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].
Kelly Bruhn was named dean of the Drake University School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Jamie Wittenberg was named dean of University Libraries at Loyola University Chicago and Heather Greenlee was appointed interim dean of the Iowa State University Graduate College.
“As provost, I will advance Emory's academic mission by enhancing the conditions in which our students thrive and our faculty produce life-changing, life-saving scholarship and research,” said Dr. Ahad.
The National Endowment for the Humanities has recently awarded nearly $35 million in grants to 97 humanities projects across the country. Five of these grants were awarded to higher education institutions leading projects related to prominent American women writers, poets, and activists.
DeRionne Pollard was named president of Nevada State University in 2021, making her the first Black woman to lead any institution within the Nevada System of Higher Education. Earlier in her career, she was president of Montgomery College in Maryland and of Las Poistas College in California.
The professors who have been appointed to new endowed faculty posts are Karen Saban at Loyola University Chicago, Robin Bell at Columbia University, Alicia Barnes at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, and Julie Nelson Davis at the University of Pennsylvania.
“It has been a privilege to serve this remarkable community," said Dr. Goeppinger. "Midwestern University is strong — academically, financially, and culturally — and I have every confidence that it will continue to thrive and grow under new leadership.”
The new deans are Malini Suchak at Loyola University Chicago, Kristin McCauliff at Ball State University in Indiana, Dana Davis at Gadsden State Community College in Alabama, Leslie Edgar at the University of Idaho, Alexa Doig at New Mexico State University, Shreerekha Pillai at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, and Elizabeth Gmitter at Valparaiso University in Indiana.
After serving as interim president since December 2022, Dr. Patricia Lynott has been officially appointed as the ninteenth president of Rockford University in Illinois. She previously served as provost of Southern New Hampshire University.
Jaclyn Nunziato, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine in Roanoke, received student-nominated honor that recognizes a faculty physician who exemplifies qualities of a caring and compassionate mentor in the teaching and advising of medical students.
Dr. Thomas is currently the executive vice president and provost at St. Catherine University in St. Paul, Minnesota. Prior to arriving at St. Catherine University in 2019, she was the founding dean of the College of Applied Behavioral Sciences at the University of Indianapolis. Earlier in her career, Dr. Thomas taught counseling psychology and school counseling at Loyola University Chicago.
Dr. Wojcik is the Helen M. and Raymond M. Galvin Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Urology at Loyola Pathology and Laboratory Medicine in Maywood, Illinois.
