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.
President Karstens came to Briar Cliff University in May 2017 as chief of staff to the university's president. When the university's president resigned two months later, Karstens was named interim president. She has now been appointed to the position on a permanent basis.
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
The honorees are Tina Simpson of the University of Alabama Birmingham, Sue Klappa of Briar Cliff University in Sioux City, Iowa, Monika Williams Shealey of Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey, Patricia A. Broderick of the City University of New York, and Laurie Fleming of the University of Mississippi.
