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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nHis role will expand to provide leadership and visionary oversight to the university\u2019s advancement efforts. His responsibilities will include coordinating the president\u2019s priorities across the SEU Network, strengthening community relations and enhancing the university\u2019s advancement initiatives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis role change aims to harness Steiner\u2019s visionary capabilities further, accelerating the work of our Advancement office and capitalizing on his expertise to propel SEU forward,\u201d commented SEU President Kent Ingle. \u201cSteiner will be pivotal in enhancing our relationships with donors, alumni and community partners to drive institutional growth and sustainability.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Steiner has already achieved significant progress in university advancement, having secured more than $9 million in grant funding for SEU over the last four years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since 2015, Steiner has held a variety of key positions within the university. He has overseen the start-up of several new initiatives; sought funding through grants; cultivated relationships with local, state and federal representatives; and developed the SEU Media Network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He also holds a Ph.D. in business psychology from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Following Steiner\u2019s transition to his new role, Patrick Fitzgerald will now be serving as SEU\u2019s chief of staff. Leading up to this point, he has held the role of deputy chief of staff where he oversaw special projects and worked closely with the Office of the President. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In his new position, Fitzgerald will be responsible for coordinating the president\u2019s office and executing the president\u2019s priorities and strategic initiatives. This will include serving as the central project manager for the office and providing the president with direct support on special projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fitzgerald is currently in the process of earning a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Kairos University. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI am confident that the leadership of both Steiner and Fitzgerald will contribute significantly to the continued growth and success of SEU,\u201d emphasized Ingle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This release can also be found on the SEU Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n About SEU<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Southeastern University (SEU) is a Christ-centered institution of higher learning. Founded in 1935 and located in the Central Florida community of Lakeland, SEU offers more than 100 degree programs including associate, bachelor’s, master\u2019s, and doctoral degrees. SEU\u2019s reach expands beyond the Lakeland campus, with a comprehensive online learning program and more than 250 partner site programs worldwide. The university is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges. Learn more at SEU.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Southeastern University (SEU) has announced the promotion of Dr. Michael Steiner to the position of senior vice president of advancement and innovation. Steiner most recently served as the university\u2019s vice… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48123,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"33","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2,"attached_media":[{"id":48123,"url":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-57-39.png","type":"image\/png"}]},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[33],"tags":[9223],"class_list":["post-48121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-seu-news","tag-seu-announces-new-senior-vice-president-of-advancement-and-innovation"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48121"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48124,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48121\/revisions\/48124"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}