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Community Colleges

Roueche Center Forum: The Human Side of Transformational Change

Historically, U.S. community college leaders have faced calls for reform. Specifically, higher education researchers and reform leaders have urged community colleges to commit to renewing themselves for student and workforce success while considering the immediate and future demands of the country.

May 28, 2021

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“Alma Mater” Debuts As Alabama A&M’s Beer of Choice

Casey Warner put his classroom studies to use when he was tapped to spearhead an ambitious branding campaign for a new craft beer inspired by his beloved university: Alabama A&M University. On Thursday, “Alma Mater” made its official debut at a local brewery in Huntsville, thanks to Warner and two of his classmates who named the beer and launched an impressive rollout of the marketing strategy to get the beverage in the hands of beer lovers.

May 27, 2021

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VICTOR CLAY

VICTOR CLAY has been named the next chief of the Harvard University Police Department. Clay is currently chief of campus security and parking services at the California Institute of Technology and previously served head of campus security at Occidental College. Prior to that, Clay spent nearly 30 years in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department where he was named lieutenant and was awarded the LASD meritorious conduct medal.

May 27, 2021

KRISTIN LEE

KRISTIN LEE has been appointed assistant professor of violin at the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music. Lee has performed on concert stages throughout the world. She holds a master’s degree from the Juilliard School in New York City.

May 27, 2021

RAMA YELKUR

RAMA YELKUR has been named dean of the College of Business at Texas Woman’s University. Yelkur most recently served as dean of the School of Business at St. John Fisher College in New York and holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the Ethiraj College for Women in India, an MBA from the PSG College of Technology in India and a doctor of business administration degree from Mississippi State University.

May 27, 2021

ILEANA CRISTEA

ILEANA CRISTEA has been appointed the Henry L. Hillman Professor of Molecular Biology at Princeton University, where she has been a full professor since 2016. She holds a master’s degree in medicinal chemistry and a Ph.D. in mass spectrometry from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology in England.

May 27, 2021

MARCY MULDROW SANDERS

MARCY MULDROW SANDERS has been named National Security Innovation Network program director for Florida A&M University and the Florida State University System. She has most recently been involved in the public-private military and defense and economic development ecosystem for the Florida Defense Support Task Force with Enterprise Florida Inc. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Florida A&M University, a master’s degree in business administration from Chaminade University in Honolulu, Hawai’i, and a doctor of public health degree in epidemiology from Capella University.

May 27, 2021

DARREN LENARD HUTCHINSON

DARREN LENARD HUTCHINSON has been appointed the Emory University School of Law inaugural John Lewis Chair for Civil Rights and Social Justice. An acclaimed legal scholar and social justice advocate, Hutchinson is currently the Raymond & Miriam Ehrlich Eminent Scholar at the University of Florida Levin College of Law. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a juris doctorate from Yale Law School.

May 27, 2021

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FELICIA GRIFFIN-FENNELL

FELICIA GRIFFIN-FENNELL has been appointed director of the Academic Fellows Program in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Griffin-Fennell will also hold a faculty appointment in the department of sociology at the university. Most recently the founding director of the STEM Starter Academy at Springfield Technical Community College in Massachusetts, she holds a master’s and Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Connecticut.

May 27, 2021

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RANDALE L. RICHMOND

RANDALE L. RICHMOND has been named director of athletics at Kent State University in Ohio. Richmond was most recently senior associate athletic director at Old Dominion University. He holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Baldwin Wallace University and a master’s degree in higher education and student personnel from Kent State University.

May 27, 2021

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MARIA MICHONSKI

MARIA MICHONSKI has been named director for the Campus Sexual Assault Prevention Program at the University of the South. Michonski previously held positions in the Women’s Center and the LGBTQI Life Office at Vanderbilt University. She holds a bachelor’s degree in theology and women’s and gender studies from Saint Louis University and a master of divinity degree from Vanderbilt University.

May 27, 2021

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TIMOTHY L. MILLNER

TIMOTHY L. MILLNER has been appointed executive director of physical facilities management at Howard University. Previously director of capital planning and construction for the University of the District of Columbia, Millner holds a bachelor’s degree in architecture from Howard, a master’s degree in urban and regional planning from the University of Florida and a juris doctorate from Temple University.

May 27, 2021

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ERIKA CAMERON

ERIKA CAMERON has been appointed provost and vice president for academic affairs at Palo Alto University in California. Previously an associate professor in the School of Leadership and Education Sciences at the University of San Diego, Cameron holds a bachelor’s degree in graphic design from Bradley University, a master’s degree in counselor education from the University of Hawai’i and a Ph.D. in counselor education from the University of Missouri at St. Louis.

May 27, 2021

RANIT MISHORI

RANIT MISHORI has been named inaugural chief public health officer at Georgetown University Medical Center. She is a professor of family medicine at the university. Mishori holds a master’s degree in international health from Johns Hopkins University and a medical degree from Georgetown University. She is working on a second master’s degree in international human rights law at the University of Oxford in England.

May 27, 2021

GODLOVE FONJWENG

GODLOVE FONJWENG has been named executive director of international & intercultural programs at Prairie View A&M University in Texas. Fonjweng previously served as assistant provost of global education & field studies at Hartwick College and holds a Ph.D. in geology from the University of Pennsylvania.

May 27, 2021

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Panelists Discuss the Pandemic’s Impact on Latinx Students

Education leaders from UnidosUS, LULAC, The Education Trust, Teach Plus, ALAS, Khan Academy and Leadership for Educational Equity convened virtually this week to discuss how COVID-19 has impacted Latinx students in K–12 and strategize on outcomes so tha unfinished learning doesn’t impact these students for a lifetime.

May 27, 2021

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LOLITA BUCKNER INNISS

LOLITA BUCKNER INNISS has been appointed dean of the University of Colorado School of Law. She was previously senior associate dean for academic affairs and a distinguished professor of law at the Dedman School of Law at Southern Methodist University. She holds a bachelor’s from Princeton University, a law degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, as well as a master of law degree and a Ph.D. in law from Osgoode Hall Law School of York University in Canada.

May 27, 2021

JOHN BROOKS SLAUGHTER

JOHN BROOKS SLAUGHTER has been appointed University Professor at the University of Southern California. He is the Dean’s Professor of Education and Engineering at the university’s Rossier School of Education and the Viterbi School of Engineering. He holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Kansas State University, a master’s degree in engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles and a Ph.D. in engineering from the University of California, San Diego.

May 27, 2021

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