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California State University, Bakersfield President Lynette Zelezny to Retire in December
Before becoming the fifth president of the university in 2018, Dr. Zelezny was provost and vice president for academic affairs at Fresno State University in California. She had served in that role since 2014. Dr. Zelezny joined the psychology department faculty at Fresno State in 1988.
Carol Christ, Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, to Retire in 2024
Dr. Christ began her term as the 11th chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley on July 1, 2017, after serving as provost. From 2002 to 2013, Dr. Christ was president of Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts.
Three Women Leaders Are Stepping Down From the Top Posts at Colleges and Universities
Rachel Solemsaas will step down on June 30 as chancellor of Hawai‘i Community College. Lesia L. Crumpton-Young has announced that she is resigning as president of Texas Southern University in Houston after only two years on the job and Kathryn A. Foster is stepping down as president of The College of New Jersey but will return to the faculty at the college.
After 18 Years, Elsa M. Núñez Is Retiring From the Presidency of Eastern Connecticut State University
Elsa M. Núñez was the first Latina to serve as a university president in New England. Before being named president of Eastern Connecticut State University in 2006, Dr. Núñez served as vice chancellor for academic and student affairs in the University of Maine System and provost and vice president for academic affairs at Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Columbia University Provost Mary Boyce to Leave Her Post to Return to Teaching
Dr. Boyce’s tenure at Columbia University stretches back to 2013, when she joined the university community as dean of the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science. She was named provost in 2021 and now plans to take a scholarly leave and return to research and teaching as a member of the engineering faculty at the university.
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Linda Oubré Is Steeping Down as President of Whittier College in California
Linda Oubré, president of Whittier College in California, has announced that she will step down from her post on June 30. An alumni group called Save Whittier College had called for Dr. Oubré to resign due to poor fundraising results.
Three Women College or University Presidents Who Are Stepping Down From Their Posts
The three women presidents who are leaving their positions are Laurie Nichols, president of Black Hills State University in Spearfish, South Dakota, Katherine Bergeron, president of Connecticut College, and Meghan Hughes, president of the Community College of Rhode Island.
Two Women University Presidents Announce They Are Stepping Down
Dale-Elizabeth Pehrsson, founding president of Pennsylvania Western University, announced today that she is transitioning to a new role with the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. Terri Goss Kinzy, president of Illinois State University, has resigned from her post after less than two years on the job. No explanation was given for the resignation.
Meredith Jung-En Woo to Leave Presidency of Sweet Briar College in 2024
In March 2015, Sweet Briar College announced that it was closing (See WIAReport post.) But a fundraising campaign rescued the women’s college and a new leadership team focused on boosting enrollment and strengthening the college’s financial base. President Woo is generally given high marks for her efforts to strengthen the college.
Two Women Presidents Announce They Will Step Down at the End of the Academic Year
Noelle E. Cockett, president of Utah State University, has announced that she will step down from her post on July 1 but remain as a tenured member of the faculty. Sylvia M. Jenkins, president of Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills, Illinois, has announced that she will retire on June 30.
Two Women University Leaders Announce Their Retirements
Patrice Caldwell, the eleventh president and chancellor of Eastern New Mexico State University in Portales has announced that she will retire in January and Emily Cutrer, president of Texas A&M University-Tekarkanna, has announced that she will retire at the end of the academic year.
Two Women Presidents Announce Their Intentions to Leave Their Posts in 2023
Patti Neuhold-Ravikumar, president of the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmund has announced her intent to leave the university, effective January 31, 2023 and Susan Muscarella, founding president of the California Jazz Conservatory in Berkeley, has announced she will be stepping aside from the presidency in May 2023 to concentrate on teaching.
Two Women University Leaders Who Have Announced They Are Stepping Down
Nancy J. Cable has announced her intention to step down from her role as chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Asheville at the end of the calendar year and Gayle E. Hutchinson, president of California State University, Chico announced that she will retire at the end of the 2022-23 academic year.
Two Women College Presidents Have Announced They Are Stepping Down
Cynthia Warrick, president of Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and the first woman to hold the position, has announced that she will retire from the presidency at the end of her current contract term on June 30, 2023. Hilary Link, president of Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania, since 2019, has announced today that she is stepping down from her position for personal and professional considerations.
Katherine S. Conway-Turner Will Step Down as President of Buffalo State College in June
Katherine S. Conway-Turner began her tenure as the ninth president of Buffalo State College on August 3, 2014. Earlier she was provost and vice president for academic affairs at Hood College in Frederick, Maryland, from July 2010 until July 2014.
Three Women Who Are Serving as University Presidents Have Announced They Will Retire in 2023
Pamela R. Fox, president of Mary Baldwin University in Staunton, Virginia, Bonita Jacobs, president of the University of North Georgia, and Laura M. Casamento, president of Utica University in New York, have all announced that they will step down from their positions at the end of the current academic year.
President of York College in Pennsylvania Will Retire at the End of the 2022-23 Academic Year
Dr. Gunter-Smith became the fourth president of York College in 2013 after serving as provost and academic vice president at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey. Previously, she was the Porter Professor of Physiology at Spelman College in Atlanta.
Two Women Serving as College Presidents Announce Their Retirements
Clayton Spencer, president of Bates College in Waterville, Maine since 2012, announced that she will step down from her post on June 30, 2023, and Lori Bennett, president of Clovis Community College in Fresno, California, since 2016, has announced that she will retire at the end of the calendar year.
Three Women Presidents Announce They Are Leaving Their Posts
Carolyn Long, campus president of West Virginia University Institute of Technology in Beckley, Andrea Lee, president of Alverno College in Milwaukee, and Jennifer Orlikoff, president of Potomac State College in Keyser, West Virginia, are stepping down from their posts.
Two Women Stepping Down From Campus Leadership
Alice V. Letteney, chancellor of the Valencia campus of the University of New Mexico, has announced that she will retire on July 31 and Lynn Morton, president of Warren Wilson College in Swannanoa, North Carolina will retire at the end of the academic year.
Two Women Presidents Announce They Are Stepping Down
Ruth Simmons, president of Prairie View A&M University in Texas, has announced that she plans to retire but is willing to continue serving in the role until her successor is named. Bethany Bullock, president of Northeast State Community College in Blountville, Tennessee, has resigned but will return in the fall to teach business.
Two Women College Presidents Announce They Are Leaving Their Posts
Sonya Stephens, president of Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts is stepping down from her post this coming summer, and Linda Lujan, president of Lamar Community College in Colorado, announced that she will retire at the end of the calendar year.
Three Women Campus Leaders Announce Their Retirements
The three women stepping down from campus leadership positions are Kathleen McCartney, president of Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, Maryanne Stevens, president of the College of St. Mary in Omaha, Nebraska, and Lori J. Bechtel-Wherry, chancellor and dean of the Altoona campus of Pennsylvania State University.
President of Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania Abruptly Resigns
Cecilia M. McCormick, who became the first woman president of Elizabethtown College in July 2019, cited the time requirements associated with the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic during her brief tenure as president and her desire to focus on her personal and family life as the reasons for her departure.
Two Women Provosts Who Are Giving Up Their Posts to Return to Full-Time Faculty Positions
Marie Lynn Miranda, the Charles and Jill Fischer Provost of the University of Notre Dame, is stepping aside as provost to focus more on children’s environmental health. Florida State University provost and executive vice president for academic affairs Sally McRorie is stepping down as an administrator and returning to the faculty and serving as president of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design.
Three Women Who Serve as College or University Presidents Have Announced Their Retirements
Janet Eisner, president of Emmanuel College since 1979, the nation’s longest-serving woman college president currently in office, is retiring in 2022. Christine Pharr, president of Mount Mary University in Milwaukee, and Faith C. Hensrud, president of Bemidji State University and Northwest Technical College in Bemidji, Minnesota, also have announced they will step down next year.
Three Women Deans Announce Their Plans to Step Down From Their Posts
Nancy Gutierrez, dean of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Sarah Pritchard, dean of libraries at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, and Gail Cohee, associate dean and director of the Center for Women and Gender at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, are retiring.
Mary A. Papazian Is Stepping Down From Presidency of San José State University
The resignation comes on the heels of an investigation that university officials covered up allegations of sexual misconduct involving the former director of sports medicine at the university. Many members of the university’s swimming team alleged sexual misconduct during physical therapy sessions and university officials have been accused of attempting to cover up the incidents.
Biddy Martin to Step Down as President of Amherst College at the End of the Academic Year
Carolyn “Biddy” Martin, who has served as the nineteenth president of Amherst College since 2011, has announced that she will conclude her tenure next summer, after 11 years leading one of the nation’s most prestigious liberal arts colleges. Following a year of sabbatical, Dr. Martin intends to return to Amherst as a member of the faculty to teach.
Three Women Deans at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Are Retiring
Nena Peragallo Montano, dean of the School of Nursing, Terry Rhodes, dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, and Susan King, dean of the Hussman School of Journalism and Media will be stepping down in 2022.
Spelman College President Mary Schmidt Campbell Will Step Down at the End of the Academic Year
Dr. Campbell became president of Spelman College in Atlanta on August 1, 2015. She is dean emerita of the Tisch School of the Arts and University Professor of art and public policy at New York University. Early in her career she was the director of the Studio Museum in Harlem and was cultural affairs commissioner for the City of New York. She joined the faculty at New York University in 1991 and served as dean for two decades.
Carol Quillen to Step Down as President of Davidson College in North Carolina
Carol Quillen, president of highly rated Davidson College in North Carolina, announced recently that she will step down from her post at the end of the 2021-22 academic year. She will take a sabbatical year and then return to Davidson College as a professor of history. When she took office in August 2011, Dr. Quillen was the first woman to serve as president of Davidson College.
Two Women Campus Leaders Announce Their Retirements
Pamela Fry, the president of the Tulsa campus of Oklahoma State University, has announced that she will retire in January 2022 after only two and a half years in the position and Cathy Kemper-Pelle, president of Rogue Community College in Grants Pass, Oregon, announced that she plans to retire at the end of June 2022.
Shirley Ann Jackson to Step Down as President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2022
Dr. Jackson was chair of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission from 1995 to 1999. She then left government service to take over as the 18th president of RPI in 1999. She was the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in any discipline from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann Named U.S. Ambassador to Germany
Dr. Gutmann has served as president of the University of Pennsylvania since 2004. Her contract as president of the University of Pennsylvania runs through June 2022. She said she will remain at her post until confirmed by the Senate.
