PAT
BOSCO
Vice president for student life and dean of students
From
his days as student body president to the present time -- more
than 30 years later -- Pat Bosco has had a positive impact on
Kansas State University.
Bosco, vice president for student life and dean of students, leads the student development and retention programs at K-State. His involvement with student recruitment reversed a trend of declining enrollment at K-State during the early 1980s, and his work has sparked unprecedented growth at a time when universities are fighting cutbacks of many kinds.
He is founder and director of the Center for Leadership Development, a private consulting agency which provides services to business and government institutions, community agencies, national leadership groups, and colleges and universities. He has more than 30 years experience in leadership training, student government advising, campus union programming, residence hall staff training and Greek affairs in both a community college and major university setting. His demonstrated commitment to these areas is expressed in the many keynotes, workshops, conferences and consulting opportunities he engages in each year.
Bosco received his doctorate in higher educational administration from the University of Nebraska in 1982; his master of science in educational administration from Kansas State University in 1973; and his bachelor of science in elementary education from K-State in 1971.
As an undergraduate, he served as the Kansas State University Student Body President 1970-71. He is a member of Delta Sigma Phi fraternity, Phi Delta Kappa educational fraternity, Order of Omega, and an honorary member of Blue Key and Golden Key National Honor Societies.
Bosco received the 2000 Excellence in Dedication Award from the Kansas City Alumni Club for his quarter century of administrative service to the university. He is also a recipient of numerous service and leadership awards including the Kansas State University "Service to Students" Award, the "Excellence in Dedication" Award, and the "Alumni Distinguished Service" Award from his fraternity. He has served on the board of directors of several national, state and local community volunteer agencies.
Recently, K-State alumni named a freshman scholarship in his honor, and each spring the College of Education's department of leadership studies and programs recognizes an undergraduate as the "Pat J. Bosco Outstanding Student Leader."
He is an associate professor (adjunct) in the department of educational administration and leadership, College of Education, and has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in the areas of leadership and volunteerism at K-State for the past 20 years.
Bosco has volunteered in community youth activities for the past 30 years. His summer baseball and softball teams won state of Kansas championships in 1989, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2001 and 2002, possibly the only coach in the state to have such a distinction.
His wife, Susan, a K-State graduate, is a media specialist at Woodrow Wilson Elementary School in the Manhattan, Kan., school system. They have two children: Christopher and Mary Catherine, both K-State graduates.
Bosco can be reached via e-mail at bosco@k-state.edu or by phone at 785-532-6237.