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Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to [email protected].

After serving as interim president for the past year, Dr. Ruth Ray Jackson has officially been appointed president of Langston University in Oklahoma. She has held faculty and administrative roles with the university for the past decade.

After serving as interim president for the past year, Ruth Ray Jackson has officially been appointed president of Langston University in Oklahoma. She has held faculty and administrative roles with the university for the past decade.

Dr. Jackson has been with Langston University since 2014 and currently serves as the vice president for academic affairs. She has held other leadership positions at the university including associate vice president for student success and dean of the School of Education and Behavioral Sciences.

The new deans are Aimee Arias at the College of Charleston, Mary Lois White, at Louisiana State University-Shreveport, Ruth Wittmann-Price at Thomas Edison State University, Frances Vavrus at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Mary Crossley at the University of Pittsburgh, Maria P. Gindhart at Marshall University in West Virginia, Melina Hale at the University of Chicago, and Nicole Dafoe at Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania.

News of nine women in new posts at colleges and universities.