The University of Maine has announced a field of four finalists for the position of vice president for academic affairs and head of the Machias campus. The campus, in far eastern Maine, enrolls less than 800 students. Women make up 69 percent of the undergraduate student body.
All four finalists will visit campus by the first week in December for a series of interviews and public forums. Two of the four finalists are women.
Elizabeth Mauch is a professor of mathematics at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. Until this past spring, she served as dean of the College of Education at Bloomsburg. Dr. Mauch is a graduate of Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. She earned a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in mathematics from Lehigh University, also in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Heather Lattimer is the executive director of the Institute for Entrepreneurship in Education at the University of San Diego. She is the former associate dean of the College of Education at the university. She joined the faculty at the University of San Diego in 2006. Dr. Lattimer is a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard University. She holds a master’s degree in social science education from Stanford University and an educational doctorate from the University of California, San Diego.
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.
The new presidents are Laurie A. Boeding at the Technical College of the Lowcountry and Melissa Frank-Alston at Northeastern Technical College. Both women are expected to begin their presidencies on July 1.
Dr. McEwen comes to her new appointment following four years as president and vice chancellor of Victoria University in the University of Toronto. Earlier, she served in several leadership roles at the University of Toronto Mississauga. She received some of her education in the United States.
The new provosts are Barbara Rodriguez at the University of New Mexico, Bridget Chalk at Manhattan University in New York, and Jaci Lederman at Vincennes University in Indiana. All three women had been serving as their university's interim provost.
Dr. Howard joins Spelman from Ohio State University, where she has been serving as dean of the College of Engineering. She is a nationally recognized expert in robotics, artificial intelligence, and human-centered technology.