cmaadmin (EDU)Hi this is my profile and bio information.StudentsFocusing on First-Generation Students in College AdmissionsTo my fellow selective college admissions deans, I am asking for a mindset shift. We must stop being receivers of applications. We started in this work as admissions counselors, taught to counsel students to find the right path. Somewhere along the way to our seats at the top, we got complacent. We got comfortable. It didn’t happen overnight, but it happened. We stopped counseling and started receiving.December 9, 2020HomeHUB BROWNHUB BROWN has been appointed dean of the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications. He is currently associate dean for research, creativity, international initiatives and diversity and an associate professor of broadcast and digital journalism at the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. Brown earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.December 9, 2020HomeGLORIA JOHNSON-CUSACKGLORIA JOHNSON-CUSACK has been named senior advisor to the president at Florida International University. Currently chair of the board of trustees of the Firelight Foundation and a part-time lecturer at Columbia University in New York City, Johnson-Cusack holds a bachelor’s in political science and African studies from Columbia and a master’s in executive management from American University.December 9, 2020HomeSAMBA DIENGSAMBA DIENG has been named senior internationalization officer and executive director of international programs at Louisiana State University. Most recently the director of International Students and Scholars at Lehigh University, Dieng holds a bachelor’s from the University of Nebraska at Kearney and a master’s in political science and international relations from Indiana State University.December 9, 2020HomeLISETTE GARCIALISETTE GARCIA has been appointed assistant vice president of diversity, inclusion, and belonging at Pennsylvania State University. Most recently executive vice president and chief operating officer at the Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility, Garcia holds a double bachelor’s in sociology and labor and industrial relations from Pennsylvania State University, a master’s in sociology from Virginia Tech and a Ph.D. in sociology from The Ohio State University.December 9, 2020HomeNATHANIEL JONES IIINATHANIEL JONES III has been appointed president of the College of Alameda in California, part of the Peralta Community College District. Most recently vice president for business services at Moreno Valley College of the Riverside Community College District in California, Jones holds a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering from the University of Maryland Baltimore County, an MBA from Loyola University of Maryland and a Ph.D. in health policy from the University of Maryland.December 9, 2020HomeCEDRIC T. WINSCEDRIC T. WINS has been named interim superintendent of Virginia Military Institute, the nation’s oldest state-funded military college. He is the first Black male leader of the college in its 181-year history. A retired Army Major General, Wins graduated from the school in 1985 with a bachelor’s in economics. He holds a master’s in management from the Florida Institute of Technology and a master’s in national security and strategic studies from the National War College.December 9, 2020HomeRICHARD YAORICHARD YAO has been named interim president at California State University Channel Islands (CSUCI). Currently CSUCI’s vice president for student affairs, Yao, a Chinese Filipino American, is the first person of color to lead the campus. A licensed clinical psychologist, Yao previously served as a senior lecturer in psychology at Nevada State College and was the first dean of students at Nevada State.December 9, 2020HomeDONNA KOTSOPOULOSDONNA KOTSOPOULOS has been appointed dean of the faculty of education at Western University in Canada. Currently a professor at Huron University College and secretary general for the Senior Women Academic Administrators of Canada, Kotsopoulos holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and education from York University as well as a M.Ed. and a Ph.D. in educational studies from Western University.December 9, 2020HomeMADELINE PUMARIEGAMADELINE PUMARIEGA has been named president of Miami-Dade College (MDC), the country’s largest community college. Executive vice president and provost at Tallahassee Community College, Pumariega was previously chancellor of MDC. She holds a bachelor’s from St. Thomas University, a master’s from Florida Atlantic University and is currently a doctoral candidate at Barry University.December 9, 2020Previous PagePage 49 of 3226Next Page
