According to a news release from Edinboro University, Dr. Scott E. Miller has been selected as senior vice president of Academic Affairs and provost for the western integrated university, effective July 1, 2022.

Dr. Dale-Elizabeth Pehrsson, president of Clarion University and interim president of California and Edinboro universities said Miller will lead the integrated institution from an academic affairs perspective, including budgeting, personnel and institutional planning. He will direct all academic programs and lead the development of new programs that support the mission of the integrated university and Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education.

“I am pleased that Dr. Miller has accepted this position,” Dr. Pehrsson said  “His record of leadership, commitment and professional experience will be an essential part of our success as our three universities come together to serve our students, employees and region.”

Dr. Miller has been dean of Edinboro University’s School of Business since 2012 and dean of its College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences since 2015. This year, he also took on interim leadership of the College of Science and Health Professions.

“I have a strong interest in the success of the new, four-campus (including online) university and will do whatever I can to assist in its success,” Miller said. “Having worked closely with the deans and academic leadership at California and Clarion over the past year, and with the leadership at Edinboro for over nine years, I firmly believe integration has the potential not only to revitalize our three physical campuses, but to provide real benefit, not only in higher education, through economic and cultural impacts to western Pennsylvania.”

Miller holds a Doctor of Business Administration degree from Anderson University and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. He earned a Bachelor of Science in accounting from Gannon University, and is a certified public accountant, attorney and Governance Fellow.

A lifelong resident of western Pennsylvania, Miller’s community involvement includes Erie Philharmonic, National Hemophilia Foundation and Tom Ridge Environmental Center.