Dr. Elise Salem

Vice President for Student Development and Enrollment Management
Student Development and Enrollment Management
PhD, Literature, University of North Carolina, US

Dr. Salem joined LAU as a tenured full professor and Vice President for Student Development and Enrollment Management (SDEM) in July 2008. The SDEM unit is committed to the recruitment, retention and transformation of students through enrollment management, student services, program development and co-curricular engagement activities. SDEM also manages all USAID and MEPI-TL student scholarship grants. SDEM is guided by LAU’s strategic plan and by the university’s six-phrased mission, which includes the following four that speak to the heart of SDEM: a commitment to student centeredness, civic engagement, the education of the whole person, and the formation of leaders in a diverse world. Before joining LAU, Dr. Salem was a professor of literature at Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey, the Assistant Dean for Academic Planning and the Associate Provost for Global Learning.