Karine Moe, provost at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, announced that she will step down from her post at the end of the academic year. She has served as provost for the past six years. Dr. Moe will take a year-long sabbatical, then return in September 2022 to the faculty of the economics department as the F.R. Bigelow Professor of Economics.
A labor economist, Dr. Moe graduated from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. She earned a master of public policy degree from Harvard University and a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Minnesota.
Marsha Jaeger, assistant vice chancellor for educational partnerships and the director of the Center for Educational Partnerships at the University of California, Berkeley, is stepping down from her posts after a career of 30 years on campus. For the past three years, Dr. Jaeger also has served as interim chief financial officer and divisional finance leader for the Division of Equity & Inclusion.
Prior to coming to Berkeley, Dr. Jaeger had a successful career as a professional oboist and educator. She holds a doctor of musical arts degree from the University of Cincinnati and a master’s degree in music from Yale University.
Braswell comes to her new appointment with extensive leadership experience in state government, including her current role as general counsel to Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont. In her new role, she will provide strategic oversight for the 16 campuses within Connecticut's public higher education system.
Jennifer Gaither, a lawyer by training, has been a Sullivan University faculty member for the past 25 years. She most recently served as the university's associate provost.
Dr. Crowley has served as provost at Ohio Wesleyan University since 2020. She is slated to become the nineteenth president of Kalamazoo College on July 1.
The three women named to provost positions are Nancy Marchand-Martella at the University of Northern Colorado, Lise Youngblade at Colorado State University, and Randi Storch at Western Oregon University.
Although it was initially founded as school for women, the University of Montevallo has never had a woman president. Now the university has reached a historic milestone and selected selected Michelle R. Johnston to serve as its next president.
The selected candidate should have expertise and experience in theoretical models in labor and public economics as well as in microeconometrics and programming.