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Jennifer Mnookin Appointed Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Since 2015, Dr. Mnookin has been dean of the School of Law and Ralph and Shirley Shapiro Professor of Law at the University of California, Los Angeles. She joined the faculty at UCLA in 2005. Earlier, she was a professor at the University of Virginia School of Law.
The University of Southern Maine in Portland Names Its Next President
Since 2017, Dr. Edmondson has been the chancellor and chief academic officer of Penn State Greater Allegheny. Earlier, she was a tenured professor and associate dean in the College of Education and later associate vice president and associate dean for undergraduate education.
Torie Jackson Has Been Selected to Lead West Virginia University at Parkersburg
Most recently she has been chief operating officer, executive vice president for institutional advancement, and president and CEO of the West Virginia University at Parkersburg Foundation. She also holds a faculty post as an associate professor of communication.
Lovell Pugh-Bassett Wll Be the Next President of Camden County College in New Jersey
Dr. Pugh-Bassett has served as the vice president of institutional effectiveness, advancement, and strategic initiatives at Camden County College since August of 2019. Earlier, she was program coordinator for the math/science Upward Bound program at Temple University and then program director for Upward Bound at Philadelphia Community College.
Julie Chen Has Been Named Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Lowell
Dr. Chen has been serving as vice chancellor for research and innovation and has been a member of the faculty since 1997, after spending six years as an assistant professor at Boston University. She was appointed vice provost for research in 2009 and was promoted to vice chancellor in 2016.
Cleveland State Community College in Tennessee Chooses Its Next President
Since 2017, Dr. Ty Stone has served as the sixth president of Jefferson Community College in Watertown, New York. Earlier, the Air Force veteran was vice president for strategic initiatives at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio.
Tracy Brundage Appointed President of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton, Georgia
Since 2018, Dr. Brundage has served as the eleventh president of Keystone College in La Plume, Pennsylvania. Earlier, she was provost and vice president for academic affairs at Keystone. Before coming to Keystone, Dr. Brundage served as vice president of workforce development at the Pennsylvania College of Technology in Williamsport.
Texas A&M University Has Announced the Leader of Its New Campus in Fort Worth
Kim McCuistion is currently dean of the Fort Worth campus of Tarleton State University. She joined Tarleton in 2018 as chief of staff after 11 years with Texas A&M University-Kingsville.
Laura Bloomberg Named the Eighth President of Cleveland State University in Ohio
Dr. Bloomberg became provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Cleveland State on September 1, 2021. She previously served eight years as dean and as associate dean of the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.
Laura Carlson Will Be the Next Provost at the University of Delaware
Dr. Carlson has been serving as vice president, associate provost, and dean of the Graduate School at the University of Notre Dame. She joined the Notre Dame faculty in 1994 as an assistant professor of psychology.
Amy Kremenek Will Be the Fifth President of Tompkins Cortland Community College in Dryden, New York
For the last seven years, Dr. Kremenek has served as vice president of enrollment, development, and communications at Onondaga Community College in Syracuse. For the previous four years, she was vice president of human resources and external relations at the college.
Emily Barnes Appointed Provost at Siena Heights University in Adrian, Michigan
Dr. Barnes has been serving as interim president of Cleary University in Howell, Michigan. She is the first woman to lead that educational institution. Before being named interim president, Dr. Barnes was provost and executive vice president of academic affairs at Cleary University.
Jean Runyon Will Be the Next President of Piedmont Virginia Community College in Charlottesville
Dr. Runyon currently serves as campus vice president of Front Range Community College in Colorado, where she is the top executive on the Larimer campus. From 2007 to 2015, she worked at Anne Arundel Community College in Arnold, Maryland
Stefanie Niles Will Lead Cottey College, a Women’s College in Nevada, Missouri
Dr. Niles comes to Cottey College from Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio, where she has served as vice president for enrollment and communications, a position she has held since 2018.
Mercer County Community College Names Its Seventh President
Dr. Preston previously served as provost and vice president of academic affairs at Raritan Valley Community College in Branchburg, New Jersey. Earlier in her career, Dr. Preston served in various roles at Montgomery College in Maryland and Georgia Perimeter College.
Donna Heiland Appointed Provost at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York
Dr. Heiland joined Pratt as associate provost for academic affairs in 2016, and became vice provost just over a year later. Prior to arriving at Pratt, Dr. Heiland was vice president and special assistant to the president at Emerson College in Boston and was a tenured faculty member at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York.
The First Woman President of Portland Community College in Oregon
Adrien Bennings has been serving as president at Kellogg Community College, one of 28 community colleges in the state of Michigan. Earlier, she was the vice president of administration and finance and chief financial officer at Clovis Community College in New Mexico.
Susanne Cox: From Bookstore Clerk to College President
Susanne Cox joined the staff at the Tennessee College of Applied Technology Morristown in 1990 as a clerk in the college’s bookstore. She is now the college’s president.
Lia Mermonga Is the First Woman to Lead the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Fermilab is a 6,800-acre facility headquartered in Batavia, Illinois. It is the United States’ premier particle physics and accelerator laboratory. Dr. Merminga first came to Fermilab in 1987 as a student in the newly established graduate program in accelerator physics.
A Pair of Women Appointed to University Provost Positions
Lesleigh Cushing, Murray W. and Mildred K. Finard Professor in Jewish studies and professor of religion at Colgate Univerity in Hamilton, New York, has been named provost. And, Patricia A. Marshall will be the next provost and vice president of academic affairs at Fitchburg State University in Massachusetts.
Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo Is the Second Woman to Lead the Journal of the American Medical Association
Dr. Bibbins-Domingo is a professor and chair of the department of epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. She also serves as the medical school’s first vice dean for population health and health equity.
Helene D. Gayle Appointed the Eleventh President of Spelman College in Atlanta
Dr. Gayle is currently president and CEO of The Chicago Community Trust, one of the nation’s oldest and largest community foundations. Earlier, she was CEO of the international humanitarian organization CARE and spent 20 years at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Kerry Heyward to Lead Clayton State University in Georgia
Heyward has been serving as university attorney for Georgia State University in Atlanta. She has been on the staff there for 20 years. Earlier, she was an associate at a private law firm specializing in transactional law, estate planning, and tax law.Heyward has been serving as university attorney for Georgia State University in Atlanta. She has been on the staff there for 20 years. Earlier, she was an associate at a private law firm specializing in transactional law, estate planning, and tax law.Heyward has been serving as university attorney for Georgia State University in Atlanta. She has been on the staff there for 20 years. Earlier, she was an associate at a private law firm specializing in transactional law, estate planning, and tax law.
Karen Hofmann Will Be the First Woman President of ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, California
Following a career in product design, automotive design, and consumer and design research, Hofmann joined the faculty at the college in 2002 first as an instructor, then chair of the product design department beginning in 2010. Hofmann was named provost of ArtCenter College of Design in 2018.
Two State Universities Have Appointed Women to Provost Positions
Donna K. Arnett was appointed executive vice president for academic affairs and provost at the University of South Carolina and Amy Thompson was named provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio.
Jolene Koester Selected to Serve as Chancellor of the California State University System
When Dr. Koester takes office on May 1, she will be the second woman to lead the university system. Her appointment is expected to last for one year. From 2000 to 2011, Dr. Koester was president of California State University, Northridge.
Janet Gooch Will Be the Next Leader of the University of Illinois Springfield
Dr. Gooch has been executive vice president and provost at Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri, since 2017. She has been an administrator and member of the faculty at the university since 1995. She is a professor in the department of communication disorders and served as dean of the Health Sciences and Education.
Valerie Sheares Ashby Will Be First Woman President of the University of Maryland Baltimore County
Since 2015, Dr. Ashby has been dean of the Trinity College of Arts & Sciences at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. From 2003 to 2105, Dr. Ashby served on the faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. There, she chaired the chemistry department from 2012 to 2015.
Two Women Who Have Been Selected to Serve as Provosts
Michele Gillespie was named provost at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and Marie Chisholm-Burns was appointed executive vice president and provost of Oregon Health & Science University.
Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa, Names Its First Woman President in Its 170-Year History
Dr. Neiduski has been serving as dean of the School of Health Sciences at Elon University in North Carolina. Earlier, she was the chair and program director for the department of occupational therapy at Concordia University Wisconsin and an associate professor of occupational therapy with tenure at Maryville University in St. Louis.
Rachelle Keck Will Be the First Woman President of Grand View University in Iowa
Since 2017, Dr. Keck has been president of Briar Cliff University in Sioux City, Iowa. Earlier in her career in the academic world, she was director of planned giving at the University of Iowa Foundation and executive director for philanthropy and alumni relations at Indian Hills Community College in Ottumwa, Iowa.
Sue Ott Rowland Will Be the Next President of Randolph College in Lynchburg, Virginia
Rowlands is a professor of theatre at Northern Kentucky University. From 2014 to 2020, she was provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the university. Earlier, she was a professor of theatre and dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences at Virginia Tech.
A Trio of Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Positions as Provosts
Tricia Serio has been appointed as provost and senior vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Massachusetts. Mignon Jacobs is the new vice president of academic affairs and provost at Virginia Union University and Eva M. Fernández was named provost and vice president for academic affairs at Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry, New York.
Rhea Law Has Been Appointed President of the University of South Florida
Rhea Law has been serving as interim president since August 2021. She is the first graduate of the university to serve as president. President Law was one of the founding members of the USF board of trustees, where she spent five years as vice chair and four years as the first and only female chair.
Kathy Schwaig Is the New President of Kennesaw State University in Georgia
Dr. Schwaig has been serving as interim president for the past eight months. Earlier, she was provost and senior vice president for academic affairs from 2019 to 2021. Prior to being named provost, she was dean of the Michael J. Coles College of Business at the university.
