Five Women Who Have Received New Administrative Posts in Higher Education

Cheryl A. Maurana has been promoted to vice president for strategic outreach at the Medical College of Wisconsin. She has been serving as senior associate dean for institutional and community engagement. She joined the staff at the Medical College of Wisconsin in 1995.

Dr. Maurana is a graduate of Seton Hill College in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. She hold a master’s degree and a Ph.D. from Purdue University.

Scarlett Powers Osterling was named senior associate dean of advancement at the School of Social Work of the University of Southern California. She is the former vice president of institutional advancement at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.

Osterling holds a master of social work degree in institutional advancement from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Amy Campbell was appointed executive director for campus services and planning at Princeton University in New Jersey. She has been an administrative staff member at the university for the past 17 years. She previously was a senior lecturer and director of athletics at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania.

Campbell is a graduate of Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio. She earned a master’s degree in education from Boston University.

Amy Hungerford, a professor of English and American studies, was named master of Morse College at Yale University. Deputy Provost Steven Girvin, stated, “The job of master in Yale College is incredibly important for our students. The master is the ‘mayor’ of this community as well as an academic leader, counselor and disciplinarian.”

Professor Hungerford holds a bachelor’s degree and a Ph.D. in English and American literature from Johns Hopkins University.

Cassie S. McVeety was named vice president for university advancement at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon. Her appointment is effective on June 1. She has been serving for the past three years as vice president for college advancement at Mt. Hood Community College. From 2004 to 2009, she was vice president for university relations at Portland State University.

McVeety holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Oregon and a master’s degree in public affairs from Washington State University.

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