Adam S. Weinberg

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From 2006 to 2009 Weinberg served as the Provost and Executive Vice President of World Learning. From 2009 to 2013, he served as the organization's President and CEO. Founded in 1932, World Learning is an international nonprofit organization based in Brattleboro, Vermont, that focuses on international development, education, and exchange programs.

Denison University

On July 1, 2013, Weinberg became the 20th President of Denison University. [6] During his tenure as the university's president, there has been significant expansion of the curriculum with new generation academic programs, global programs, and a deepening of the arts, including the construction of the Michael D. Eisner Center for the Performing Arts; a reinvention of career exploration with the launching of the Austin E. Knowlton Center for Career Exploration; and a campus-wide focus on mentorship as a defining feature of a liberal arts education. [7]

Affiliations and awards

Weinberg is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations’s Higher Education Working Group on Global Issues [8] and the Talloires Network. [9] Also, Weinberg is a member of the Columbus Partnership, that works to promote economic development in the Columbus, Ohio region. [10] and the Council on Competitiveness. Weinberg has sat on many boards including The Midland Theatre, The Works, I Know I Can, The Great Lakes College Association, and The Ohio Foundation for Independent Colleges. While at World Learning, he was on the boards of InterAction and The Alliance of International and Cultural Exchange. [11] He is the founding member of the Boys & Girls Club of Newark (Ohio), [12] and he is a co-founding member of Democracy Matters. [13]

In 2017, Weinberg received the Career Services Champion Award from the National Association of Colleges and Employers. [14]

In 2022, Weinberg was awarded the Deerfield Academy Heritage Award in recognition of outstanding alumni. [15]

Selected works

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  2. ↑ "Adam Weinberg '87 Appointed President of Denison University". Bowdoin News. November 2, 2012. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
  3. ↑ @AdamAtDenison (June 22, 2019). "#1 NHL pick- great and well deserved night for my nephew- Jack Hughes. The Devils are getting a great hockey player and a fantastic human being. So excited for him and proud and happy for sister and brother in-law. @jackhughes43" (Tweet). Retrieved 23 June 2023– via Twitter.
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