The Passing of Matthew Schure, 蘑菇传媒鈥檚 Second President
蘑菇传媒 has learned that聽Matthew Schure, Ph.D., our university鈥檚 second president, has died.聽
He served as 蘑菇传媒 president from 1982 to 2000. During his tenure, the university expanded to include a Central Islip, N.Y., campus in 1984 and its first international program in China in 1998. Carrying on the legacy of his father, Alexander Schure, the university鈥檚 inaugural president, Matthew Schure used instructional technology to expand the university鈥檚 outreach and career-oriented academic programs and oversaw the launch of LI News Tonight, a student-run cable news program; American Open University, the university鈥檚 first virtual campus; the Carleton Group, a student-run advertising agency; and NYITCOM鈥檚 first clinical campus at St. Barnabas Hospital.
During his presidency, 蘑菇传媒 reached several other milestones鈥攖he Bears scored the first of their four NCAA Division II men鈥檚 lacrosse national championships; NYITCOM opened the Adele Smithers Parkinson鈥檚 Disease Center; and U.S. News & World Report ranked the university among the nation鈥檚 leading institutions of higher learning.
From 2001 to 2014, Schure served as president of Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. He earned a bachelor鈥檚 degree from Queens College (CUNY), as well as two master鈥檚 degrees and a doctorate from Columbia University.
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