DR. PATRICIA LYNOTT
About Dr. Lynott
Dr. Patricia Lynott joined Rockford University in December 2022 serving as interim President until becoming the 19th President of Rockford University on March 1, 2024. Lynott’s almost forty years in higher education includes being a tenured, Associate Professor of Speech, serving as Dean of Graduate and Continuing Education at Elmhurst University, and becoming the founding director of Elmhurst Partners, the university’s corporate training division.
Dr. Lynott spent fifteen years at Southern New Hampshire University where she played a critical leadership role in transitioning a small regional business college into a national, multi-faceted university. During her tenure at SNHU, Lynott served as vice president of academic affairs, university provost, and president of SNHU’s University College.
Dr. Lynott’s community involvement is extensive. She was a founding member of Manchester Proud, a citizen’s coalition dedicated to uniting the City of Manchester behind an aspirational vision for the city’s public schools. She served on the steering committee of New Hampshire Scholars, a federally funded, community-based program that encourages students to enroll in a rigorous Core Course of Study in high school. She was also a member of the New Hampshire Advisory Committee of the US Global Leadership Coalition—a network of businesses and NGOs, national security and foreign policy experts, business, faith-based, academic and community leaders who support elevating diplomacy and development alongside defense in order to build a better, safer world.
Dr. Lynott has served on the board of directors of numerous non-profit organizations such as the Fulbright Association; Alpha Sigma Lambda National Honor Society; the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce; the World Affairs Council of New Hampshire; America’s Credit Union Museum; and the Boys & Girls Club of Manchester. She is currently President of the Board of Governors of the Boys & Girls Club of North Central Illinois.
After graduating magna cum laude from Trinity College, Dr. Lynott completed a master’s degree in communication studies from Northern Illinois University. She completed her doctorate at Loyola University Chicago and has a certificate from the Institute for Educational Management at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education.
About Rockford University
Rockford University is a four-year, co-educational institution founded in 1847 offering undergraduate and graduate degrees in traditional liberal arts and professional fields. The University offers approximately 80 majors, minors and concentrations, including the adult bachelor’s degree completion program for a B.S. in Management Studies. Through its Graduate Studies department, degrees are extended to include the Master’s of Business Administration (MBA), Master’s of Arts in Teaching (MAT) and a Master’s of Education in Urban Education. Rockford University is home to one of only 11 Phi Beta Kappa (PBK) chapters in Illinois, the most prestigious honor society in the United States. Named by The Princeton Review as a Best Midwestern College and as a US News & World Report as a Best Midwest Regional University,” Rockford University currently serves approximately 1,250 students throughout its diverse program offerings.
A NCAA Division III institution, The university offers 12 intercollegiate varsity teams along with several junior varsity teams and participates in the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference. Approximately 25 percent of the university’s students participate in at least one intercollegiate sport. For more about Regent Athletics, visit goregents.com.
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