Charlene S. Aaron was appointed chancellor of the St. John’s College of Nursing in Springfield, Illinois, effective June 1. The St. John’s Hospital School of Nursing was founded in 1886 by Hospital Sisters of St. Francis. Today, the school offers a bachelor’s of science degree in nursing to students who have completed pre-professional science and liberal arts studies at other colleges or universities. The latest U.S. Department of Education data shows enrollments of 119 students, with women making up 86 percent of the student body.
Dr. Aaron has been serving as an assistant professor in the Mennonite College of Nursing at Illinois State University. She has been on the faculty at the nursing school for more than a decade.
Dr. Aaron is a graduate of Illinois Wesleyan University. She holds a master’s degree in nursing systems administration from Illinois State University and a doctorate in nursing with a concentration in aging from the University of Iowa.
The new provosts are Fatma Mili at Montclair State University in New Jersey, Rose Marie Ward at Northwest Missouri State University, and KerryAnn O'Meara at Fordham University in New York.
Dr. Blondin currently serves as vice provost for global initiatives at Virginia Commonwealth University, where she has worked for over a decade. A two-time Fulbright Specialist, she specializes in strategic budgeting and internationalization, global learning, and art history.
The American Animal Hospital Association is the accreditor for veterinary hospitals across the United States and Canada. Dr. Beale, associate dean at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, will become the association's next leader on April 1.
Angela Garcia Falconetti, who has been serving as president of Polk State College in Winter Park, Florida, has been named interim president of her alma mater, the University of North Florida. Anne B. Kerr, president emerita of Florida Southern College, has been named interim president of Polk State College.
Following 18 months of interim service, Dr. Rich has been officially named the seventeenth president of Yakima Valley College in the state of Washington. She has worked for the college for more than two decades, including 18 years as vice president for administrative services.
The Social Sciences Collegiate Division at the University of Chicago is now accepting applications for a full-time Instructional Professor who will teach in the program in Law, Letters, and Society.
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania seek candidates for an Assistant Professor position in the non-tenure academic clinician track. Expertise is required in the specific area of Clinical Chemistry.
The Sustainability Manager serves as the University of Nevada, Reno’s campus-wide sustainability lead, coordinating sustainability planning, implementation, reporting, and engagement across academic, research, administrative, and operational units.
The Black Studies Department at The City College of New York invites applications for a full-time, tenure track Assistant Professor of Black Studies who is firmly situated, trained, and credentialed in the field of Black Studies.
The University of Chicago Division of the Social Sciences invites applications for appointment as Instructional Professor at the rank of Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor, with a specialization in Sociology, in the Master of Arts Program in the Social Sciences.