Stan Shingles ’82, M.S. ’88

• Recreation and Park Administration
• Mount Pleasant, MI

Stan is currently the interim vice president for students affairs at Central Michigan University (CMU) where he supports areas that promotes student success. Stan served as the assistant vice president for students affairs, and also served as the interim vice president/chief diversity officer at Central Michigan University  where he has spent the past 34+ years. Prior to CMU, Stan worked in higher education at Northern Illinois University and Illinois State University. Stan has also served as an adjunct professor at CMU in the Department of Recreation and Event Management, and the Department of Physical Education and Sport teaching both undergraduate and graduate courses, and also spent several years broadcasting Division I football and basketball at CMU.

Stan also gives his time and talent to many professional associations and nonprofit organizations. He has been president of NIRSA: Leaders in Collegiate Recreation, a state director for the Michigan Intramural-Recreational Sports Association and president of the Mid-American Conference Recreation Directors Association. In 2019, he received NIRSA’s highest honor, the NIRSA Honor Award. He is also active with Special Olympics Michigan, United Way, American Red Cross, and the Angel Wings Fund. Because of his hard work and dedication United Way and American Red Cross honored Stan with the highest volunteer awards given by the organizations.

As a student, he was a member of the Black Action and Awareness Committee and the Black Student Union. He was volunteered with Special Olympics Illinois and, no surprise with his parks and rec background, was very active with intramural sports. As an alum he stays active with ISU serving on the board of directors for the Black Colleagues Association, as a member of the Student Affairs Redbird Rising campaign committee, as a member of the Brothers of Campus, Inc (where he also helped steward an endowed scholarship for ISU). He is also an active 30-year member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. He has also been inducted into the College of Applied Science and Technology Hall of Fame and the Steve and Sandi Adams Legacy Hall of Fame.

He serves as the treasurer for the Alumni Association board of directors. He is also on the directors' diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), board development, and executive committees.