All Entries in the "Retirements" Category
Kaye Devesty, Director of Financial Aid at Syracuse University, Announces Her Retirement
Devesty has worked at Syracuse since 1977 and had managed hundreds of millions of dollars in financial aid money during that period.
President of Madison College Announces Her Retirement
Bettsey Barhorst, who has served as president of Madison College in Wisconsin since 2004, has announced that she will step down before the start of the fall semester. Madison College, also known as Madison Area Technical College, enrolls more than 40,000 students on five campuses.
Margie Huerta Announces She Will Step Down as President of Dona Ana Community College
President Huerta, who has presided over the college’s rapid growth since 2004, will remain in office through January 2014.
Computer Scientist Leaving Carnegie Mellon University to Take Post at Microsoft
MIT trained Jeannette Wing will be a vice president at Microsoft Research and director of Microsoft Research International with responsibilities for research laboratories in Bangalore India, Beijing, China, and Cambridge, England.
Dean of the Medical School at the University of California Davis Is Leaving at the End of the Academic Year
Since 2005 Claire Pomeroy and served as vice chancellor for human health sciences and dean of the School of Medicine at the University of California at Davis.
Provost at New Mexico State University Is Stepping Down
Wendy K. Wilkins, provost and executive vice president at New Mexico State University since July 2010, announced that she will step down from her post on January 1.
Dean of Faculty at the U.S. Air Force Academy Announces She Will Step Down
Brigadier General Dana Born, a controversial figure on campus who has been dean of the faculty since 2004, announced that she will leave her post at the end of the academic year.
Elizabeth Hutton Turner to Step Down as Vice Provost for the Arts at the University of Virginia
Beginning in January, Dr. Turner will take a two-year leave of absence from her duties as University Professor to serve as vice president for collections and curatorial affairs at the Terra Foundation for American Art.
Roberta Olson Announces Her Plan to Retire as Dean of Nursing at South Dakota State University
Since becoming dean in 1994, she has vastly increased enrollments and added several graduate degree programs.
Shirley Tilghman Stepping Down as President of Princeton University
The molecular biologist will complete the current academic year as university president, take a year’s sabbatical, and then return to Princeton to teach.
Carol Garrison Stepping Down After 10 Years at the Helm of the University of Alabama Birmingham
She is the sixth and longest-serving president of UAB. She will stay on until an interim president is named.
Kathleen Ann Long to Step Down as Dean of the University of Florida’s College of Nursing
When she retires after the 2012-13 academic year, she will be the longest-serving dean in the college’s history.
Dean of the University of Nevada’s Cooperative Extension Is Leaving Post in October
Karen Hinton is the longest-serving woman dean of an academic unit at the University of Nevada.
Director of the Wisconsin Idea Seminar Stepping Down
For the past 19 years Dr. Miriam Simmons has taken between 35 and 40 new faculty or staff on a bus tour of Wisconsin so that they learn about the people of the state and how the University of Wisconsin serves the state’s residents.
Margaret Sullivan Stepping Down as Head of University of South Florida-St. Petersburg
She has served as regional chancellor of the St. Petersburg campus since December 2009.
University of North Carolina Greensboro Scholar Heading to Washington
Jacquelyn White, a professor of psychology and a member of the faculty for 41 years, will be a Catherine Acuff Congressional Fellow.
Gail Mee Announces She Will Leave the Presidency of Henry Ford Community College
Dr. Mee is only the fourth president, and the only woman, to lead the 68-year-old community college in Dearborn, Michigan.
Four Women Scholars Stepping Down
Sheila Pinkel at Pomona College, Charlotte Beck at Hamilton College, and Jane Know of Bowdoin College are retiring from teaching. Emily Spieler is stepping down as dean but will continue to teach at the Northeastern University School of Law.
Three Women Faculty at Vanderbilt University Granted Emerita Status
Tracy Barrett, Barbara Meyrick-Clarry, and Judith Sweeney were honored for their long teaching careers. All served on the Vanderbilt faculty for more than a quarter of a century.
Two Distinguished Women Scholars Are Stepping Down
Ruth-Marie Fincher at the Medical College of Georgia and Leanne Nash at Arizona State University have announced their retirements.
President of the University of Southern Mississippi to Step Down
She has been president since 2007. She will now take a teaching position at the university’s Gulf Coast campus.
Two Longtime Deans Stepping Down
Virginia McLaughlin at the College of William and Mary and Linda Maxson at the University of Iowa will return to teaching.
Barbara Atkinson to Retire as Executive Dean of the Medical School at the University of Kansas
Dr. Atkinson came to the University of Kansas in 1999 as chair of the department of pathology. She was appointed executive dean of the medical school in 2002.
Legendary Coach Pat Summitt to Step Down
She has won more games as a college basketball coach than anyone else, male or female.
Two Women Professors at Hope College Announce Their Retirements
Jane Dickie, professor of psychology, and Diane Lucar-Ellens, associate professor of Spanish, are retiring at the end of the academic year.
Dean of the College of Education at the University of South Florida to Step Down
She will leave her post in June and, after a one year sabbatical, will return to teaching at the University of South Florida.
Engineering Dean at Clemson University Leaves Post
Esin Gulari will remain on the faculty at the university’s College of Engineering and Science.
Smith College President Announces Retirement
Carol T. Christ, the tenth president of Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, announced that she will leave her post on June 30, 2013. Dr. Christ became president of Smith in 2002.
Patricia Stewart Stepping Down From Vice Chancellor Post at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Dr. Stewart has led the university’s fundraising efforts for the past 13 years. During her tenure the university’s endowment increased by 75 percent.
Director of University of Pittsburgh Press Announces Her Retirement
Cynthia Miller has led the university press since 1995. During her tenure, the press published more than 850 titles.
Provost at Iowa State to Leave Post by the End of the Year
Elizabeth Hoffman was a finalist for the presidency of the University of New Mexico and plans to pursue other opportunities in higher education.
Heather Munroe-Blum Plans to Step Down as Head of McGill University
She will continue to serve in her present post until June 2013.
Two Women Leaving High-Ranking University Posts
Betty Leydon, CIO at Princeton, is retiring and Sandra Flake is leaving the provost’s office at CalState-Chico to return to teaching.
Trudie Kibbe Reed Retiring as President of Bethune-Cookman University
Dr. Reed became president in 2004. She is only the second woman, after founder Mary McLeod Bethune, to head the institution.
Linda Bowman Stepping Down From the Presidency of the Community College of Aurora
She received a Fulbright Specialists Award for work in Hong Kong this spring and will join the faculty at the University of Denver in the fall.
