Anne Dichele was appointed interim dean of the School of Education at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. Since 2013, She has been the director of the master of arts in teaching program at the university. Dr. Dichele has been a member of the faculty at Quinnipiac since 1999.
Dr. Dichele is a graduate of Northeastern University in Boston. She holds a master’s degree in education from Harvard University and a doctorate in curriculum and instruction from the University of Connecticut.
Cecilia Botero is the new dean of the J.D. Williams Library at the University of Mississippi. Previously, she was associate dean for discovery and access in the George A. Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida. She also was the director of the Health Science Center Libraries at the university.
A native of Colombia, Botero is a graduate of the University of Miami in Florida. She holds a master of library and information science degree from the University of Texas at Austin.
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.