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Marieke Van Puymbroeck Is the New Leader of the American Therapeutic Recreation Association
Marieke Van Puymbroeck is a professor of recreational therapy at Clemson University in South Carolina. She will serve a one-year term as president of the American Therapeutic Recreation Association, a group founded in 1984 that has about 2,200 members.
The New Dean of the Graduate School of Princeton University
Sarah-Jane Leslie is the Class of 1943 Professor of Philosophy, the vice dean for faculty development in the Office of the Dean of the Faculty, the director of the Program in Linguistics, and the founding director of the Program in Cognitive Science at Princeton University.
Melissa Gonzalez to Lead the Southeast College of the Houston Community College System
Dr. Gonzalez has been serving as vice chancellor and chief of staff to the Chancellor of Houston Community College. She came to the college in 2015 after serving as vice chancellor for workforce and economic development at Lone State College in The Woodlands, Texas.
Two Women Are Finalists to Lead the Machias Campus of the University of Maine
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. Two are women: Elizabeth Mauch a professor of mathematics at Bloomsburg University in Pennsylvania and Heather Lattimer, former associate dean of education at the University of San Diego.
Deborah Curtis Will Be the First Woman President of Indiana State University
Since 2012, Dr. Curtis has been serving as provost at the University of Central Missouri in Warrenburg. Earlier she served on the faculty of Illinois State University for 26 years and also was dean of the College of Education.
Garnett Stokes Will Be the First Woman President of the University of New Mexico
Since February 2015, Dr. Stokes has been serving as provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Missouri in Columbia. Before joining the administration at the University of Missouri she was provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at Florida State University.
Mildred Garcia to Lead the American Association of State Colleges and Universities
Since 2012, Dr. Garcia has been president of California State University, Fullerton. Previously, she was president of California State University, Dominguez Hills and CEO of Berkeley College, which operates campuses in the New York City metropolitan area.
Tisa Mason Appointed the Tenth President of Fort Hays State University in Kansas
Dr. Mason has been serving as president of Valley City State University, a 1,500-student educational institution west of Fargo, North Dakota. She is a former vice president for student affairs at Fort Hays State University. Dr. Mason has also served as dean of student life at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
Wilma Mishoe Will Lead Delaware State University in Transition Period
Dr. Mishoe, who now chairs the board of trustees at Delaware State, is the former dean of the Office of Instruction at Delaware Technical & Community College. Her father Luna Mishoe was the president of what is now Delaware State University from 1960 to 1987.
Former Skidmore College President Jamienne Studley Named CEO of Accrediting Agency
The Western Senior College and University Commission is a regional accrediting agency serving a diverse membership of public and private higher education institutions throughout California, Hawaii, and the Pacific.
Two Women Are Finalists for Dean of the College of Environment and Design at the University of Georgia
Patsy Eubanks Owens is a professor of landscape architecture and environmental design at the University of California, Davis and Sonia Hirt is dean and professor at the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Wendy Wintersteen to be the First Woman President of Iowa State University
Dr. Wintersteen first joined the faculty at Iowa State in 1979. In 1989, she left briefly to serve as director of the National Pesticide Education Program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Since 2006, she has served as dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Iowa State.
The First Woman President of Pratt Institute in New York
Since 2015, Frances Bronet has been senior vice president and provost at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. Previously, she served as a distinguished professor and dean of the School of Architecture and Allied Arts at the University of Oregon.
Laura Monks Named President of the Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Shelbyville
Since March 2016, Monks has been assistant director of the Shelbyville campus. Earlier, Monks had a 23-year career at Motlow State Community College in Tullahoma, Tennessee, including stints as dean of students and director of athletics.
Ruth J. Simmons Appointed the Eighth President of Prairie View A&M University in Texas
Dr. Simmons has been serving as interim president of the university since July. She served as the 18th president of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, from 2001 to 2012. Before becoming president of Brown University, Dr. Simmons was president of Smith College, the highly rated liberal arts college for women in Northampton, Massachusetts.
Denise Bannan to Once Again Serve as President of the Owosso Campus of Baker College in Michigan
Since 2008, Dr. Bannan has been serving as provost for Baker College and will continue to serve in that role. Dr. Bannan previously served as president of the Owosso campus from 1995 to 2008.
Three Women Among the Four Finalists for Dean of Students at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst
The University of Massachusetts at Amherst has announced a field of four finalists for the position of dean at students at the flagship state university. All four candidates will visit campus by November 1 for interviews and public forums. Three of the four finalists are women.
Two Women Among the Five Finalists for President of the University of New Mexico
Dr. Anny Morrobel-Sosa was provost and senior vice president for academic affairs for Lehman College of the City University of New York and Garnett S. Stokes is provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Missouri in Columbia.
Connie Ledoux Book to Be the First Woman President of Elon University in North Carolina
Dr. Book is no stranger to Elon University. She joined the faculty in 1999 as an assistant professor of communications. Dr. Book left Elon in 2015 to become the first woman provost at The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina.
Bonnie Rush Is Leading the College of Veterinary Medicine at Kansas State University
Dr. Rush, a professor of internal equine medicine and specializes in equine respiratory disease, is serving as interim dean. She joined the faculty at the veterinary school in 1993 and served as head of the clinical sciences department from 2006 to 2017.
Karen Scolforo Selected as the Next President of Castleton University in Vermont
Karen M. Scolforo has been serving as the ninth president of Central Penn College in Summerdale, Pennsylvania. Dr. Scolforo has served as president there since 2013. From 2009 to 2013, Dr. Scolforo served as executive director of Fortis College in Jacksonville, Florida.
The First Woman President of Columbia Basin College in Pasco, Washington
Dr. Woods has been serving as provost at Jackson College in Jackson, Michigan. She has been at the college for the past eight years. Previously, Dr. Woods was director of student success at Lansing Community College in Michigan.
Janet Dudley-Eshbach Is Stepping Down as President of Salisbury University in Maryland
Dr. Dudley-Eshbach was named president of Salisbury University in 2000. She is the first woman to hold the position and the longest-serving woman president in the history of the University of Maryland System. She will take a one year sabbatical and return to the university as full-time faculty member.
One Woman Among the Five Finalists for President of Fairmont State University in West Virginia
Mirta M. Martin is the former president of Fort Hays State University in Kansas. From 2009 to 2014, she was a professor of management and dean of the Reginald F. Lewis School of Business at Virginia State University.
Two Women Announce They Are Stepping Down as College Presidents
Cynthia A. Zane, president of Hilbert College in Hamburg, New York, and Anna D. Weitz, president of Reading Area Community College in Pennsylvania, have both announced that they will step down from their posts at the end of the current academic year.
Two University Leaders Announce They Are Stepping Down From Their Posts
Kay Norton, president of the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, announced that she will retire at the end of the current academic year and Mary K. Grant, chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Asheville, will become president of the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate in Boston.
The New Director of the Institute for Research on Women and Gender at the University of Michigan
Anna Kirkland, the Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Women’s Studies at the University of Michigan, was appointed director of the institute, which is interdisciplinary and inclusive of the creative and performing arts as well as the humanities, social sciences, and the sciences.
Mary Ryan Appointed the Inaugural Director of the Campus Compact for the Great Plains
The Campus Compact for the Great Plains is a new organization that is a coalition of a group of colleges and universities in Nebraska, Kansas, and South Dakota that seek to advance the public purposes of higher education. Ryan has spent the last 26 years as an administrator at the University of Kansas.
Two Women Among the Four Finalists for President of Castleton University in Vermont
Castleton University has announced a field of four finalists to become the next president of the educational institution. Among the four are Anne Huot, the former president of Keene State College in New Hampshire, and Karen M. Scolforo, the ninth president of Central Penn College in Summerdale, Pennsylvania.
Angela Barlow Is the New Dean of the Graduate School at the University of Central Arkansas
Dr. Barlow had been serving as director of the mathematics and science education doctoral program at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro. Earlier in her career, Dr. Barlow held faculty posts at the University of Mississippi and the University of West Georgia.
Beryl McEwen to Serve as Provost at North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro
Dr. McEwen has been serving as dean of the College of Business at the university since 2014. Earlier, she was vice provost for strategic planning and institutional effectiveness. Dr. McEwen joined the faculty at the university in 1995.
Michelle Howard-Vital Named to Lead Florida Memorial University
In 2016, Dr. Michelle Howard-Vital was chosen to serve as executive vice president and provost at Florida Memorial University. From 2007 to 2014, she was president of Cheyney University in Pennsylvania.
Karen Whitney to Lead the 14-Campus Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education
Since 2010, Dr. Whitney has served as president of Clarion University, a campus of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. She had previously announced that she would leave the presidency of Clarion at the end of the 2017-18 academic year.
The New President of the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
Jacqueline Holland is an assistant professor of family and consumer sciences at Morgan State University in Baltimore. She was installed as president at the association’s 108th annual conference in Dallas.
The New President of the Penn Valley Campus of Metropolitan Community College in Kansas City
Since 2009, Tyjuan Lee has served as vice president for student affairs at Prince George’s Community College in Maryland. Earlier, Dr. Lee was associate vice president for enrollment management and student services at Tidewater Community College in Virginia.
