Lopez Replaces McCroy-Heins as Dean of Students

Promotion comes after 7 years at FDU as Assistant

 

By ELIZABETH WHITE

Managing Editor

Vidal Lopez has been named dean of students by Camus Executive Dr. Robert Vodde.

Vodde’s email on Sept. 5 to the university community says that Lopez came to FDU in 2010.

Lopez served as assistant and associate dean of students under Michelle McCroy- Heins, who left the university on June 19, according to university officials. No explanation has been given for her departure.

According to her profile on LinkedIn, McCroy-Heins started at FDU in 2002 to serve as assistant dean of students, a position she held for three years.

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McCroy-Heins (left) and Lopez in 2013.