In 1970, Dr. Maxwell-Roddey became the second African-American to be hired as a full-time faculty member at the University of North Carolina Charlotte. One year later, she became the founding director of the university's Africana studies department.
“Nancy Vacc, with her great heart and generous spirit, not only unselfishly gave the university impactful resources, but helped shape our campus, inform our values, and move us forward,” said Franklin D. Gilliam, Jr., chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Here is this week’s listing of women in higher education who have been honored by colleges and universities or who have received notable awards from other organizations.
The School of Nursing at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro has named three women scholars to Eloise R. Lewis Excellence Professorships. The professorships honor Eloise R. Lewis, the founding dean of the School of Nursing at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Here is this week’s listing of women faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the United States who have been appointed to new positions or have been assigned new duties.
Jacquelina Marquez is the new dean of religious and spiritual life at Wellesley College in Massachusetts. Karen Bull was named dean of the Division of Online Learning at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and MayKao Y. Hang was appointed founding dean of the College of Health at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Sherine O. Obare has been serving as associate vice president for research and a professor of chemistry at Western Michigan University. Dr. Obare also serves as a research leader fellow at the American Public and Land-Grant University Council on Research.
Beverly J. Warren, president of Kent State University in Ohio, will step down from her position on June 30, 2019. To recognize her accomplishments over her five-year tenure, the Kent State University board of trustees has voted to name the university's new Student Recreation and Wellness Center in her honor.
Tasia Smith was the Evergreen Assistant Professor of Counseling Psychology and Human Services at the University of Oregon. Only 32 years old at the time of her death, Dr. Smith had joined the faculty at the University of Oregon in 2016.
The women appointed to dean posts are Charlene Wolf-Hall at South Dakota State University, Nancy Cohen at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Georgette Chapman Phillips at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and Sherine O. Obare at a joint program of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and North Carolina A&T State University.
Dr. Dixon has been a senior administrator for the University of North Carolina System since 2008. Most recently, she has served as vice president for academic and student affairs overseeing the 17 campuses of the university system.
