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KYMBERLY N. PINDER

KYMBERLY N. PINDER was selected as the provost and senior vice president of Academic Affairs for Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt), effective January 2019. She has a career in higher education spanning more than 25 years,and currently serves as the dean of the College of Fine Arts at the University of New Mexico. Pinder earned a bachelor’s from Middlebury College and master’s, Ph.M. and Ph.D. degrees from Yale University.

August 23, 2018

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REGINALD A. BESS

REGINALD A. BESS was selected as the president-elect of the Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies at South Carolina State University (SCSU), effective March 2019. Bess currently serves as an adjunct professor at SCSU. He holds a bachelor of arts degree from West Virginia State University, a master’s from Grambling State University and a master’s and Ph.D. degree from The Ohio State University.

August 23, 2018

ADRIANE JOHNSON-WILLIAMS

ADRIANE JOHNSON-WILLIAMS was named special assistant to the president for strategy and planning at LeMoyne-Owen College. She previously served as a program officer at Pyramid Peak Foundation, where she managed philanthropic efforts to address child development and poverty. Johnson-Williams holds a bachelor’s in economics and French from Wellesley College, a master’s in secondary education from The George Washington University and doctorate degree in educational policy studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

August 23, 2018

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SDSU Finds Success in Broad Definition of Diversity

San Diego State University’s efforts to attract and maintain a diverse student population begins with a recruitment strategy of reaching out and building strong relationships with prospective students at high schools and community colleges.

August 23, 2018

JANET WORMACK

JANET WORMACK has been named vice chancellor of finance and administration and chief financial officer at Houston Community College. She currently serves as senior vice president for administrative and fiscal services at Montgomery College. Wormack holds a bachelor’s degree from Arizona State University, a master’s degree from Bowie State University and a doctorate from Morgan State University.

August 23, 2018

YAN SEARCY

YAN SEARCY has been named dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at California State University at Northridge. Searcy currently serves as associate dean in the School of Health and Human Services at Southern Connecticut State University. He received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Notre Dame, an M.S.W. from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.

August 23, 2018

JEN BACON

JEN BACON was named dean of the College of the Arts and Humanities at West Chester University (WCU). She has served in countless roles at WCU, most recently serving as the interim dean of the College of Arts and Humanities. Bacon earned her bachelor’s from the University of South Carolina, master’s degree from the University of Cincinnati, and a Ph.D. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

August 23, 2018

JEFFREY ALSTON

JEFFREY ALSTON was named director of University Career Services at East Tennessee State University. Alston previously served as associate director of employer relations and internships at The College at Brockport, State University of New York in Brockport. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Winston-Salem State University, an M.B.A. from Morgan State University and an Ed.D. from the University of Rochester.

August 23, 2018

DEBRA GURNEY

DEBRA GURNEY was named director of nursing for the Biology and Health Sciences Department at College of DuPage. Most recently, she served as the assistant dean of the College of Health Sciences at Dominican University in River Forest, Ill. She holds an Ed.D. from Northern Illinois University.

August 22, 2018

ANNELISE RILES

ANNELISE RILES was named executive director of the Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Studies. Riles was also selected as a tenured professor at Northwestern University’s Pritzker School of Law. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Princeton University, a master’s degree from the London School of Economics, a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge.

August 22, 2018

TRACEY RAY

TRACEY RAY was selected as the new chief diversity and inclusion officer at West Chester University. She recently served as the assistant vice provost in the Office for Institutional Equity and Diversity at North Carolina State University. Ray received a bachelor’s, master’s and Ph.D. degree from North Carolina State University.

August 22, 2018

ANDRE L. GREEN

ANDRE L. GREEN has been named executive director of the Assessment Reform Organization, The National Center for Fair& Open Testing (FairTest). He currently serves as the chair for the Somerville (MA) School Committee and previously served as the political director at MASSCreative, a Massachusetts statewide arts advocacy group. Green holds a bachelor’s degree from Bard College at Simon’s Rock.

August 22, 2018

NANCY AMATO

NANCY AMATO was selected head of the Department of Computer Science and an Abel Bliss professor of engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), effective Jan. 7, 2019. Amato will be the first woman to lead the department. She previously served as a regent’s professor and Unocal professor of computer science at Texas A&M University. She received a bachelor’s degree from Stanford University, a bachelor’s from Stanford University, master’s degree from University of California at Berkeley, and a Ph.D. from UIUC.

August 22, 2018

UNC Leaders: ‘We do not support lawlessness’

Administrators from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the UNC System issued a statement Tuesday evening condemning the “mob actions” that led to the extralegal removal of the Confederate “Silent Sam” statue from its pedestal.

August 22, 2018

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Free Med School

When New York University announced last week that it would provide all of its medical students full-tuition scholarships from now on, the school politely challenged its competitors to follow suit. “We hope that many other academic medical centers will soon choose to join us on this path,” Robert Grossman, the school of medicine’s dean and […]

August 22, 2018

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UTSA to Offer New Ph.D. Civil Engineering Program

Starting this fall, The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) will offer a civil engineering doctoral program for its students. The new doctoral program comes as new data reveals that the state’s population is estimated to grow as high as 50 percent in the next 20 years, resulting in the demand for more civil […]

August 22, 2018

‘Blind’ Vet Kept Driving

WITCHITA, Kan. (Tribune News Service) — A U.S. Army veteran who pretended to be blind, even as he kept driving, has been charged with theft of government funds, officials said. Addison Lewis, 39, of Hutchinson, Kan., was charged with conspiracy to defraud the government and two counts of theft of government funds, U.S. Attorney Stephen […]

August 22, 2018

Journal: Minority Medicare Patients Less Likely to Get Preventative Care

Medicare patients nationwide have low rates of preventive care visits—with the lowest rates found in older adults of minority race/ethnicity, reports a study in the September issue of Medical Care. Lower use of the Medicare Annual Wellness Visit (AWV) by non-white patients is partially explained by income and education—suggesting that the difference is related to […]

August 22, 2018