In the News

2025

• President Helldobler Named to NJBIZ Education Power List, NJBIZ, Sept. 15, 2025
• President Helldobler Among NJBIZ Inaugural Executive Excellence Award Winners, NJBIZ, Aug. 28, 2025
• President Helldobler interviewed on Leaders on Leadership podcast, May 21, 2025
• President Helldobler Wins 2025 ACE Council of Fellows/Fidelity Investments Mentor Award, acenet.edu, Feb. 12, 2025
• “Keep Doing the Work”: President Helldobler speaks with American Council on Education about confronting higher education’s biggest challenges, acenet.edu, Jan. 15, 2025

2024

• President Helldobler named to NJBIZ Education Power 50 List, NJBIZ, Sept. 16, 2024
• ACE Honors President Helldobler with the 2024 Reginald Wilson Diversity Award, New Jersey Business Magazine, May 30, 2024
• President Helldobler named a 2024 Higher Education Influencer, ROI-NJ, May 12, 2024

2023

• President Helldobler Speaks on Changing Attitudes Towards LGBTQ Leadership in Higher Ed, ROI-NJ, June 1, 2023

2022

• President Helldobler participates in Q&A with LGBTQ College Presidents, Insight Into Academia, May 17, 2022
• Chronicle of Higher Education Publishes Essay by WP President Richard Helldobler, Written for New Book about LGBTQ Leaders in Academia, Chronicle of Higher Education, August 23, 2022

2020

• President Richard J. Helldobler's Opinion Article on NJ's Racial Wealth Gap, Star-Ledger/NJ.com, September 15, 2020
• Rebuilding America: Staggered Schedules, Single Dorm Rooms May be 'New Normal' for NJ Colleges, NorthJersey.com, May 28, 2020
• William Paterson University to Hold Virtual Commencement, Promises Future in-Person Event, NorthJersey.com, May 18, 2020
• President Helldobler Discusses “College in the Covid Age” on WCBS Newsradio 880, WCBS880 radio, May 14, 2020
• How the Pandemic Has Transformed the College Experience and Could Transform it Even More, NJ Spotlight, May 12, 2020
• William Paterson University Joins NJ Scholar Corp, Encouraging Students to Help Rebuild the State, The Record, May 5, 2020
• WP President Richard Helldobler on Pros and Cons of Moving Classes Online During Pandemic, NJTV, April 24, 2020
• WP President Richard Helldobler Discusses Budget Challenges in Higher Education Due to Pandemic, NJTV, April 22, 2020

2019

• University President Richard J. Helldobler Named to NJBIZ 'Power 50' List in Education, NJBIZ, September 23, 2019
• William Paterson University Appoints New Provost, SVP for Academic Affairs, ROI, February 19, 2019
• William Paterson Partners to ‘Propel Paterson’, NJBIZ, January 23, 2019
• William Paterson Forms Cannabis Institute to Advise Local, State Officials on Weed Policy, The Record, January 4, 2019
• William Paterson Forms Cannabis Institute, ROI, January 3, 2019

2018

• William Paterson University Formally Installs Eighth President, NorthJersey.com, October 5, 2018
• Renovation of Hunziker Hall Highlighted in Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony, News 12, September 28, 2018
• The Record/Northjersey.com Features University's New President, Richard Helldobler, The Record/NorthJersey.com, March 9, 2018
• New Jersey’s William Paterson University Has New President, Associated Press, March 9, 2018
• William Paterson University Selects New President, NJBIZ, March 9, 2018
• William Paterson Names New President, ROI, March 9, 2018