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Peter Salovey named 23rd president of Yale University
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Peter Salovey, currently Yale’s provost and the Chris Argyris Professor of Psychology, has been named as the University’s 23rd president. His appointment is effective June 30, 2013. He succeeds Richard C. Levin, who assumed the Yale presidency in 1993 and announced his intention to step down earlier this year. In announcing Salovey’s...Read More >>
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New U. of Virginia chief operating officer Pat Hogan
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The University of Virginiahas hired a new chief operating officer, Patrick D. Hogan, and taken a major step toward rebuilding the president’s senior leadership team after a tumultuous summer.Hogan is a business executive who worked for Ernst &Young for more than three decades and oversaw the company’s global quality and risk management....Read More >>
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Penn State board of trustees chairwoman Karen Peetz
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The search for Penn State’s next president will begin in November. Board of Trustees chairwoman Karen Peetz told the board at a meeting Friday that the members of the presidential search committee will be announced then. Trustee James Broadhurst later said the search would like take a year. The current president, Rodney Erickson, took over last...Read More >>
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Wheelock College international programs dean Linda Davis
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Building on its mission to improve the lives of children and families, and its commitment to advancing a global perspective throughout the college community, Wheelock College has named Brookline residentDr. Linda Davisto the position of Dean of Wheelock’s Center for International Programs and Partnerships. Formerly the associate professor...Read More >>
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U. of Georgia journalism dean Culpepper Clark
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The dean of the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication will retire, the university has announced. E. Culpepper “Cully” Clark has been the school’s dean since coming to UGA from the University of Alabama in 2006.UGA Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Jere Morehead has appointed a...Read More >>
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Sarah Latham, UCSC business services vice chancellor
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The UC Regents have approved the appointment of Sarah Latham as vice chancellor of business and administrative services at the UC Santa Cruz.Latham, who serves as vice president for operations and planning at Samford University in Birmingham, Ala., will have a considerable portfolio of responsibility at UCSC.She will oversee business, accounting and fiscal services,...Read More >>
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Luke Powery named dean of Duke University Chapel
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The Rev. Dr. Luke Powery understands the symbolism of his appointment as the new dean of Duke Chapel.“I hope my very presence even without saying a word will be a sign of hope for those who have been marginalized and on the fringes of society,” said Powery, who will become the first black dean of Duke Chapel.“I hope my very presence will...Read More >>
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Yale University's new full-time MBA dean Anjani Jain
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Yale School of Management Dean Edward A. Snyder announced two leadership appointments: Anjani Jain will join Yale SOM as senior associate dean for the full-time MBA program on July 1, 2012; David Bach will join the school as senior associate dean for executive MBA and global programs on September 1, 2012. Jain has served in multiple leadership roles at the Wharton...Read More >>
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Robert Beatty named Rowan U. business school dean
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Rowan Universityhas appointed Dr. Robert Beatty as the new dean of the Rohrer College of Business, effective July 1, 2012. Beatty comes to the university from his position of dean of the School of Global Commerce & Management at Whitworth University, in Spokane, Wash. He is succeeding Dr. Niranjan Pati, who is returning to the faculty.The Rohrer College of...Read More >>
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Wayne Frederick named provost at Howard U.
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Today, Howard University President Sidney A. Ribeau, named Director of Howard University Cancer Center, Interim Deputy Provost for Health Sciences, and Howard alumnus Dr. Wayne A.I. Frederick (B.S. ’92, M.D. ’94, MBA ’11) Provost and Chief Academic Officer. The appointment is effective June 18, 2012. “A trusted leader, a revered expert in his...Read More >>
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New SMSU development director Amanda Lincoln
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Southeast Missouri State University announced Tuesday they named the new director of development with the Southeast Missouri University Foundation.Amanda Lincoln will replace Sam Duncan, who resigned to accept a new position. She began her new duties June 4.As director of development, Lincoln will be responsible for identifying, cultivating and soliciting donors...Read More >>
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Leslie Wong named president of San Francisco State U.
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The California State University Board of Trustees has named Leslie E. Wong, president of Northern Michigan University, as president of San Francisco State. "I am pleased and honored to be chosen as the next president of San Francisco State, and look forward to working closely with students, faculty, and staff," said Wong. "SFSU's commitment...Read More >>
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Felice Nudelman named chancellor at Antioch U.
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Horne says he is most proud of the college’s impact on the community and the state, in particular regarding the “professional development schools” in which the college is involved. Those initiatives are public schools, including some in Clarke County, in which not only student-teachers, but professors, too, work to help teachers and students —...Read More >>
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The State Board of Regents has announced the appointment of a 21-member search committee that will assist the Board of Regents in conducting a search to select a new president for Weber State University.
Regent Bob Marquardt will chair the search, joined by Regents Wilford Clyde, Nolan Karras and Teresa Theurer. Other committee members include WSU Trustees Alan...Read More >> |
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Robert A. Schapiro, a leading constitutional law scholar and former clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, has been appointed dean and Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Emory University School of Law, effective May 3, 2012.
A member of the Emory Law faculty since 1995, Schapiro has served as interim dean during the past academic year and previously...Read More >> |
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On July 1, Antioch University will welcome its 5th chancellor.
In a unanimous decision, the Antioch University Board of Governors has appointed Ms. Felice Nudelman to succeed Dr. Toni Murdock who announced her retirement last November.
Felice Nudelman is the Executive Director of Education for The New York Times Company where she is responsible for developing...Read More >> |
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Stanford Law School Dean Larry Kramer is stepping down in September, leaving one of the nation's leading law schools to move into the world of philanthropy as head of the Hewlett Foundation, the law school announced Wednesday.
Kramer has been dean since 2004, when he succeeded constitutional scholar Kathleen Sullivan. Kramer's departure leaves a plum opening in a...Read More >> |
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Lawrence University's Board of Trustees has hired Isaacson, Miller, an executive search firm, to assist with finding the college's next president.
The firm will work with a presidential search committee made up of 15 trustees, faculty, students and alumni.Read More >> |
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The Northern Kentucky University Presidential Search and Screening Committee announced today it has selected three finalists in the search for NKU’s fifth president, and each will be visiting the campus in the next few weeks.
One of the three candidates cannot yet be revealed, as he has not had an opportunity to inform his current employer. The other two are...Read More >> |
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The University of Baltimore has selected five finalists in its search for a new law school dean.
The candidates are: Nicholas Allard, a political lawyer at Washington firm Patton Boggs; Penelope Bryan, the dean of Whittier Law School in California; Alfredo Garcia, a professor and former dean at St. Thomas University Law School in Miami; Patricia Salkin, a...Read More >> |
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The University of Baltimore has selected five finalists in its search for a new law school dean.
The candidates are: Nicholas Allard, a political lawyer at Washington firm Patton Boggs; Penelope Bryan, the dean of Whittier Law School in California; Alfredo Garcia, a professor and former dean at St. Thomas University Law School in Miami; Patricia Salkin, a...Read More >> |
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University of the Sciences’ board of trustees has named Dr. Helen F. Giles-Gee the University’s 22nd president announced Board Chairman Marvin Samson. Dr. Giles-Gee, who has served as president of Keene State College in Keene, N.H., since 2005, will begin her presidency at USciences on July 16, 2012.
“I am delighted that USciences was able to convince Helen...Read More >> |
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Sarah Gardial, vice provost of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has been named the first woman dean of the University of Iowa's Henry B. Tippie College of Business, effective July 1.
Gardial, 54, joined the marketing faculty of the University of Tennessee's College of Business Administration in 1986 and later served as assistant dean for the full-time MBA...Read More >> |
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Patricia S. Florestano, chair of the University System of Maryland (USM) Board of Regents, today announced the appointment of Juliette B. Bell as president of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. Bell is provost and vice president for academic affairs at Central State University in Wilberforce, OH. Her appointment is effective July 1, 2012.
Bell, a...Read More >> |
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A man will lead Notre Dame of Maryland University for the first time in its 116-year history, after the board of trustees announced Thursday its unanimous choice of James Conneely as the institution's next president.
"It's a boy!" said board chairwoman Patricia J. Mitchell, drawing giggles from a crowd of students, professors and alumni who had gathered on campus...Read More >> |
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Ferris State University President David L. Eisler announced today that David M. Rosen has been named the new president of Kendall College of Art and Design. Rosen takes over the presidency of Kendall in July from Oliver Evans, who led the college for 18 years.
“Dr. Rosen is an outstanding choice to continue the tradition of excellence at Ferris’ Kendall...Read More >> |
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In another personnel move following last week's shake up, South Carolina State University on Monday announced the appointment of Dr. Valerie S. Fields as interim vice president for student affairs.
"Dr. Valerie Fields is and has been a tremendous asset to S.C. State University," President George E. Cooper said in a release. "Dr. Fields has many years of experience...Read More >> |
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Warde J. Manuel, who has had a distinguished career in intercollegiate athletics that ranges from being a student-athlete to a director of athletics, has been named the new Director of Athletics at the University of Connecticut by President Susan Herbst.
Manuel, a 1990 graduate of the University of Michigan where he was on both the football and the track and field...Read More >> |
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Kenneth S. Ball, L.S. Randolph Professor and head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech, has been appointed dean of George Mason University’s Volgenau School of Engineering, effective August 10, 2012. Ball succeeds Lloyd Griffiths, who previously announced he was stepping down.
“Kenneth Ball brings an exciting background in mechanical...Read More >> |
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Robert C. Helmer, president of Lourdes University in Sylvania, Ohio, has been named the ninth president of Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea.
The appointment is effective July 1. He will succeed Richard W. Durst, B-W's president since 2006, who retires June 30. Dr. Helmer was chosen after a national search; he was approved unanimously at the winter meeting of the...Read More >> |
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Kent State University has named as its new provost Todd Diacon, who has been deputy chancellor of the University of Massachusetts since 2010.
Dr. Diacon starts at Kent State June 1. He replaces Robert G. Frank, who had been provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Kent State since July 2007. Dr. Frank in January was named president of his alma...Read More >> |
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Walden University announced today that its Board of Directors has named Cynthia G. Baum, Ph.D., as the ninth president of Walden.
Dr. Baum, who most recently served as executive vice president overseeing Walden's five colleges, will now be responsible for the overall day-to-day management, academic quality, financial performance, accreditation and governance of...Read More >> |
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Kent State University has named Dr. Said Sewell as its new dean of Undergraduate Studies. Sewell joins Kent State from Fort Valley State University in Fort Valley, Ga., where he has served as executive director of the Academic Success Center and associate professor of political science since December 2009. He will begin his position at Kent State on April 15, 2012....Read More >> |
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The University of Nebraska-Lincoln announced Wednesday that an Indiana University dean will become its new dean of the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts on July 1.
Charles "Chuck" O'Connor has served as dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne since 2008. He was among four candidates for the...Read More >> |
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Suffolk University has appointed a new leader with a mandate to transform the Beacon Hill school.
The private school’s Board of Trustees tapped James McCarthy as its new president tonight, wed nite succeeding David Sargent,cq whose 21-year reign ended with his abrupt resignation in 2010 amid an outcry over his $1.5 million salary, one of the highest among...Read More >> |
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The George Mason University Board of Visitors (BOV) has unanimously selected Dr. Ángel Cabrera to serve as the next president of George Mason University.
Dr. Cabrera, 44, is currently president of the Thunderbird School of Global Management, ranked consistently as the leading school of international business in the world. He has served in this capacity since...Read More >> |
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The Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University has appointed Alison Gass curator of contemporary art. Gass, who was named a young curator to watch by The New York Times in 2010, currently serves as assistant curator of painting and sculpture at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. At the Broad/MSU, Gass will be responsible for developing...Read More >> |
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An Arkansas administrator with 17 years of experience in conflict management has been appointed by Oregon State University to the new position of university ombuds.
Susan Theiss, who has held a similar position at the University of Arkansas since 2002, will begin her new duties on Feb. 13. She previously had been an ombudsperson with the University of Arizona for...Read More >> |
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The James Madison University Board of Visitors has unanimously selected Mr. Jonathan R. Alger to serve as the next president of James Madison University.
“We desired a leader who values our student-centered focus, emphasis on teaching and is committed to the full development of the individual. We needed someone with an appreciation for the historical strengths...Read More >> |
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The Lincoln University Board of Trustees voted Dr. Robert R. Jennings to become the 13th President of Lincoln University. Dr. Jennings is expected to begin his tenure at Lincoln University in January 2012. He will be replacing Dr. Ivory V. Nelson who is retiring effective December 2011.
With a proven track record, Dr. Jennings brings his expertise in critical...Read More >> |
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William Peace University, a private four-year university located in downtown Raleigh, has announced that Sue Greiner has joined the university as its registrar, where she will be responsible for certifying graduates, building student academic course schedules and monitoring both the safety and security of student records. Previously serving in the registrar offices...Read More >> |
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Kennesaw State University President Daniel S. Papp and Provost Search Committee Chair Thomas H. Keene today announced the names of the three final candidates for the position of provost and vice president for academic affairs.
The three finalistsare David P. Cordle, dean, College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington; Michael A....Read More >> |
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Megan Rock has joined Sacred Heart University as vice president of University Advancement. She will oversee the Division of University Advancement, which includes the Development Office and the Alumni Relations Office. In that role, she is responsible for increasing the philanthropic support for the University. This will include planning, initiating, directing,...Read More >> |
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WGU Texas, texas.wgu.edu, the nonprofit, online university established by the state of Texas, has appointed Dr. Mark Milliron as its first Chancellor. An award-winning leader, author, and speaker recognized for his commitment to college completion and student success, Milliron will lead the growth and development of the state’s newest university from its...Read More >> |
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As it continues its search for a new president, the University of New Orleans has released the names of the seven applicants and set a timetable for the search committee working to name a new leader.
The committee will meet on Nov. 15 to review the applications and select semi-finalists, according to a university news release. Earlier this fall, the search...Read More >> |
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Eastern Michigan University has named Kim Schatzel as its new provost and vice president, pending approval by the Board of Regents. The appointment will be effective Jan. 3, 2012.
Schatzel's background includes extensive academic leadership and corporate business experience. She currently serves as dean of the College of Business at University of...Read More >> |
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Florida A&M University (FAMU) President James H. Ammons has appointed Thomas J. Haynes as the new vice president for University Relations.
“I am confident that Thomas Haynes will demonstrate strong leadership and fundraising skills for University Relations,” said Ammons. “He has experience with capital campaigns and a thorough knowledge of marketing and...Read More >> |
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Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is pleased to announce the selection of Karen Jans as Associate Vice President for University Relations.
In her new role, which she will assume on Nov. 4, Jans will manage the university’s relationships with the Daytona Beach community, civic and government organizations, nonprofit agencies, corporations, and individuals in...Read More >> |
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Klaus Keil, a planetary scientist with the University of Hawaii’s Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, and Servco Pacific Chairman and CEO Mark Fukunaga will head up the search committee charged with finding a successor to Manoa Chancellor Virginia Hinshaw.
The committee of about two dozen faculty members, students, deans, administrative staff, alumni and...Read More >> |
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Last week, the newly formed Provost Search Committee revealed its members to the UB community.
Charged with finding UB's next provost – the university's second-highest position, which was vacated after former Provost Satish K. Tripathi became president – the committee expects that the position will be filled no later than summer 2012.
The co-chairs...Read More >> |
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