Dr. Elsa Nuñez has been appointed president of Eastern Connecticut State University. She is currently vice chancellor for academic and student affairs for the University of Maine System. Nuñez holds a bachelor’s from Montclair State University, a master’s from Fairleigh Dickenson University and a doctorate from Rutgers University.
Tracie Alcorn-Abraham has been appointed executive director of the office of admissions and recruitment at Southern University (La.). Previously, she served in the position on an interim basis. Alcorn-Abraham earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Southern.
Dr. Lowell B. Catlett has been appointed dean of the College of Agriculture and Economics at New Mexico State University. He had been serving on an interim basis. Catlett earned a bachelor’s from West Texas State University, a master’s from NMSU and a doctorate from Iowa State University.