Multi-cultural perspectives from new St. Francis president
Miguel Martinez-Saenz Talks to the Brooklyn Eagle
In August, St. Francis College, ranked among Forbes top colleges for the tenth year, announced that Miguel Martinez-Saenz would become the 19th president of the 160-year old college. He follows interim President Timothy J. Houlihan who filled the position after the death of Brendan J. Dugan last December.
With a master’s degree and Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of South Florida, Martinez-Saenz began his academic career as an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio. He moved from Wittenberg to accept the position of Dean and Associate Provost for Student Success at St. Cloud State University.
Martinez-Saenz most recently taught at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio where he was the provost and Vice President of academic affairs. Martinez-Saenz and his wife, two children and two dogs recently made the move from the mid-west to the Heights.