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Section: Leadership & Policy
Students
IVAN L. HARRELL II
IVAN L. HARRELL II has been appointed executive vice president for academic and student affairs at Georgia Piedmont Technical College. He was vice president of student success at Lone Star College. Harrell earned a bachelor’s from Wittenberg University, a master’s from Vanderbilt University and a doctorate from Florida State University.
December 16, 2015
Faculty & Staff
RICHANNE C. MANKEY
RICHANNE C. MANKEY has been appointed president of Defiance College in Ohio, effective January 11. Mankey is vice president for institutional advancement at Daemen College in New York. She earned a bachelor’s from Ohio Northern University, a master’s from the University of Dayton and a doctorate from Teachers College at Columbia University.
December 16, 2015
Leadership & Policy
WVSU President Brian Hemphill Named President of Radford
RADFORD, Va. ― West Virginia State University President Brian O. Hemphill has been named president of Radford University. Radford’s Board of Visitors announced Hemphill’s appointment on Wednesday in a news release. Hemphill will succeed Penelope Kyle, who is retiring. Hemphill’s appointment is effective July 1, 2016. He has served as West Virginia State’s president since […]
December 16, 2015
Faculty & Staff
Glasper Moves Forward with League of Innovations
Rufus Glasper will become the CEO and president of the Arizona-based League for Innovations next year.
December 15, 2015
Students
Social Media Will Broadcast the 2015 ‘Revolution’
In the 1970s Gil Scott-Herron decreed that the revolution will not be televised; however, students in 2015 have taken up a revolutionary insurgence vis-a-vis multiple forms of “social” media.
December 14, 2015
Leadership & Policy
Eddinger Guides Through Stellar Leadership, Mentorship at Bunker Hill
Dr. Pam Eddinger leads Bunker Hill Community College through mentorship, commitment and strong values.
December 13, 2015
Students
Winthrop Drops Name of White Supremacist from Award
ROCK HILL, S.C. ― Winthrop University’s top academic award will no longer bear the name of avowed segregationist and former South Carolina governor “Pitchfork” Ben Tillman. Media outlets report the university’s president Dan Mahony told faculty, staff and students in an email Friday that the university will discontinue the 75-year-old Tillman Award. Instead, the students […]
December 10, 2015
Leadership & Policy
AAUP: Regents Did ‘Serious Disservice’ in U. Iowa Search
IOWA CITY, Iowa ― A national group says Iowa regents did a “serious disservice” by influencing the University of Iowa presidential search to favor their pre-ordained candidate, businessman Bruce Harreld. The American Association of University Professors said in a report Thursday the Iowa Board of Regents “acted throughout in bad faith” the search to faculty […]
December 10, 2015
Leadership & Policy
Virginia State to Name Makola Abdullah President
Virginia State University will name Bethune-Cookman Provost and Academic Officer Makola M. Abdullah as its next president Friday. Abdullah, a Chicago native, succeeds interim President Pamela Hammond at the historically Black university in Petersburg, Va., and is expected to take office on Feb. 1. Hammond took over as president when Keith Miller resigned last December. […]
December 9, 2015
Leadership & Policy
Accrediting Agency Lifts Sanction on Norfolk State
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) has notified Norfolk State University that it has satisfied all the agency’s accreditation concerns and that it will be removed from probation status. NSU Interim President Eddie N. Moore Jr. was notified of the decision as he attended the agency’s annual meeting in Houston. […]
December 8, 2015
Leadership & Policy
FAMU Trustee at Center of Fight with President Resigns
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. ― The outspoken Florida A&M University trustee involved in a power struggle with the school’s president is resigning. Rufus Montgomery resigned from the FAMU board on Thursday. Montgomery, an alumnus and successful lobbyist in Georgia, had stepped down as the board chairman in October. Montgomery leaves the FAMU board several weeks after trustees […]
December 3, 2015
Leadership & Policy
Distinguished Guests
The Diverse staff would like to again thank University of Washington Bothell Chancellor Wolf Yeigh and Assistant Vice Chancellor Kelly Snyder for stopping by our offices in Fairfax, Va., Wednesday and bringing us up to speed on developments at their rapidly growing institution.
December 3, 2015
Faculty & Staff
University of Missouri Faculty Suggest Revoking Cosby Degree
COLUMBIA, Mo. ― The University of Missouri Faculty Council has voted to recommend rescind an honorary doctorate given to Bill Cosby. The Columbia Missourian reports the council, which is made up of elected representatives of campus faculty, voted Nov. 5 to take back Cosby’s honorary doctorate in humane letters. Ben Trachtenberg, chair of the Faculty […]
December 2, 2015
Leadership & Policy
ALLISON GARRETT
ALLISON GARRETT has been named president of Emporia State University, effective in January. She is executive vice president at Abilene Christian University in Texas. Garrett earned a bachelor’s from Oklahoma Christian University, a juris doctor from the University of Tulsa and a master’s from Georgetown University Law Center.
December 2, 2015
Faculty & Staff
JULIE WOLLMAN
JULIE WOLLMAN has been appointed president of Widener University, effective Jan. 19. She is president of Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Wollman earned a bachelor’s from Harvard University, a master’s from the University of Pennsylvania and a doctorate from New York University.
December 2, 2015
Students
LIZETTE V. RIVERA
LIZETTE V. RIVERA has been appointed director of diversity, inclusion and student activities at Westfield State University. She was director of Upward Bound Pre-Collegiate and Educational Support Programs at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Rivera earned a bachelor’s from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a master’s from Roosevelt University in Illinois.
December 2, 2015
Leadership & Policy
University of Kansas Chancellor Addresses Diversity Issues
LAWRENCE, Kan. — The University of Kansas’ chancellor says hiring a new provost and addressing campus concerns about race are among her top priorities. The Lawrence Journal-World reports Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little was hired by the university in 2009. She says it is expected to take six to nine months to hire a new provost. […]
November 30, 2015
Students
Community College Students, Union Call for President’s Exit
ROCHESTER, Minn. ― Students and staff at a Rochester community college are calling for the school’s president to leave, citing excessive expenses for the school’s recent centennial celebration as the latest example of her mismanagement. The student association and a faculty and staff union at Rochester Community and Technical College sent an open letter to […]
November 29, 2015
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