The new provosts are Neva Specht at Appalachian State University, Jessica Lavariega Monforti at California State University, Channel Islands, Kathleen Weaver at Loyola Marymount University, Patsy Parker at Southwestern Oklahoma State University, and Tracy Skopek at Lamar State College Orange.
In 2016, Dr. Beck was named the second president of California State University, Channel Islands in Camarillo. Previously, she was provost and executive vice president of Nevada State College in Henderson. Dr. Beck will become president of California State University Northridge on January 11.
Selenne Bañuelos, an associate professor of mathematics at California State University, Channel Islands in Camarillo, California, recently won the Mathematical Association of America’s Henry L. Alder Award for Distinguished Teaching.
Dr. Ballman has been serving as dean of the College of Arts and Letters at California State University, San Bernardino. She joined the faculty there in 2013. Earlier, she was a professor of Spanish and special assistant to the provost at California State University, Channel Islands in Camarillo.
Dr. Beck currently serves as provost and executive vice president of Nevada State College in Henderson. Before becoming provost, she served as dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences, chair of the Faculty Senate, and as a faculty member in the psychology department.
The women who have received prestigious honors or awards are Linda Roussel, Lori Reesor, M. Kathleen Heid, Kathryn Leonard, Donna E. Shalala, Julie A. Johnson, and Elizabeth Mullin.
The honorees are Wendy Graham of the University of Florida, Kathryn Leonard of CalState Channel Islands, Katie Glasner of Barnard College, Sue Robinson of the University of Wisconsin, and Marianna Safronova of the University of Delaware.
