Three Universities Announce the Appointment of Women to Administrative Posts

Jinliu Wang was appointed executive vice president for research, innovation and knowledge enterprise at Ohio State University. Dr. Wang joins Ohio State from the State University of New York System, where she was most recently senior vice chancellor for research and economic development and interim president of SUNY Polytechnic Institute.

Dr. Wang received a Ph.D. in materials science and engineering from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.

Lauren L. Misale was appointed chief of police at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts. She has been on the university’s police force for 12 years. In 2013, she was promoted to sergeant, the first woman to hold that position. Misale also has served as an adjunct professor, teaching criminal justice at Anna Maria College, Quinsigamond Community College, and The American Women’s College at Bay Path University.

Misale is a graduate of Curry College in Milton, Massachusetts. She holds a master of public administration degree from Clark Univerity.

Karyn C. Nooks was appointed director of the Office of Alumni Affairs at Fort Valley State University in Georgia. Most recently, she served as the senior enrollment specialist and senior admissions counselor at Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Nooks graduated from Fort Valley State University in 2016 with a bachelor of business administration degree in marketing with a minor in logistics.

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