David J. Silva, PhD.

Hanging out with Superfan on this gorgeous autumn Sunday, welcoming prospective @SalemState Vikings at today’s Open House. Couldn’t make it today but still want to check us out? Visit salemstate.edu/admissions-and….

Our new Chief of Police here at @SalemState delivers remarks at her Swearing In Ceremony. Congratulations and thank you, Chief Trish Murphy, Class of 2006! Welcome back home.

Spent the AM w a great group of @SalemState students as part of 2024’s first year day of service. We volunteered at @NorthShoreAGLY , helping organize some of their programming spaces. It was great to watch students connect & learn about their new home in @CityofSalemMA .

Part of serving as "The Commonwealth's Civic Engagement University" means forging partnerships with like-minded organizations, such as @LEAP4Ed for Education. Congratulations to LEAP students who completed the summer program! itemlive.com/2024/08/15/lyn…

Oops! Make that 2024.

It’s beginning to look a lot like Opening Day! 🎉🎉🎉 Fall semester 2025. Wow. 🍁🎃 Where has the time gone? ⏳

See what happens when you commit to a brand? When your colleagues see certain swag at a conference, they know what must be done. Funny, but the 3 universities at which I have held FT positions all share the same campus colors: orange & blue. And a quick shout out to @NCFDD! 🧡💙

The first-ever New England Hispanic & Minority Serving Institutions Conference held here at @SalemState is now in the books. What a great event! Kudos to all who led in this endeavor, esp Asst Vice Provost Cynthia Lynch and Asst Vice President Elisa Castillo. Parabéns e obrigado!

Learning from my colleagues Carlie Pierre, Megan Schumaker Murphy, and @roopikarisam about Anti-Racist Community Engagement here at @SalemState’s HSI conference. Thinking about how a provost best champions and supports this work.

Excited to be learning from Dra. Gina García about authentic and effective servingness at Hispanic Serving Institutions. Such wisdom and energy!!! @MassDHE @SalemState

@roopikarisam “Lefty loosey, righty tighty.” Cannot survive without thinking this when required.

Let’s skip the academic accomplishments and go straight to the embarrassing confessions. Sometimes I have to make an L with my thumb and index finger to tell left from right.

@SalemState welcomes Dr. Deborah Santiago, founder & CEO of @EdExcelencia as our day one keynote speaker. “25% FTE undergrad students is necessary but insufficient to be a Hispanic SERVING Institution.” @MassDHE #juntospalante #juntosprafrente #forwardtogether #fullhouse

And so we begin the inaugural New England HSI-MSI Conference with opening remarks by our Assistant VP for HSI-MSI Initiatives, Elisa Castillo. A new era emerges, not just for @SalemState but for institutions of higher education in our region. Juntos Pa’lante! Juntos P’ra Frente!

It’s a simply stated but extremely important point: They were •not• witches. The women and men who were executed by the state for witchcraft were victims. Full stop.

Today our students presented their work from our pilot CAS Summer Research Program. We are so proud of them and excited for more to come! Thankful for all the support we received from our Dean, department chairs, and provost!! #ssu #research

@laura_laranjo @SalemState Great work, all! I am anxious to learn where this summer pilot takes us. Keep me posted!

Last day in China = meeting w partners @ Nanfang College, Guangzhou. They are sending accounting majors for their 2nd & 3rd years of college to ⁦@SalemState⁩. Cohort 1 just finished its 1st year w us; cohort 2 arrives in Aug. ⁦@SalemStateAlum⁩ instagram.com/p/C8gp7_iA3eD/…

This info board offers details of trains departing Guangzhou East railway station. I’ll be on high-speed train G6598 to West Kowloon Station, Hong Kong. From there it’s HK airport, London, then home. The trip has proven successful on multiple accounts. Great work, CUE team!