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Setting the Agenda for Tennessee’s HBCUs

Brittany L. Mosby is in the role of her dreams as the nation’s first director of HBCU Success for the Tennessee Higher Education Commission. In marrying her passion for historically Black colleges and universities, higher education, diversity and inclusion and state-level policy research, Mosby is setting a strategic agenda to move the state’s seven HBCUs forward.

July 11, 2018

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Appeals Court Hears Challenge to Texas Campus Carry Law

NEW ORLEANS — Attorneys for three University of Texas professors asked a federal appeals court Wednesday to revive their challenge of a law allowing people with concealed-handgun licenses to carry weapons on public university campuses. Two of the professors, Lisa Moore and Mia Carter, were on the front row as a three-judge panel of the […]

July 11, 2018

CU Boulder Professor Pleads Guilty to Mail Fraud

BOULDER, Colo. — A mechanical engineering professor at the University of Colorado Boulder has pleaded guilty to mail fraud for using funds from a research grant for personal expenses, including international travel. Oleg Viktorovich Vasilyev, 50, pleaded guilty Monday. Sentencing on the federal charge is scheduled for Oct. 25. Court records show Vasilyev received a […]

July 11, 2018

GOP Candidates Call for University to Remove Flag Art Piece

LAWRENCE, Kan. Kansas Republican Gov. Jeff Colyer and Secretary of State Kris Kobach on Wednesday demanded that the University of Kansas take down an art display that involves an altered U.S. flag, calling it disrespectful to the military. The piece, called “Untitled (Flag 2), is the last of a series of flag pieces that have […]

July 11, 2018

TRACY L. BRUNDAGE

TRACY L. BRUNDAGE was named president of Keystone College. She will be the first woman to lead the school since it transitioned to a four-year institution from a junior college. Brundage currently serves as the school’s provost and vice president for academic affairs. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Gettysburg College and a master’s degree and doctorate from Pennsylvania State University.

July 11, 2018

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TOKI WRIGHT

TOKI WRIGHT was named assistant chair of professional music department at Berklee College of Music. Wright, a producer, writer, MC and community organizer, will take on his new duties effective July 15. He also led the country’s first fully accredited Hip-Hop Studies program at McNally Smith College of Music.

July 11, 2018

DALE-ELIZABETH PEHRSSON

DALE-ELIZABETH PEHRSSON has been named president of Clarion University. She currently serves as dean of the College of Education and Human Services at Central Michigan University. Pehrsson earned her bachelor’s degree from the University at Albany, two master’s degrees and a doctorate from Idaho State University.

July 11, 2018

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NANCY J. CABLE

NANCY J. CABLE has been selected as the chancellor of the University of North Carolina, Asheville, effective August 15. She currently serves as president of the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations. Cable earned her bachelor’s degree from Marietta College, her master’s degree from the University of Vermont and a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia.

July 11, 2018

RODNEY O. PARKS

RODNEY O. PARKS was named executive director of principal and planned gifts at Rochester Institute of Technology. He previously served as senior director of major and planned gifts at the University of Arkansas Fort Smith. Parks holds a bachelor’s degree from Arkansas Tech University.

July 11, 2018

MAYME HOSTETTER

MAYME HOSTETTER was named president of Relay Graduate School of Education. She is a former middle school English teacher with nearly a decade of experience in higher education.She earned a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University, a master’s degree from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education and an Ed.D. from Teachers College of Columbia University.

July 11, 2018

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LENETTA R. LEE

LENETTA R. LEE has been named dean of the college and vice president for student success at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. She currently serves as dean of students and associate vice president of student affairs. Lee earned her bachelor’s degree from Lincoln University and doctorate from Temple University.

July 11, 2018

LINDA FEDRIZZI-WILLIAMS

LINDA FEDRIZZI-WILLIAMS has been selected as president of Central Penn College. She currently serves as interim co-president as well as provost/vice president of academic affairs. Williams earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Marist College and her doctorate from Benedictine University.

July 11, 2018

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SILVANUS J. UDOKA

SILVANUS J. UDOKA was named dean of the school of business administration at Clark Atlanta University. He currently serves as professor and chair of the department of management and holds a joint appointment in the department of industrial and systems engineering at North Carolina A&T. Udoka holds a bachelor’s degree from Weber State University and a master’s degree and Ph.D. from Oklahoma State University.

July 11, 2018

DEBRENNA LAFA AGBENYIGA

DEBRENNA LAFA AGBENYIGA has been named provost and vice president of academic affairs at Bowie State University. She currently serves as vice provost, dean of the Graduate School and professor of social work at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Agbenyiga earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of South Carolina, two master’s degrees and a Ph.D. from Michigan State University.

July 11, 2018

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PORTIA HOEG

PORTIA HOEG was named executive director of athletics for Rhodes College. She recently served as the director of athletics and recreation at Allegheny College. Hoeg holds a bachelor’s degree from Trinity University and a master’s from North Park University.

July 11, 2018

ANTONIO FARIAS

ANTONIO FARIAS has been selected as the first chief diversity officer and senior advisor to the president at the University of Florida. He currently serves as vice president for equity and inclusion/Title IX officer at Wesleyan University. Farias earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of California, Berkeley. He also holds a master’s degree from the University of California, Riverside.

July 11, 2018

KATIE HARTMAN-BOLDVICH

KATIE HARTMAN-BOLDVICH was named commissioner of the New England Collegiate Conference. She is currently serving a four-year term on the NCAA Division III women’s ice hockey committee, which she has chaired the last two seasons. Boldvich holds a bachelor’s degree from Emerson College.

July 11, 2018

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CYNTHIA REED

CYNTHIA REED was named dean of the Bagwell College of Education at Kennesaw State University, effective August 6. She previously served as the dean of the college of education and human services at Northern Kentucky University. Reed holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree from State University of New York and a doctoral degree from the University of Pittsburgh.

July 11, 2018