JoAnne Boyle, president of Seton Hill University in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, has announced that she will step down from her post on June 30 or whenever a successor is named. President Boyle has led the university for the past quarter century. During her tenure, Seton Hill transformed from a small women’s college to a coeducational university with more than 2,500 students and 80 undergraduate and 10 graduate degree programs.
Dr. Boyle served as a professor and chair of the English department at Seton Hill before being named president. She is a graduate of Seton Hill and holds a master’s degree in teaching from Harvard University and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Pittsburgh.
Dr. Soufleris, a three-time alumna of the State University of New York System, has more than 35 years of higher education experience spanning student affairs, enrollment management, retention, and student success initiatives.
Most recently, Dr. Van Vlerah served as vice president for student success and institutional strategy at Manchester University in Indiana. She is slated to become the fifteenth president of Notre Dame of Maryland University on July 6.
Dr. Egan comes to her new role as president of Bennington College from Connecticut College, where she has been serving as the Fuller-Maathai Professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Intersectionality Studies, dean of the faculty, and chief academic officer.
Dr. Pfluger has spent the past year as Bakersfield College's interim president. She previously served as vice chancellor of educational services and student success at the Kern Community College District.
Dr. Geneco comes to her new role from Tufts University in Massachusetts, where she has served as provost for the past four years. She is slated become the University at Buffalo's first woman president on August 10.