The four women promoted to senior-level faculty positions at Miles College in Alabama are Loretta Westry in mathematics, Tamatha White in business administration, Jarralynne Agee in criminal justice and psychology, and Nikaela Flournoy in biology.
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In 1956, Autherine Lucy enrolled in a graduate program in education at the University of Alabama. She was the university's first Black student. Angry protests by White students ensued. She was suspended three days later “for her own safety†and she was later expelled.
She has been serving as interim president since August 2019. President Knight is the former vice president of the Birmingham division of Alabama Power and the former chair of the Birmingham Airport Authority.
Knight has served on the college's board of trustees and is the former vice president of the Birmingham division of Alabama Power. She has been serving as chair of the Birmingham Airport Authority. She will begin her duties as interim president on September 1.
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
For the first time in history, on October 24 a majority-female officiating crew took the field for an intercollegiate football game between Lane College and Miles College.