Amanda Bryant-Friedrich was named dean of the College of Graduate Studies at the University of Toledo in Ohio. She was the director of the Shimadzu Laboratory for Pharmaceutical Research Excellence at the university. Before joining the faculty at the University of Toledo, Dr. Bryant-Friedrich was a member of the chemistry department faculty at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan.
Dr. Bryant-Friedrich is a graduate of North Carolina Central University in Durham, where she majored in chemistry. She holds a master’s degree from Duke University in Durham, and a Ph.D. from Heidelberg University in Tiffin, Ohio.
Marilyn Macik-Frey has been appointed dean of the College of Business Administration at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana. She has served in the post on an interim basis since last November. She is an associate professor of management.
Dr. Macik-Frey is a graduate of Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas. She holds a master’s degree from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, an MBA from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, and a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Arlington.
Cheryl Easley is the new dean of the College of Health Sciences at Alabama State University in Montgomery. Dr. Easley is the former dean of the College of Health and Social Welfare at the University of Alaska-Anchorage. She has served as president of American Public Health Association.
Dr. Easley is a graduate of Columbia Union College in Takoma Park, Maryland. She holds a Ph.D. in nursing from New York University.
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.