Beth Post-Lundquist
Beth Post-Lundquist, former director of financial aid at SUNY Albany, was named the new Director of Financial Aid today, after current Director Robert Shorb announced his retirement. Shorb has been Skidmore’s director of financial aid since 1989 and will slowly ease into full retirement in December of 2010.
Beth Post-Lundquist will be in charge of managing and leading Skidmore’s financial aid office and will sit atop our $45 million annual financial budget. Post-Lundquist grew up in Saratoga Springs and formerly worked in the financial aid offices of SUNY Albany and Union College.
Most importantly this outside hire seems to signify the end to the “strategic hiring freeze” Glotzbach mentioned during the darker hours of our endowment shrinkage last semester. Either Skidmore has pulled itself up from the floor or broke its own rule to pull in a outside professional.* Either way kudos to Beth on the new job and to Bob on his retirement.
*Hey Communications office, care to clarify?
Despite the strategic hiring freeze, the college has gone through with several external candidate searches and hires; the addition of Post-Lundquist is not unique in this way. The hiring freeze remains in effect, except in cases where it’s decided that an external hire must be made.
Also, I believe the former director’s last name is spelled “Shorb.”
Good looks kid, good looks