<img class="FloatRight" src="/site/files/oldnewsfiles/AnthonyPledger240px.jpg" width="240" height="201" alt="AnthonyPledger240px">Widener University School of Law is pleased to announce Anthony D. Pledger has joined the staff of the Delaware campus as the school’s new multicultural affairs officer.<br><br>Pledger comes to Widener from the University of Wyoming College of Law, where he had served as deputy director of admissions and student services since August 2008.<br><br>As the multicultural affairs officer, Pledger will have responsibilities through the <a href="/Admissions.aspx">Admissions</a> and <a href="/CampusLife/AdvisingandCounseling/OfficeofStudentAffairsDelaware.aspx">Office of Student Affairs</a>. He will coordinate a variety of positive, proactive programs that strengthen the school’s tradition of <a href="/Admissions/OldAdmissionsSite/Diversity.aspx">diversity</a>, and he will work to advance Widener Law’s strategic initiatives.<br><br>Pledger has a law degree from West Virginia University College of Law and a bachelor of general studies degree from the University of Missouri in St. Louis. He started at Widener Law on Feb. 22.