Thiel College vice president for student life has role expanded to include athletics

GREENVILLE, Pa.-- Mike McKinney, Ed.D. ’02 has had his role expanded and title changed to reflect the addition of overseeing the Department of Athletics at Thiel College.

McKinney is now the Vice President for Student Life and Athletics.

McKinney began working for his alma mater after graduating in 2002. He started his career as a resident director while attending graduate school at Youngstown State University. His original two-year appointment has grown into a 20-year career. McKinney rose to Dean of Students and began serving on the President’s Cabinet by the time he was 29. Four years later, he became Vice President of Student Life. McKinney was recognized as an influential leader in 2016 as one of the Mercer County chambers of commerce’s “40 under Forty.” In 2018, McKinney was among a group of Thiel faculty and staff who were selected by the Council of Independent Colleges to participate in the inaugural Diversity, Civility, and the Liberal Arts Institute. He recently completed his education doctorate at the University of Pittsburgh.

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