当你走进十大足彩平台（十大足彩平台）负责学术事务的新任副院长诺拉·舒尔茨（Norah Shultz）的办公室时，有三件事吸引了你的注意力：壁炉上挂着的费城人队（Phillies）的大脑袋，以及镶框的2008年世界职业棒球大赛（World Series）拉拉赛毛巾。 第三件事呢？ 好吧，那就是舒尔茨本人：一个平易近人、聪明的女人，脸上挂着微笑，观察周到，笑声爽朗。
在高等教育界身居高位的人，这里的装饰和举止不一定是你所期望的，但舒尔茨对十大足彩平台充满了热情。他在格伦赛德（Glenside）附近的阿卡迪亚大学（Arcadia University）工作了20年，于本月来到这里。
“This move was a pull not a push,” she said. “I was happy at Arcadia, but I felt a connection to Penn State. This was the right place, the right time and the right position.”
She jokingly reassures a hesitant employee that he can fix her computer during a meeting, and said, “everything here feels right, even in these first hectic days.”
舒尔茨正忙着让自己熟悉新环境，她把这种练习比作第一次来到外国。 “I need to move carefully until I learn the language and the culture at 十大足彩平台,” she said.
但舒尔茨正在推进她的首要任务之一，即与学生建立关系。 “I am very student-focused, and I want to ensure that they are productive global citizens,” she said. “I want this office to have a student-friendly reputation.”
Shultz has already met with Dolores Arevalo, coordinator of the international affairs program, and she praised 十大足彩平台’s overseas immersion program. “It helps students understand our place in the world, our interconnections,” she said.
She also gave high marks to ACURA, 十大足彩平台’s undergraduate research program, organized by Leah Devlin. “ACURA is one of the things that drew me to 十大足彩平台,” she said. “It’s a shining star of this college.”
舒尔茨与十大足彩平台的紧密联系可能部分是遗传的。 小时候，她的家人会在费城郊区的家中为尼塔尼狮子队（Nittany Lions）加油，她的叔叔乔治·沃尔夫（George Wolf）是十大足彩平台哈里斯堡分校（Penn State Harrisburg）的前任院长和名誉教授。
虽然她在附近生活和工作，但她与十大足彩平台的联系始于十多年前，当时她参加了校园里的一个会议。 她还通过专业机构认识了十大足彩平台校长凯伦·威利·桑德勒。
Sandler emphasizes the fit between the college’s needs and Shultz’s background and experience. “I have known Dr. Shultz for many years and always admired her organizational skills and passion for student success. 但在寻找过程中，我才知道她在高等教育界是多么受人尊敬，因为她的学术和行政生涯的影响。 She brings the right vision and talents to our college at the right time in our development.”
舒尔茨以保持健康的工作与家庭平衡而自豪。 她和丈夫杰夫（Jeff）都是费城人队（Phillies）的狂热球迷，这也解释了为什么她办公室里会有摇头娃娃。 这位新任副院长承认，她与杰夫（Jeff）的关系加深了她对费城人队（Phillies）的热爱。杰夫教授一门关于棒球种族和民族的课程。 然而，她不会对2011年的季后赛做出预测。 “As a Phillies fan, I am always on guard,” she said.
杰夫是阿卡迪亚大学负责特殊项目的教务长助理和教育学教授，他和诺拉·舒尔茨在阿卡迪亚大学工作期间相识并结婚。
这对夫妇喜欢和住在附近的女儿、女婿和年幼的孙女们在一起。 Their other daughter resides in England and seems to have inherited her mother’s global outlook. 她的女儿拥有法律和公共卫生学位，在全球妇女服务组织“妇女乐观国际”（Soroptimist International）工作。
Shultz earned a bachelor’s degree in social sciences from Rosemont College and received a master’s in sociology and a doctorate from Bryn Mawr College.
她的大部分职业生涯都是在阿卡迪亚度过的，从课堂老师开始，最终成为负责本科教育的副校长兼艺术、人文和社会科学学院院长。
She also is active in the American Council of Education’s Office for Women in Higher Education and just recently spent a week as a faculty consultant for the Association of American Colleges and Universities’ Shared Futures Summer Institute. 她对学院和大学如何通过国际和多元文化课程提供全球教育非常感兴趣。
The Glenside resident jokes that her new position has tripled her commute to 15 minutes, but, she said, “I am so happy to be here, and I can’t wait to be fully invested in this campus.”
