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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]

For the past six years, Dr. Ford taught kinesiology at Prairie View A&M University in Texas. With degrees in computer science and health and human performance, she conducted extensive research on disability sport, racial and health inequities, the integration of AI in kinesiology, and culturally responsive teaching practices.

The new deans are Ginger Gummelt at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Kimberly Smith at Lincoln University of Pennsylvania, Zaryab Iqbal at Old Dominion University in Virginia, Kimberly Jones at Howard University in Washington, D.C., Sophia Sotilleo at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County, Angela Branch-Vital at Prairie View A&M University in Texas, and Liz Wuorinen at Northern Michigan University.

Raquel Monroe, Fatma Mili, Sharon Tucker, Mary McGriff, RoSusan D. Bartee, Marie-Anne de Graaff, Heather Phipps, and Melissa Delikat are taking on new dean positions at educational institutions across the country.

Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.

The new deans are Ana González at Hartnell College in Salinas, California, Aneika Simmons at Prairie View A&M University in Texas, Terri Rebmann at George Mason University in Virginia, and Susan Murin at the University of California, Davis.

“I look forward to working with the university community and building on a legacy of excellence by producing more talented professionals who will make our community and the state of Texas stronger," said Dr. Williams.

Dr. Gloria Jackson had a career in higher education that spanned five decades. From 1982 to 1984, she served as president of St. Philip's College in Texas, a historically Black community college within the Alamo Colleges District.

Since 2018, Dr. LeGrande has served as vice provost for strategic enrollment management at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. Earlier, she was vice president for strategic enrollment management at the University of Houston-Downtown. Prior to her duties in Houston, Dr. LeGrande worked at North Carolina A&T State University and Winston-Salem State University.

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

Arthuryne Welch-Taylor taught at Texas Southern University, Prairie View A&M University in Texas, and what is now the University of the District of Columbia.

The five women scholars taking on new positions are Kathi Kern at the University of Miami, Ruth Simmons at Prarie View A&M University in Texas, Pamela Eddy at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, Jenna Cobb at Boston College Law School, and Xiaoxia “Silvie” Huang at Syracuse University in New York.