The new provosts are Daphne Lamothe at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, Paige Turner at Aurora University in Illinois, and Tia Minnis at Virginia State University.
Rebecca Sherrick served for 22 years as president of Aurora University in Illinois, where she was one of the longest-serving presidents in the institution's history. She was the first woman to serve as president in the university's history. Earlier, she taught history at Carroll University in Wisconsin for 20 years.
Since 2018, Dr. Rivera-Mills has been serving as provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. Earlier, she was dean for undergraduate studies, vice provost and a professor of Spanish linguistics at Oregon State University.