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Leadership & Policy

Utica College Selects its First Female President

By Associated Press UTICA, N.Y. — Utica College is getting its first female president. The central New York college’s board of trustees selected Laura Casamento to become president beginning Aug. 1. Casamento is currently Utica College’s executive vice president and chief advancement officer. She has been with the school since 2004 and previously served as […]

Students

The Relevance of HBCUs Tied to Healing

The relevance of HBCUs is tied to a legacy of compensating for a system of education that too often fails to provide students of color with the skills required to succeed in higher education.

Faculty & Staff

Professor Who Wore Headscarf to Leave Christian College

By Associated Press CHICAGO — A professor at a Christian college who asserted Christians and Muslims worship the same God will leave her post, the school near Chicago announced. In a statement posted on Wheaton College’s website, the school and Larycia Hawkins said they “have reached a confidential agreement under which they will part ways.” […]

Students

Georgia Court: Immigrants Can’t Sue State Agency on Tuition

ATLANTA ― Georgia’s highest court on Monday ruled against a group of young people who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children and wanted access to in-state tuition at the state’s colleges and universities. However, the court decision hinged not on their immigration status, but on whether they were legally allowed to sue the […]

Leadership & Policy

5 Finalists for New Mexico Tech Presidency Visiting Campus

SOCORRO, N.M. ― New Mexico Tech says the five finalists for its presidency are visiting the Socorro university and that the Board of Regents will make a selection on Feb. 19. The finalists are visiting the campus this week for forums with faculty, staff and others. They include Kate C. Miller, dean of geosciences at […]

Latinx

8 Universities Unite to Guide More Latinos to Professoriate

Five majority research institutions and three Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs) are teaming up to help increase the number of Latino professors at colleges and universities across the nation.

Faculty & Staff

MARIE JOHNSON

MARIE JOHNSON has been named dean of the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at California State University, Fullerton. She is a professor of geology and director of the Environmental Program at the United States Military Academy. Johnson earned a bachelor’s from Harvard College, and a master’s and a doctorate from Brown University.

Students

LILLIAN SCHUMACHER

LILLIAN SCHUMACHER was named chancellor of Pennsylvania State University Beaver, effective February 1. She is vice president for academic affairs at Tiffin University in Ohio. Schumacher earned a bachelor’s from Allegheny College in Pennsylvania, and two master’s and a doctorate from Bowling Green State University.

Faculty & Staff

ANDREA TAWNEY

ANDREA TAWNEY was appointed vice president for university advancement at New Mexico State University. She has served as interim vice president for university advancement at New Mexico State. Tawney holds a bachelor’s and a master’s from Northern Arizona University, and a doctorate from Texas Tech University.

Community Colleges

TERRENCE CHENG

TERRENCE CHENG has been named campus director of the University of Connecticut-Stamford. He was associate provost for academic programs and a professor of English at Brooklyn College (City University of New York). Cheng earned a bachelor’s from Binghamton University of the State University of New York and a master’s from the University of Miami.

African-American

VIVIAN-LEE NYITRAY

VIVIAN-LEE NYITRAY has been appointed associate vice provost and executive director of the education abroad programs for the University of California system. She is founding dean of Prospect Colleges in Chongqing and Taigu, China. Nyitray earned a bachelor’s from Syracuse University, and a master’s and adoctorate from Stanford University.

Students

Designing the Future

Skidmore College’s Dr. Amber Wiley and her fellow 2016 Emerging Scholars breaking the bounds of academic convention in profound ways.

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