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Section: Leadership & Policy
Students
South Carolina’s Action on Flag Leads NCAA to Lift Ban
As a result of the South Carolina’s decision to remove the Confederate battle flag from its capitol grounds, the NCAA is ending a nearly 15-year ban on the state playing host to sanctioned championship events.
July 9, 2015
Leadership & Policy
STACY SWEENEY
STACY SWEENEY has been named president of Bay State College, effective July 13. She is currently chief administrative officer at Southern New Hampshire University. Sweeney holds a bachelor’s from the University of Pittsburgh and a master’s from Antioch University McGregor.
July 9, 2015
Faculty & Staff
Student Activists in Thailand Seen Before Military Court
BANGKOK ― A military court in Thailand freed 14 student activists from detention Tuesday ahead of their trial but said they still face sedition charges ― and up to seven years in prison ― for defying the junta’s ban on political gatherings.
July 7, 2015
Faculty & Staff
UNC Law Professor Open New Anti-poverty Research Project
In the wake of the controversial closure of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s anti-poverty center, the law school professor who had led the center has launched a research fund outside the domain of university leaders.
July 6, 2015
Students
Vermont to Provide In-state College Tuition to Veterans
Vermont is providing in-state tuition to its public colleges and university to military veterans from around the country.
July 5, 2015
Faculty & Staff
Presidents Partial to Severance Packages
Severance packages for college and university president can be quite hefty.
July 1, 2015
Leadership & Policy
Police Departments Compete for a Few Good-Hearted Officers
They poach officers from nearby police departments. They entice recruits by playing up the drama and heroism of policing through video close-ups of flashing lights and holstered guns. They wrestle with how to offer better pay. But most of all, cognizant of the recent turmoil over officer-involved deaths in Missouri, Baltimore and elsewhere, America’s police […]
July 1, 2015
Leadership & Policy
CELESTINO LIMAS
CELESTINO LIMAS has been appointed vice president for student affairs and enrollment at Heritage University. He was vice president for campus life and senior diversity officer at Lafayette College. Limas earned a bachelor’s from the University of Iowa, a master’s from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and a doctorate from the University of Oregon.
June 30, 2015
Leadership & Policy
Marshall University Adds 3 New Engineering-based Degrees
Marshall University has three new degree programs that will go along with the university’s new engineering facility, set to open this fall.
June 29, 2015
Students
KATHRINE SWANSON
KATHRINE SWANSON has been named vice chancellor for student success and engagement at Metropolitan Community College, starting August 3. She was vice president for student affairs and enrollment management at Montgomery County Community College in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania. Swanson holds a bachelor’s from Northern Michigan University, a master’s from Montana State University and a doctorate from the University of North Texas.
June 29, 2015
Faculty & Staff
ELAINE COLLINS
ELAINE COLLINS has been appointed president of Johnson State College in Vermont. She was dean and COO of the College of Education at Grand Valley State University. Collins earned a bachelor’s from the University of California, Los Angeles, a master’s from the University of California, Davis, and a doctorate from The Ohio State University.
June 29, 2015
Leadership & Policy
An Open Letter from Orangeburg to Charleston
If the lessons learned from “yesterday’s sorrow” do not frame new patterns of action which abort or prevent “tomorrow’s” insult or injury, then what does ‘I am sorry’ really mean?
June 23, 2015
Leadership & Policy
Washington State President Floyd Dies
Elson Floyd, president of Washington State University since 2007, died Saturday morning of complications from colon cancer.
June 22, 2015
Leadership & Policy
Jackson State Presents $42M Plan to Buy Land for New Dorm
Jackson State University officials want to issue $42 million in bonds to finance construction of a new dormitory on campus.
June 18, 2015
Leadership & Policy
Prosecutor Says Detention of Virginia Student was Justified
A prosecutor said Wednesday that he found no evidence of excessive force or racism by officers involved in the arrest of a University of Virginia student who was bloodied and pinned to the ground in an incident that drew widespread attention.
June 17, 2015
Faculty & Staff
EVELYN MARIA THOMPSON
EVELYN MARIA THOMPSON has been appointed president of Coppin State University, effective July 1. She is currently provost and vice president for academic affairs at the State University of New York College at Oneonta. Thompson earned a bachelor’s from Tennessee State University, a master’s from The Ohio State University and a doctorate from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville.
June 17, 2015
Leadership & Policy
MADELINE PUMARIEGA
MADELINE PUMARIEGA has been appointed chancellor of the Florida College System. She was chief executive officer of Take Stock in Children. She earned a bachelor’s from St. Thomas University and a master’s from Florida Atlantic University.
June 17, 2015
Students
MICHAEL V. PHAM
MICHAEL V. PHAM has been appointed vice president of administrative services at Highline College. He was vice president of administrative services at Seattle Central College. Pham earned two associate degrees from Seattle Central, a bachelor’s from Central Washington University and an MBA from City University of Seattle.
June 17, 2015
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