An expert in pediatric endocrinology, Dr. Elders was the second woman and the first African American to serve as U.S. Surgeon General. She currently serves as a professor emeritus at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
The Sewanee Review has presented its 2025 Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry to Rebecca Gayle Howell, an associate professor for the MFA program in creative writing and translation at the University of Arkansas.
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]
The new endowed professors are Catherine Petrany at Saint Vincent College in Pennsylvania, Carrie McDermott at the University of Arkansas, Shelagh Gallagher at the College of William & Mary in Virginia, Doreen Keller at Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington, and Dorsey Wanless at Boise State University in Idaho.
“Higher education leaders must be visible, and able to share their institution’s story and clearly articulate the good work being done on campus,” said Dr. Miles “I am personally invested in the continued success of our students.”
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].
The academic women taking on new roles are Beatriz Lorenzo, Elizabeth Wyles, Megan Case, Lacie Peterson, Stephanie Payne, Sarah Stoneback, Lisa McNair, Cynthia Sides, Amy Landis, Andrea Page-McCaw, Jess Hartshorn, and Lesley Reid.
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].
Kim Needy has served as dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Arkansas for the past five years. She is a past president of both the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers and the American Society for Engineering Management.
A longtime member of the University of Arkansas community, Dr. Murphy-Erby was the first woman to serve as vice chancellor of diversity and inclusion at the institution. She was a full professor of social work who studied family well-being in underserved populations and the child welfare system.
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new faculty positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to [email protected].
