Stella Silva will serve as the associate vice president for inclusive excellence at St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas. Minnette Ellis has been named the interim chief diversity officer at the University of North Alabama and Danushi Fernando is the new chief diversity officer for the College of Environmental Science and Forestry of the State University of New York in Syracuse.
Dr. Singh currently serves as the provost and senior vice president of academic affairs at Loyola University New Orleans. Previously, she served at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas, where she was the dean of the Greehey School of Business for 11 years. Earlier, she served in various roles including department chair and professor of marketing at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb for 13 years.
Teresa A. Beam will serve as the next dean of the School of Science, Engineering and Technology at St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas. Oluwaranti Akiyode was named dean of the College of Pharmacy at Howard University in Washington, D.C., and J. Meejin Yoon was reappointed dean of the College of Architecture, Art and Planning at Cornell University
Dr. Córdoba brings more than two decades of experience in Catholic higher education, both as a faculty member and administrator, to her new role leading Aquinas College. She has been serving as associate vice president and director of the Center for Catholic Studies at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio.
The women appointed to dean positions are Nancy LaGreca at St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas, Martine Kei Green-Rogers at DePaul University in Chicago, Donna Strum at the University of Mississippi, and Susan A. Rowan at the University of Illinois Chicago.
The five women who have been named to dean positions are Rowena Ortiz-Walters at St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Yvonne Gaudelius at Pennsylvania State University, Kristin Sosnowsky at Louisiana State University, Schnavia Smith Hatcher at the University of Alabama, and Mary Finn at Michigan State University.
Leigh Saufley was named dean of the University of Maine School of Law. Camille Nelson will be the next dean of the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and Patricia Roberts was appointed dean of the St. Mary's University School of Law in San Antonio, Texas.
A study by researchers at the University of Michigan School of Public Health and St. Mary's University in Nova Scotia found that men tended to live longer lives in societies where men and women shared responsibilities more equally.
