Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Dr. Somerville has held leadership positions at Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine, Lorain County Community College, Iowa State University, Bloomsburg University in Pennsylvania, and most recently Hawkeye Community College in Waterloo, Iowa, where she was executive vice president.
The honorees are Linda Allen of Hawkeye Community College, Cathy Whitlock of Montana State, Elba Serrano of New Mexico State, Liz Hollingworth of the University of Iowa, Carrie Oser of the University of Kentucky, Christine Colella of the University of Cincinnati, and Dittika Gupta of Midwestern State.
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.
