Dennis Jacobs, vice president and associate provost for undergraduate studies at the University of Notre Dame since 2004, has been named the new provost and vice president of academic affairs at Santa Clara University. In his new post, Jacobs will become the top academic officer for Santa Clara, managing its academic, student life, information services and...Read More >>

A 46-year-old California astronomy professor and science dean who grew up in Salem and discovered a planet has been chosen as Willamette University's next president, the board of trustees has announced. Stephen E. Thorsett, dean of physical and biological sciences at the University of California at Santa Cruz, will take the helm of the 2,600-student private Salem...Read More >>

Francisco Rios has been appointed to serve as dean for the Woodring College of Education at Western Washington University, Provost Catherine Riordan announced today. “I am absolutely delighted to be able to announce that Dr. Francisco Rios will become the next dean of Woodring College of Education. His experience as a faculty member, academic administrator and...Read More >>

Michael D. McKinney’s often stormy tenure as chancellor of the Texas A&M University system is coming to an end. He announced today that he will step down this summer. McKinney, a physician and former state legislator, as well as a former chief of staff to Gov. Rick Perry, said he will continue to work through the legislative session. Higher education faces...Read More >>

Renée T. White, Ph.D., a leading expert in gender, race, and HIV/AIDS, has been appointed dean of the Simmons College School of Arts and Sciences in Boston. Her appointment begins September 1. As dean of the Simmons College School of Arts and Sciences, White will lead Simmons's undergraduate women's college and co-educational graduate programs, both of which are...Read More >>

NYU President John Sexton and Provost David McLaughlin today announced the appointment of Geeta Menon, the Abraham Krasnoff Professor of Global Business and Professor of Marketing, as the dean of the undergraduate college of the Leonard N. Stern School of Business. Her appointment is effective July 15, 2011. Dean Menon – whose research interests include the...Read More >>

University of Nevada, Reno provost/executive vice president Marc Johnson was recommended Tuesday to serve as interim president of the university by Chancellor Dan Klaich. "After meeting with several UNR constituent groups, it was clear that Dr. Johnson was the best individual to lead the university through this transition period, following the April 16 death of...Read More >>

The struggling Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science has a new president-designate — David M. Carlisle, who now heads a California governmental agency. The appointment of Carlisle, director of the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, comes at a key time for the campus in Willowbrook, just south of Watts. Drew remains on a two-year...Read More >>

Susan Powers has been selected to serve as associate vice president for academic affairs at Indiana State University, Jack Maynard, ISU's provost and vice president for academic affairs, announced today. A faculty member in Indiana State's Bayh College of Education since 1995, Powers has served as associate dean of the college for the past five years. She was...Read More >>

The University of Kentucky Board of Trustees has selected the University of Alabama Birmingham's provost, Eli Capilouto, as its preferred candidate to replace Lee T. Todd, Jr. as president. "We couldn't be more happy with this selection," Dr. Britt Brockman, chairman of the UK Board of Trustee said after the board's vote. "You'll find that University of Alabama...Read More >>

Danita Nias has been selected as executive director of the University of Florida Alumni Association which represents more than 350,000 alumni, university officials announced today. She will assume the UF post effective July 1. Nias is currently assistant vice president for development and alumni relations for the University of Maryland, College Park and has...Read More >>

After a national search, The Evergreen State College has hired Michael Zimmerman as its next academic vice president and provost. “Michael brings to Evergreen an extraordinarily rich background in teaching, scholarship, public engagement and leadership in higher education,” college president Les Purce said in a news release issued Wednesday. Zimmerman, a...Read More >>

Saint Louis University said Annette Clark, a professor at the Seattle University School of Law, will become the new dean of SLU's School of Law, effective July 1. SLU has been searching for a new dean for nearly a year since Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law Jeffrey Lewis’ announcement last spring that he would return to full-time teaching after 11 years as...Read More >>

Just more than a week after the sudden passing of Andrew Sorensen, Ohio State has filled the void with Jeff Kaplan stepping in as senior vice president for university development, president of The Ohio State University Foundation and special assistant to the president for advancement. Sorensen died suddenly at his home on April 17. The cause of his death remains...Read More >>

Joye Norris, a Drury University professor of education, was named associate provost for access and outreach at Missouri State University, an MSU news release said. Newly created, the position is an MSU effort to strengthen its outreach to non-traditional students and beef up its distance education. Norris will begin her appointment July 1, pending approval by...Read More >>

After a failed national search, Florida Gulf Coast University has appointed one of its own as business dean. Hudson Rogers, associate vice president for academic affairs and associate provost, will serve as dean of the Lutgert College of Business for a two-year period commencing July 1. Although it’s an interim position, he won’t carry the title of interim...Read More >>

Dr. Louis H. Levy has been named as the interim president for Valdosta State University (VSU), effective, July 1, 2011, following an announcement by President Patrick Schloss that he would be stepping down from that role. University System of Georgia Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Academic Officer Susan Herbst announced Levy’s interim appointment...Read More >>

Eastern Michigan University has chosen Jann Joseph, an administrator at Grand Valley State University, as dean of the College of Education. Since 2006, Joseph has served as associate dean for professional development and administration in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at Grand Valley, EMU said in a press release. “I am excited to join Eastern...Read More >>

Butler University announced today that James M. Danko will become the institution’s 21st president on July 1. Danko is The Helen and William O’Toole Dean of Villanova School of Business (VSB), part of Villanova University in suburban Philadelphia. Craig Fenneman, vice chair of the Butler Board of Trustees, introduced Danko to the campus and community this...Read More >>

The University of Washington Board of Regents unanimously voted Monday morning to hire Michael Young as the university's new president. Young, 61, has been president of the University of Utah since 2004. The decision is subject to negotiating an employment agreement. "Setting aside his tremendous academic credentials, I think he will be well-suited for the...Read More >>

A Seattle native and former University of Washington Seattle administrator has been chosen to be the next top leader at the University of Washington Tacoma. Debra Friedman will assume the post of UWT chancellor July 1, subject to approval by the University of Washington Board of Regents. Her salary will be $240,000. “I’ve been coming to Tacoma since I was a...Read More >>

MTSU has chosen longtime professor and community leader Dr. Mark Byrnes as the new dean of the College of Liberal Arts after a national search, officials announced today. Byrnes, a Murfreesboro native who is also a product of the Murfreesboro and Rutherford County school systems, has served as acting and interim dean following the illness and May 2010 death...Read More >>

Edinboro University of Pennsylvania has named an interim president. Jim Moran, vice chancellor for academic and student affairs for the Pennsylvania System of Higher Education, will serve as interim president beginning June 1. He will remain in the office until the university names a permanent replacement for Jeremy Brown. Brown is leaving at the end of May to...Read More >>

Barbara Adamcik has been named interim provost at Idaho State University effective June 25. Adamcik currently serves as associate vice president for institutional planning and effectiveness in the Office of Academic Affairs. "Dr. Adamcik brings significant, varied national experience in upper higher education management, having worked with diverse constituencies...Read More >>

The Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education has announced an interim dean while the search for a dean to replace the retiring Joan Smith takes place. Gregg Garn, a College of Education associate dean, will take over temporarily as College of Education dean on July 1, pending approval by the OU Board of Regents. The loss of Dean Smith means OU will lose its only...Read More >>

University of Colorado Boulder Distinguished Professor Carl Lineberger has been nominated by President Barack Obama to serve on the National Science Board. The nomination has been sent to the United States Senate for confirmation. The National Science Board's duties include establishing the policies of the National Science Foundation and serving as an advisory...Read More >>

Kriste Lindenmeyer, a noted scholar in the areas of childhood, public policy, and social entrepreneurship, has been named dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers University here. When the appointment becomes effective July 11, Lindenmeyer will become the fourth dean of the largest academic unit on the Rutgers Camden Campus. As dean, Lindenmeyer...Read More >>

Western New Mexico University has narrowed the search for its next president to five finalists, including the president of Doña Ana Community College. The finalists are: Zenaido Camacho, Ph.D., vice provost and associate vice chancellor of Diversity and Inclusion, University of Colorado-Denver Tim Hudson, Ph.D., special assistant to the chancellor for...Read More >>

Thomas J. Elzey has been named the college’s first executive vice president for finance, administration and operations. He will be The Citadel’s senior, non-academic vice president, and will hold the rank of brigadier general in the South Carolina Militia. Elzey, the first African American named to a senior level position at The Citadel, will work closely with...Read More >>

Mark S. Schlissel, M.D., Ph.D., currently dean of biological sciences in the College of Letters and Science at the University of California–Berkeley, will become the 11th provost of Brown University on July 1, 2011, succeeding David I. Kertzer. Brown University President Ruth J. Simmons made the announcement this afternoon (Tuesday, April 5, 2011) at the regular...Read More >>

A search committee has recommended five candidates to become the next chancellor of Southern University's Baton Rouge campus. The candidates announced Tuesday are: Earl G. Yarbrough Sr., president of Savannah State University in Georgia; Belinda Childress Anderson, president of Vanguard Anderson LLC in Richmond, Va.; James Llorens, assistant chief administrative...Read More >>

The Colorado College Board of Trustees announced today that Jill Tiefenthaler, provost and professor of economics at Wake Forest University, will become Colorado College's 13th president. Tiefenthaler will succeed current President Richard F. Celeste, who will retire on June 30, 2011, after leading the college for nine years. The trustees elected Tiefenthaler...Read More >>

Kennesaw State University named University of Connecticut Associate Athletic Director Vaughn Williams as the university’s new athletic director. Williams brings more than 17 years of NCAA Division I senior athletic administrative experience to KSU. He spent the past six and a half years as UConn’s associate athletic director. Williams also played football at...Read More >>

Liberty University has hired David M. Corry as General Counsel. Corry previously served as Senior Litigation Counsel with Liberty Counsel, a nationwide public interest religious civil liberties law firm. “I am thrilled by the opportunity to provide a wide range of legal services needed for Liberty as it heads into a new era,” Corry said. Corry’s practice...Read More >>

Sam Houston State University has selected Alvin “Al” Hooten, vice chancellor for finance and administration at the University of Tennessee at Martin, as vice president for finance and operations, effective on or before Aug. 1. Hooten is filling the position formerly held by Dana Gibson, who became SHSU’s president last year. "Al's experience, including...Read More >>

There's a long tradition of beauty pageant winners coming to Los Angeles to make their way in the creative world, but not by the route taken by Kristy Edmunds, who will be announced Tuesday as the next artistic and executive director of the financially struggling UCLA Live performance series. Edmunds, who has been hired to program three seasons starting with...Read More >>

Four academics with doctorate degrees and administrative experience at major universities have been selected as finalists to fill the vacant provost position at Florida State University. Joe King, provost and vice chancellor at University of New Orleans, is expected to visit FSU next week, as are three deans: Carlo Montemagno, at University of Cincinnati;...Read More >>

The Worcester State University Board of Trustees voted Monday, April 4, to recommend that the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education approve Barry M. Maloney as the new president of the university replacing Janelle C. Ashley, who will retire in June. Maloney currently serves as Vice President of Student Affairs at Westfield State University. “He is a perfect...Read More >>

Top University of Kentucky officials said Monday they’re in the final stages of the school’s presidential search and set out a timetable that would reveal the preferred candidate two days before school trustees hope to make the decision final. In an e-mail sent to faculty, staff and students, UK Board of Trustees Chairman Britt Brockman and search committee...Read More >>

Susan J. Koch, who has served in senior leadership roles at two public regional universities in the Midwest, has been selected to become the new permanent Vice President and Chancellor of the University of Illinois at Springfield (UIS). Koch is currently Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Northern Michigan University, where she has served since...Read More >>

A director has been named for the Oklahoma Innocence Clinic at Oklahoma City University’s School of Law. Tiffany Murphy, 34, has been legal director and interim executive director of the Midwestern Innocence Project in Kansas City for 3½ years. In those roles, she has managed clinical programs and taught at the law schools of the University of Missouri-Kansas...Read More >>

Colorado State University has named Jeffrey A. McCubbin, Oregon State University executive associate dean and distinguished professor, as dean of the College of Applied Human Sciences. McCubbin will begin his new position on July 1. "Dr. McCubbin is an experienced leader, an accomplished scholar and a skilled administrator, and we are delighted that he is joining...Read More >>

Cleveland State University has named Craig M. Boise to dean of the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. CSU President Ronald Berkman said Boise stood out among the impressive list of candidates for his academic and administrative credentials. "Craig has published extensively and is well respected for his research in money laundering and offshore banking practices,"...Read More >>

Donald J. Farish, a longtime educator, attorney and scientist who is currently president of New Jersey’s Rowan University, on Tuesday was named the 10th president of Roger Williams University. Farish was introduced to the Roger Williams community at a 1 p.m. ceremony in Global Heritage Hall. Farish, 68, will take office on July 1. In his remarks, Farish warned...Read More >>

D. Michael Lindsay, an evangelical scholar at Rice University in Houston and a leading sociologist on the role of religion and public life, has been named the eighth president of Gordon College, a Christian liberal arts school in Wenham. Lindsay, 39, is the youngest president ever appointed to lead Gordon, founded in 1889 in Boston as a missionary training...Read More >>

The University of South Carolina Upstate committee tasked with finding a successor to outgoing Chancellor John Stockwell announced five finalists for the position Wednesday. They are: David Belcher, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, University of Arkansas at Little Rock; Kurt Geisinger, W.C. Meierhenry distinguished university professor;...Read More >>

Dr. John J. Petillo, former dean of the John F. Welch College of Business and past chancellor and CEO of Seton Hall University, has been named president of Sacred Heart University. Dr. Petillo, who has served as interim president of the University for five months, was selected after an extensive national search. The Board of Trustees appointed Dr. Petillo as the...Read More >>

The search for a new North Dakota State University provost and vice president for academic affairs enters the final four this week. Finalists for the post will begin making campus visits on Monday. Neil Gudmestad, distinguished professor and chairman of the search committee, said all four finalists are well-qualified. “We wanted to attract a potential...Read More >>

Idaho State University has announced that anthropology research Professor Herbert Maschner will serve as the permanent director of the Idaho Museum of Natural History. Maschner, who this spring received the 2011 Idaho Academy of Science Distinguished Scientist Award, has served as interim director since June 2010. "The search committee was unanimous that Dr....Read More >>

Renee Wachter of Truman State University in Missouri has been recommended to be the next chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Superior. Wachter, 44, emerged from among four finalists to win the recommendation of UW System President Kevin Reilly and a committee of the Board of Regents. The choice was announced on Friday, according to a news release from...Read More >>