Dr. Percuoco appointed VCA and elected as CCE Councilor
Robert “Bucky” Percuoco, D.C., has been
appointed Vice Chancellor for Academics
(VCA) for the College. Dr. Percuoco was
identified from a pool of 12 local and
national candidates for the position. As
VCA, he oversees all matters of academic
affairs on each of the three campuses, and
also serves as a member of the College’s
Administrative Team. A 1983 Davenport
Campus graduate, he has been in faculty
and administrative roles on that campus
for the past 25 years, most recently serving
as Vice President for Academic Affairs
for Assessment and then Senior Director
for Assessment.
“Dr. Percuoco has proven his leadership
in numerous ways for both the Davenport
Campus and the College as a whole,”
said Chancellor Dennis Marchiori, D.C.,
Ph.D. “His efforts in the areas of academic
and institutional assessment have been
invaluable to Palmer, especially his
contributions toward obtaining regional
accreditation for all three campuses
through the Higher Learning Commission
of the North Central Association
of Colleges and Schools.”
Among his many accomplishments,
Dr. Percuoco was recently elected as a
Councilor of the Council on Chiropractic
Education (CCE). Of the 24 Councilors,
only seven are elected by the presidents
of CCE-accredited colleges. The CCE
Council serves as the policy and decisionmaking
body of the CCE and performs
all of the functions of a board of directors.
In addition, it is responsible for all matters
pertaining to the accreditation status
of Doctor of Chiropractic programs,
institutions housing D.C. programs or
solitary purpose chiropractic institutions.
Dr. Weinert named Interim VPAA
Dan Weinert, D.C., M.S., DACRB, has
been appointed to the position of
Interim Vice President for Academic
Affairs. In this role, he is serving as the
lead academic administrator on the
Davenport Campus. He is responsible
for developing and managing the educational
programs and academic support
activities on the Davenport Campus,
including the D.C., graduate and undergraduate
programs.
A magna cum laude graduate from
Palmer’s Davenport Campus in 1996,
Dr. Weinert earned his Diplomate of the
American Chiropractic Rehabilitation
Board in 2000. He is currently working
on a Ph.D. in higher education, policy
and leadership at the University of
Iowa. He served as Dean of Academic
Programs on the Davenport Campus
from 2006 to the present, and was the
Diagnosis and Radiology Department
chair prior to that. In addition to his
administrative role, Dr. Weinert is a professor
in the Life Sciences Department
and has taught Biochemistry since 2001.
Dr. Killinger named Academic of the Year by ACA
Lisa Killinger, D.C., Davenport ’83,
director of Diagnosis and Radiology and
professor on the Davenport Campus,
was honored last fall by the American
Chiropractic Association (ACA) with its
Academic of the Year award. Dr.
Killinger was presented the award
during the ACA’s annual House of
Delegates Meeting in Dallas, Texas,
Sept. 23-26. The Academic of the
Year award recognizes an individual
for his or her efforts in advancing
the profession through academic or
educational excellence.
ACA names Dr. Haldeman Researcher of the Year
Scott Haldeman, D.C., Davenport ’64,
M.D., Ph.D., is the recipient of the
American Chiropractic Association’s
(ACA) 2009 Researcher of the Year
award. Dr. Haldeman received the
award during the ACA’s annual House
of Delegates Meeting. The national
award recognizes those individuals
who are leading the profession in chiropractic
research.