Ithaca College

Virginia Mansfield-Richardson, longtime associate dean of the Roy H. Park School of Communications, will be leaving to serve as associate provost at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. She starts in her new position on October 19.

Mansfield-Richardson joined the Park School in 1999 after holding teaching and administrative positions at Penn State, Ohio University, and American University. She previously worked for 12 years as a reporter, editor, and columnist with the Washington Post. As associate dean, her responsibilities included assessment and retention, curriculum approvals, course scheduling, graduate student advising and policies, scholarships/grants, and working with parents.

“Virginia has been instrumental in leading the expansion of the school’s fast-changing curriculum and for coordinating our support for student and faculty research and creative activity,” said Diane Gayeski, dean of the Park School. “Having served as associate dean for 16 years, she has provided invaluable continuity and expertise to me and to the leaders who preceded me. It will be difficult for me to imagine the Park School without Virginia, but I congratulate her on this next well-deserved career move.”

At Hobart and William Smith, Mansfield-Richardson will assist the provost and dean of faculty in critical components of academic administration, handle course offerings with department and program chairs and support advising, oversee institutional grants and assist with endowment management within the provost’s office, and contribute to the general management and operations of the office.