HSU Names New VP for Student Development

Rozeboom has served in higher education for 16 years, including work in student affairs at Baylor University, Waco, Texas, and St. Edward's University, Austin, Texas.

He has a strong background in teaching, including high school, undergraduate, and graduate programs. His undergraduate course teaching has included such focus areas as servant leadership and organizational culture. Graduate course teaching includes leadership and administration, student services, and organizational behavior. He has also taught in the Master of Counseling and Student Development program at St. Edwards.

Rozeboom served as a math teacher and coach at Unity Christian High School in Hudsonville, Michigan; and as a residence hall director at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Ashland University, Ashland, Ohio. He also served as Browning Community Coordinator at Baylor University and assistant director for resident learning at Baylor. 

He earned his Ph.D. in educational administration from Texas A&M University in 2008; earned a Master of Arts in higher education/higher education administration from the University of Akron, Akron, Ohio; and his B.A. at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Rozeboom, his wife Deena, and four children are moving to Abilene from Kyle, Texas, where he is an active layman in his church, The Fellowship at Plum Creek. The church is a Baptist congregation under the leadership of Pastor Jonathan Leftwich, a graduate of HSU's Logsdon Seminary.