Meet Penny Rue

Penny Rue serves as Vice Chancellor – Student Affairs at the University of California, San Diego, with broad responsibility for the safety and well-being of students and their education outside the classroom.

Dr. Rue joined the UC San Diego campus in September 2007. 

Career highlights

• Most recently, served for 8 years as Dean of Students at the University of Virginia
• Taught College Student Development in the Center for the Study of Higher Education at UVa's Curry School of Education
• Served for 5 years as Senior Associate Dean of Students at Georgetown University
• Worked for 7 years as Georgetown's Director of Student Programs
• Earlier in her career, held posts at the University of Maryland and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Degrees and education

Penny Rue's doctorate is in Counseling and Personnel Services from the University of Maryland, where her dissertation research focused on a conceptual study of community on the college campus.

She has a master's degree in Student Personnel Services from Ohio State University and an A.B. magna cum laude in English and Religion from Duke University.

Dr. Rue's messages for students

• Welcome to students entering UC San Diego in Fall 2008
• Commencement speech, All Campus Graduation Celebration 2008

Messages for Student Affairs staff

• Read the latest Student Affairs newsletter.
• Mark your calendar for the next Student Affairs all-staff meeting.

News stories featuring Dr. Rue

• Q&A with Dr. Penny Rue (UCSD Athletics, July 2008)
• Interview with VCSA Penny Rue (San Diego Union-Tribune "Street" blog, February 2008)
• VCSA Office wins top prize in Spirit Week competition (This Week@UCSD, January 2008)
• UCSD celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day (This Week@UCSD, January 2008)
• Q&A with Vice Chancellor Penny Rue (Chancellor's Office, January 2008)
• Chancellor/ vice chancellors discuss San Diego County wildfires (This Week@UCSD, November 2007)
• UC San Diego names new Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs (UCSD News, September 2007)