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Yolanda Page Selected as the Eighth President of Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Since last fall, Dr. Page has been serving as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Savannah State University in Georgia. Earlier, she was a professor of English and vice president in the Division of Academic Affairs at Dillard University in New Orleans. Previously, Dr. Page served as dean of arts and sciences at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.
A Change in Leadership at Savannah State University in Georgia
Kimberly Ballard-Washington has resigned as president of Savannah State University in Georgia for “personal reasons.” The University System of Georgia named Cynthia Robinson Alexander as interim president of Savannah State University. She has been serving as associate vice chancellor for finance at the University System of Georgia. She joined the university system in 2009.
Tomikia LeGrande Has Been Selected to Lead Prairie View A&M University in Texas
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.
A Trio of Women Who Have Been Selected to Serve as Provosts
Yolanda Page is the new provost and vice president of academic affairs at Savannah State University in Georgia. Mablene Krueger was appointed interim provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Dillard University in New Orleans and Antoinette A. Coleman is the new provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, New York.
Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education
Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
Ten Women Who Are Taking on New Administrative Roles at American Colleges and Universities
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Kimberly Ballard-Washington Is the New President of Savannah State University in Georgia
Kimberly Ballard-Washington has served as interim president since July 2019. Earlier, she was associate vice chancellor for legal affairs for the University System of Georgia and is the former associate director of legal affairs for the flagship campus of the University of Georgia in Athens.
Three Women Scholars Appointed to Dean Positions at Universities
Susan L. Perkins was appointed dean of science at the City University of New York. Mona Hicks was named dean of students and associate vice provost at Stanford University in California and Cora Thompson has been appointed interim dean for the College of Education at Savannah State University in Georgia.
Two Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Dean Positions
Sheila Stamm was named dean of the School of Education at American International College in Springfield, Massachusetts, and Shannon Mathews has been named dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at Savannah State University in Georgia.
Kimberly Ballard-Washington Selected to Lead Savannah State University in Georgia
Ballard-Washington currently serves as associate vice chancellor for legal affairs for the University System of Georgia. Ballard-Washington will become interim president on July 1 upon the retirement of Cheryl Davenport Dozier. Dr. Dozier had led Savannah State University since 2011.
New Administrative Posts for 15 Women at Colleges and Universities
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
A Quartet of Women Scholars Who Have Been Awarded Notable Honors
The honorees are M. Shawn Copeland of Boston College in Massachusetts, Carrie Menkel-Meadon of the University of California, Irvine, Susan Bazyk of Cleveland State University in Ohio, and Mary Jo Fayoyin of Savannah State University in Georgia.
Clarissa Myrick-Harris Is the New Provost at Savannah State University in Georgia
She was associate provost for pedagogical and curricular initiatives and professor of African American studies at Morehouse College in Atlanta. In 2012, Dr. Myrick-Harris became the first woman to be named an academic dean at Morehouse College, where all the students are men.
Five Women Academics Honored With Awards From National Organizations
The honorees at Preethika Kumar of Wichita State University in Kansas, Dionne Hoskins of Savannah State University in Georgia, Christine Colella of the University of Cincinnati, Marsha Linehan of the University of Washington, and Rebecca Campbell of Michigan State University.
The New President of Savannah State University
She has been interim president since April 2011 and previously was associate provost for institutional diversity at the University of Georgia.
Two Women Vying to Become Chancellor of Baton Rouge Community College
Andrea Lewis Miller and Mary C. Wyatt are among the eight candidates for the post.
