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Dr. Hugh Sherman Appointed President of Ohio University
Dr. Hugh Sherman has been appointed president of Ohio University for a two-year term. Sherman was dean of the College of Business, stepping down in January of this year. From 2007 to 2021, he was dean of Ohio University’s College of Business and Corlett Chair of Strategy and Senior Economic Policy Fellow in the Voinovich […]
May 28, 2021
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Dr. Gene Andrew Jarrett to Become Princeton University Faculty Dean and William S. Tod Professor of English
Dr. Gene Andrew Jarrett will become Princeton University’s dean of the faculty and the William S. Tod Professor of English, effective Aug. 1. Jarrett – author, editor and educator – is the Seryl Kushner Dean of the College of Arts and Science (CAS) and Professor of English at New York University. Before arriving at NYU, […]
May 28, 2021
COVID-19
COVID-vaccinated Purdue University Students Get Chance to Win Prize Equal to One Year of In-State Tuition
Purdue University students who prove that they have been vaccinated against COVID-19 have the chance to have their in-state undergrad tuition covered for a year. From all the students who document their full vaccination, 10 students will be randomly selected to receive $9,992, the annual undergrad tuition cost for a Purdue in-state student. All undergrad, […]
May 28, 2021
Faculty & Staff
Wesley College Faculty Sue School, Claims Delaware State University Acquisition Breaches Tenured Faculty Contracts
A group of Wesley College faculty are suing the school and trying to stop its transfer to Delaware State University (DSU), claiming that the acquisition breaches tenured faculty contracts, Delaware Online reported. 14 faculty are plaintiffs in the suit filed last Tuesday, but they are proposing the court consider it a class-action suit representing Wesley’s […]
May 28, 2021
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Dr. John Johnson Appointed Whitman College Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion
Dr. John Johnson has been appointed vice president for diversity and inclusion at Whitman College, effective this summer. Johnson was director of inclusive excellence learning at California State University, Sacramento. Johnson was also the inaugural coordinator of the African American Center for Academic Excellence at Humboldt State University. Johnson holds a master’s degree in educational […]
May 28, 2021
Community Colleges
Discover 2021’s Most Promising Places to Work in Community Colleges
There are more than 1,100 community colleges in the U.S. which educate more than 12 million students per year. This year’s list of the Most Promising Places to Work in Community Colleges includes some familiar names and some first timers. Each institution on the list seeks out and values diverse faculty, staff and administrators who are committed to meeting students’ needs and working with them to achieve their goals. Meet the schools here.
May 28, 2021
Asian American Pacific Islander
Learn How This Woman’s Journey Has Made Her ‘a Pillar of Stanford’s Asian American Community’
As the child of Chinese immigrants, Cindy Ng wanted to fit in. She wanted to, as Andrew Yang puts it, “out-American the Americans.” That would change though as Ng entered college at the University of California, Berkeley in the early ’70s. It was there she became “sidetracked by activism.”
May 28, 2021
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
African-American
“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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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