Dr. Frank R. Lamas currently serves as the Vice President for the Division of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management at Fresno State. He serves on the President’s Cabinet. Dr. Lamas is responsible for organizing, directing, and managing the resources of the Division to meet the needs of our students, university and surrounding community. Dr. Lamas provides overall leadership and direction to a comprehensive set of 58 departments and units; in addition, he oversees a budget of approximately $42 million, $250 million Financial Aid budget and leads approximately 250 professional faculty/staff and 600-800 student employees. Fresno State’s 388-acre campus plus 1,000-acre farm has approximately 25,000 undergraduate and graduate students as of fall 2018.

Dr. Lamas has thirty plus years of extensive experience as a higher education leader and faculty member. Previously, Dr. Lamas was the Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students at the University of Texas at Arlington for ten years and served on the President’s Council. Dr. Lamas also served as Interim Vice President for Student Affairs and Associate Vice President for Student Affairs at Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York for over ten years. He also served as an Assistant Professor at UT Arlington (2012-2014) and Canisius College (1997-2001) in the Department of Higher Education in the College of Education. Earlier in his career, Dr. Lamas was the Associate Dean for Student Affairs at McDaniel College (1990-1994). Other professional positions Dr. Lamas has held are Executive Assistant to the Vice President for Student Affairs and Director of Judicial Administration at Ithaca College, Director of Housing and Residence Life at Youngstown State University and Assistant to the Dean and Residence Hall Director at the State University of New York at Oneonta.

Dr. Lamas was born in Havana, Cuba and raised in Syracuse, New York. He is a first generation college student. Dr. Lamas received the B.A. degree from the State University of New York at Potsdam, M.S. degree from the State University of New York at Albany and the Ph.D. degree from the State University of New York at Albany in Educational Administration, Leadership and Policy Studies with a concentration on Higher Education Administration. His dissertation and research interests include social and academic determinants of retention/student success among college students.

Dr. Lamas is involved in a number of local, state, regional, and national professional organizations. Dr. Lamas served on national and state boards including National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) Board of Directors as Chair-Elect, Chairman and Past-Chair (2014-17), Member-at-Large (2011-2013), Texas Council of Student Services Vice Presidents Chair (2010-14), NASPA Conference Chair (2014), and served on the NASPA Foundation Executive Committee member (2016-17). Dr. Lamas has won a number of national and regional awards and is a member of Phi Kappa Phi, Golden Key, and Order of Omega. In 2016, he was named a Pillar of the Profession by NASPA. In March 2018, received the NASPA Fred Turner award for higher education lifetime achievements/accomplishments.

Dr. Lamas and his wife Deborah have four children, Gregory, David, Brianna and Alyssa. He enjoys time with family, playing golf and involvement in athletics.

Major Accomplishments 2017-18

Access, Opportunity & Success

Maslow, updated August 2018

KUDOS: Dr. Lamas wins NASPA 2018 Fred Turner Award: https://campusnews.fresnostate.edu/february-5-2018/kudos-to-campus-employees

Dr. Frank Lamas is the new Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management: http://www.fresnostatenews.com/2014/02/14/dr-frank-lamas-is-new-vice-president-for-student-affairs/

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Hosted by Dr. Lamas, the ‘Student Spotlight’ features a Fresno State student and showcases programs, services and campus events that support student success at Fresno State. Join us every Sunday morning at 10:30. Click HERE to find podcasts for each segment of Dr. Lamas' radio show. 

Basic Needs Dimension: Student Engagement and Well-Being Workgroup

Food security for all Fresno State students

Fresno State meets and exceeds enrollment

What I’ve Learned

New VP of Student Affairs shares Philosophy

Opening Doors: Latino/a Board Chairs Share their Stories and Advice

Interview with Dr. Frank Lamas

 NASPA Annual Conference 2018: 100th Anniversary, March 3-7

NASPA 2017 Pillar of the Profession