Michael A. Palladino has been named the next Stockton University provost and vice president for academic affairs. According to the Press of Atlantic City, Palladino is currently vice chancellor for academic affairs at Bloomfield College of Montclair State University in Essex County. He will take his new position at Stockton on May 6, following an approval by the Board of Trustees on Feb. 21. In Palladino’s new position, he will provide leadership to the more than 160 undergraduate and graduate programs as well as 700 faculty members.