of Mental Health and as a principal investigator for Cambridge-based Abt Associates, a top-ranked research firm.

Gonzales earned a bachelor’s degree from Brown University, an M.D. with honors from the University of Pennsylvania, and an M.B.A. with honors from the University of Maryland. A psychiatrist by training, he completed his residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and a post-doctoral fellowship at the National Institute of Mental Health.

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