Michael Shonrock
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Michael D. Shonrock
| image = Shonrock Gate.png
| title = 22nd President of Lindenwood University
| term_start = June 1, 2015
| term_end = February 8, 2019
| predecessor = James D. Evans
| successor = John R. Porter
| order2 = 16th
| office2 = President of Emporia State University
| term_start2 = January 3, 2012
| term_end2 = May 29, 2015
| predecessor2 = Michael R. Lane
| successor2 = Allison Garrett
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|08|06}}
| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois
| alma_mater = Western Illinois University
Pittsburg State University
University of Kansas
| profession = Professor
| spouse = Karen Corkery
| signature = Michael Shonrock signature.svg
}}
Michael D. Shonrock (born August 6, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American academic and former administrator. He was the president of Lindenwood University, located in St. Charles, Missouri, June 2015 to February 2019.{{cite web |url=http://lindenwood.edu/news/2015/1219.html|title=Lindenwood University - Michael Shonrock Named President at Lindenwood |work=lindenwood.edu|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150410013655/http://lindenwood.edu/news/2015/1219.html|archive-date=April 10, 2015}} Shonrock previously served as Emporia State University's 16th president from January 3, 2012 to May 28, 2015, and before that as Texas Tech University's vice president for student affairs and enrollment management in Lubbock, Texas.[http://www.depts.ttu.edu/officialpublications/pdfs/2008-2009Catalog.pdf Texas Tech University Undergraduate/Graduate Catalog 2008-2009, p. 7.]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Education
Shonrock received his bachelor of science in 1979 from Western Illinois University, and attended Pittsburg State University for his master's of science in 1981 and Ed.S. in 1987, and graduated from University of Kansas in 1991 with his doctorate.[http://www.ulsystem.net/assets/Michael_D._Shonrock_-_Cover_Letter_,_Resume_and_References.pdf Shonrock résumé.] During his time as an undergraduate, Shonrock was a member of Delta Tau Delta Fraternity.
Career
=Texas Tech University=
After graduating from KU, Shonrock began his career in education in 1991, as an assistant professor in the Texas Tech University College of Education.{{cite web |url=http://educfmk.educ.ttu.edu/personnel_directory/profile.aspx?id=Shonrock,%20Michael |title=Online Personnel Directory|work=ttu.edu}} Shonrock was mostly known in the 2008 planning of Texas Tech's $3-million on-campus chapel and announced that "no religious affiliations will be included and there will be stained-glass windows without religious images, and movable chairs, rather than pews."Bridget De Stefano, [http://media.www.dailytoreador.com/media/storage/paper870/news/2008/05/30/News/Texas.Tech.Board.Of.Regents.Approves.Chapel.On.Campus-3377029.shtml Chapel approved on campus] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080619095229/http://media.www.dailytoreador.com/media/storage/paper870/news/2008/05/30/News/Texas.Tech.Board.Of.Regents.Approves.Chapel.On.Campus-3377029.shtml |date=June 19, 2008 }} in The Daily Toreador, 2008 May 30. Shonrock was involved in the leadership of the Lubbock Area United Way, the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce, and the University Medical Center. He attended the United Methodist Church.
He has held leadership positions in the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges; in 2000 he received the Texas Tech University President's Quality Service Award.
=Emporia State University presidency=
Shonrock was named Emporia State's 16th president in December 2011, in which he would begin January 2, 2012.{{cite news
|url=http://www.kcbd.com/story/16228161/michael-shonrock-named-president-of-emporia-state-university|title=Michael Shonrock named president of Emporia State University|date=December 9, 2011|access-date=February 16, 2012|magazine=KCBD-TV Channel 11 (NBC) |location=Lubbock, Texas}} During Shonrock’s administration at Emporia State, the university launched a $45 million fundraising campaign, the largest in Emporia State's history,{{cite web|url=http://cjonline.com/news/2013-02-25/emporia-state-announces-453m-capital-campaign|title=ESU Announces Now & Forever Campaign|work=CJOnline.com|access-date=September 19, 2014}} increased enrollment growth,{{cite web|url=http://www.kvoe.com/newsedit/7485-spring-enrollment-up-at-esu|title=Spring enrollment up at ESU - KVOE|author=Chuck Samples|work=kvoe.com|access-date=May 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528073259/http://www.kvoe.com/newsedit/7485-spring-enrollment-up-at-esu#|archive-date=May 28, 2015|url-status=dead}} and received additional funding from the Government of Kansas for an honors college.{{cite web |url=http://cjonline.com/blog-post/jan-biles/2014-04-29/emporia-state-establish-honors-college |title=Emporia State to establish Honors College |work=CJOnline.com |access-date=May 16, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151114154917/http://cjonline.com/blog-post/jan-biles/2014-04-29/emporia-state-establish-honors-college# |archive-date=November 14, 2015 |url-status=dead}} Shonrock also led the development of a new ten-year campus master plan, a new university strategic plan, a new marketing campaign, better communication with alumni, and created new partnerships with the community. Shonrock also started a bi-weekly radio segment called ESU Buzz with President Michael Shonrock on KVOE, which always had special guest and discussed current events happening at Emporia State University.{{cite web|url=http://www.kvoe.com/esubuzz.htm|title=ESU Buzz - KVOE|work=kvoe.com|access-date=July 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130701020743/http://www.kvoe.com/esubuzz.htm#|archive-date=July 1, 2013|url-status=dead}} Shonrock's last day at Emporia State was May 28 as he left to become the President of Lindenwood University.{{cite web|title=Lindenwood University names new president |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/morning_call/2015/04/lindenwood-university-names-new-president.html|date=April 10, 2015 |work=St. Louis Business Journal}} He was removed a couple of years later due to extremely poor performance and creating a toxic environment.
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