New University Administrative Posts for Four Women

Colleen Lanzoni has been named associate director of graduate student wellness for the J. Jeffrey and Ann Marie Fox Graduate School at Pennsylvania State University. She has 25 years of experience in mental health counseling and support. Most recently, she was a camp counselor at Penn State DuBois.

Lanzoni holds a master’s degree in mental health counseling from Capella University.

Therese Doyle Tullis was recently promoted to deputy director of athletics at Kean University in Union, New Jersey. For the past three years, she has served as the university’s associate director of athletics. Prior to joining the Kean administration, she was assistant director of athletics at Rutgers University-Camden.

Doyle Tullis holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, a master’s degree in sport business from Temple University in Philadelphia, and an MBA from Rutgers University-Camden.

Sheriah Dixon is the new Title VI coordinator at Syracuse University, where she has served as associate vice president and dean of students since November 2022. She has nearly two decades of experience in higher education, including roles in student conduct, community standards, equal opportunity and Title IX, and residence life.

Dixon holds a bachelor’s degree in criminal investigation from the State University of New York at Canton and a master’s of social work from Syracuse University.

Guadalupe Valencia has been selected to serve as interim vice president for administration and finance and chief financial officer at the University of the Virgin Islands. She has extensive experience in financial administration in higher education, including past positions with the University of Texas at El Paso, the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center at El Paso, the University of Washington, the University of Arizona, and the University of Alaska at Anchorage.

Valencia holds a bachelor’s degree and an MBA in accounting from the University of Texas at El Paso.

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