Mary Beth Lancaster was appointed dean of instruction at Jefferson Davis Community College in Brewton, Alabama. The college enrolls about 1,100 students and women are 55 percent of the student body.
Dean Lancaster has taught English at Jefferson Davis Community College for the past 22 years.
Sarah Nutter was named the next dean of the Charles H. Lundquist College of Business at the University of Oregon. She will assume her new post on January 17. Since 2014, Dr. Lundquist has been serving as dean of the School of Business at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.
Dr. Nutter is a graduate of Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Michigan. She earned an MBA and a Ph.D. at Michigan State University.
Heidi Gilligan is the new dean of education for Trident University, headquartered in Cypress, California. She joined the university in 2014 and has been serving as director of the graduate programs in education.
Dr. Gillligan holds a bachelor’s degree in speech/language pathology and a master’s degree in exercise physiology from San Diego State University. She earned a doctorate in educational leadership from California State University, Long Beach.
Dr. Scarlatta has led the University of Michigan-Dearbon on an interim basis for the past year. Pending approval from the board of regents, she is slated to become the university's permanent leader on May 22.
Nicole Reaves has been serving as executive vice president and chief programs officer at Wake Technical Community College in Raleigh, North Carolina. On July 15, she is slated to become the first woman president of Schenectady County Community College within the State University of New York System.
Dr. Bear, a longtime leader and advocate for international public health, is the new leader of Jhpiego, a Johns Hopkins University-affiliated global health organization dedicated to improving the health and lives of women and families around the world.
Dr. Fleuriet comes to her new role from the University of Texas at San Antonio, where she has been serving as vice provost for honors education and a professor of anthropology.
Dr. Burris has served as provost of Lenoir-Rhyne University in Hickory, North Carolina for the past four years. She is slated to become the next president of SUNY's Buffalo State University on July 1.
The selected candidate should have expertise and experience in theoretical models in labor and public economics as well as in microeconometrics and programming.
The University of Arizona School of Music seeks a visionary and collaborative Director to lead its comprehensive music program through a time of opportunity and transformation.
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania seek candidates for an Assistant Professor position in the non-tenure clinician educator track.