Winona State University announces Nancy Jannik has been appointed Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Chief Academic Officer. The position provides administrative and innovative leadership to the WSU Office of Academic Affairs. The Chief Academic Officer provides vision and direction that strengthens the academic environment while advancing...Read More >>

The UMass School of Law has appointed an interim dean to replace Robert V. Ward Jr., who resigned last week amid controversy for using a university credit card for personal expenses. Professor Michael G. Hillinger, the law school's associate dean since 1999, will fill the position until a search committee hires a new permanent dean. UMass Dartmouth spokesman...Read More >>

Mark A. Magleby, a BYU art history faculty member since 1997, has been appointed as the new director of the Brigham Young University Museum of Art. Stephen M. Jones, dean of the College of Fine Arts and Communications, announced the appointment Wednesday. Magleby will officially begin in his new role on Jan. 1. Before his employment at BYU, Magleby was an art...Read More >>

AGB Search is pleased to announce that Dr. James H. McCormick, chancellor emeritus of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MNSCU) system, has joined the firm’s search practice as a search consultant. Dr. McCormick began his term as chancellor of MNSCU in July 2001. As Chancellor, Dr. McCormick was responsible to the 15-member Board of Trustees for the...Read More >>

AGB Search is pleased to announce that Dr. Susan Resneck Pierce has joined the firm as a “consultant of counsel.” President Emerita of the University of Puget Sound and author of the forthcoming Jossey-Bass book, On Being Presidential: A Guide for College and University Leaders (which is being sponsored by Inside Higher Ed), Susan Pierce has over the past six...Read More >>

Kathryn VandenBosch, professor of plant biology at the University of Minnesota in St. Paul, has been selected as the new dean of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. "We are delighted that professor VandenBosch will be joining us. She brings a wealth of experience, accomplishments, and leadership acquired at...Read More >>

The Berea College Board of Trustees has named Lyle D. Roelofs as the ninth president of the college. Dr. Roelofs currently serves as provost and dean of the faculty (on leave), and professor of physics at Colgate University. He will succeed current Berea president, Larry D. Shinn, who will retire on June 30, 2012. “I am very honored to have been elected as Berea...Read More >>

Oakland University has appointed Kerri Schuiling as dean of its School of Nursing. A Michigan native, Schuiling is certified as a nurse-midwife and women’s health care nurse practitioner. She previously served as a distinguished professor and associate dean and director of the School of Nursing at Northern Michigan University. With a focus on women’s...Read More >>

Two committees and an executive search firm have formally begun the search for Ripon College’s next president, with the goal of hiring a new chief executive by late winter/early spring. The college hopes to welcome its new president to campus by July 1, 2012, the start of the college’s fiscal year. Three groups will be involved with the search and selection...Read More >>

Lakewood has often been called a college town without a college. For the past few months, there’s been a college but no leader. Not anymore. Suzanne Metelko, currently the vice president at Computer Systems Development Services and a trustee at the Lakewood Public Library, is set to become the first director of the University of Akron’s Lakewood satellite...Read More >>

The University of South Dakota announces that Michael J. Lawler, M.S.W., Ph.D., has been named dean of the School of Health Sciences. Since coming to USD in 2010, Lawler served as chair and professor of the university’s Social Work Program. He has three decades of experience as a social work practitioner, administrator, educator and researcher, and served more...Read More >>

Thomas Q. Callahan, an experienced administrator who has held several pivotal leadership positions within the University of Connecticut and the UConn Health Center over the last 16 years, has been named vice president and strategy officer for Bioscience Connecticut, University President Susan Herbst announced today. In his new role, effective immediately, Callahan...Read More >>

Renee Hobbs, of Temple University, is coming to the University of Rhode Island in January to be the founding director of the Harrington School of Communications and Media. She is currently a professor of communications and founder of the media lab at Temple. According to that university’s website, she is considered one of the leading authorities on media...Read More >>

Andrea Hogan, of New Haven, was recently appointed director of global education at Quinnipiac University. In her new position, Hogan will oversee the services offered to international students at Quinnipiac and the study abroad programs offered at the university. Hogan earned her bachelor's degree in Spanish and psychology from the University of Connecticut and...Read More >>

Michael Joseph, an experienced higher education administrator and enrollment strategist, has been appointed to join Valparaiso University's senior leadership team as vice president for enrollment management beginning October 17. As the chief enrollment officer, Michael will lead the development and oversee the execution of the University's comprehensive...Read More >>

Mary Holz-Clause has been named the University of Connecticut’s first Vice President for Economic Development. Prior to her appointment at UConn, she served as the Associate Vice President for Extension and Outreach at Iowa State University. Holz-Clause will begin at UConn on Dec. 2, and will play a pivotal role in coordinating and managing two of UConn’s most...Read More >>

The University of South Alabama has named USA graduate and long-time alumni and development professional Karen Webster Edwards as its director of alumni relations. Edwards, a member of USA’s class of 1980, will join USA in September. For the past two years, she has served as director of development at Healthy Smiles, Healthy Children: The Foundation of the...Read More >>

Maravene Loeschke, president of Mansfield University in Pennsylvania, was named today as the new president of Towson University in Maryland. Loeschke will start Jan. 1 at Towson, replacing longtime president Robert Caret, who departed this year to lead the University of Massachusetts system. Loeschke spent more than three decades at Towson, earning a...Read More >>

Carla Dieter has been named chair of the University of South Dakota’s Department of Nursing. Most recently, she served as the interim chair and is an associate professor for the USD Department of Nursing. She has been the director of Nursing Education Scholarship at USD since 2010. “Carla's commitment to nursing and nursing education fits perfectly with the...Read More >>

Julia Arciero, Ph.D., joins the department as an assistant professor after completing a post-doctoral fellowship in the Complex Biological Systems Group at the University of Pittsburgh. Arciero's current research includes developing mathematical models to investigate numerous topics in physiology, including the inflammatory response, cell migration, wound healing,...Read More >>

Jean MacCormack, chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, announced yesterday she will retire at the end of the academic year. The UMass system must now replace two of its five campus leaders. This month, it will start looking for a replacement for Robert Holub, chancellor of the flagship campus in Amherst. The system’s president, Bob Caret, has...Read More >>

Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates has been named the next Chancellor of the College of William & Mary. He is an undergraduate alumnus of the College, Class of 1965. Gates, who is the first defense secretary in U.S. history to serve under presidents from both political parties, led the defense department under President George W. Bush and President...Read More >>

Today, University of the Pacific President Pamela A. Eibeck announced the appointment of Simon B. Rowe, DMA, as the next director of the Brubeck Institute. An established jazz pianist, Rowe is currently associate professor of music at Minnesota State University Moorhead, where he leads the Music Industry Program, teaches on the jazz studies faculty, and leads the...Read More >>

After months of interviews and closed-door meetings, Chancellor Holden Thorp has recommended Karol Gray be named the next vice chancellor for finance and administration. Gray would be the second consecutive vice chancellor for finance from Stony Brook University, pending the Board of Trustees’ approval at its September meeting. Gray was selected from a pool...Read More >>

Maria Darley has been named director of Study Abroad at Augusta State University, effective August 1. Darley has served as the coordinator of the study abroad program since 2008. “As faculty continue to develop study abroad courses, it’s good to have someone with Maria’s experience to ensure that everything runs smoothly. I’m sure she will continue to do...Read More >>

Jennifer D. Winge has been named dean of admissions at The College of Wooster, effective Sept. 19. As dean, Winge will manage and supervise the daily operations of the admissions office. She will report to Scott Friedhoff, vice president for enrollment and college relations, and work with him on strategic planning, goal setting, and communications for the...Read More >>

Dr. Kimberly Broedel-Zaugg, formerly a professor of pharmacy at Ohio Northern University, has been named Founding Chair of Pharmacy Practice and Administration for the Marshall University School of Pharmacy. Broedel-Zaugg began her duties with Marshall July 17. Currently she is responsible for development of the department and assisting the leadership team as it...Read More >>

The University of Texas at Arlington has named Ronald L. Elsenbaumer , the university’s vice president for research and federal relations, to the provost and vice president for academic affairs position. Elsenbaumer will succeed Donald R. Bobbitt, who plans to leave UT Arlington at the end of October to become president of the University of Arkansas System....Read More >>

Phyllis M. Wise, Ph.D., has been selected to become a Vice President of the University of Illinois and the Chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, effective Oct. 1, pending approval by the University of Illinois Board of Trustees at its September meeting. Wise has served in senior leadership roles at three major public research universities...Read More >>

A long-time leader in institutional advancement and philanthropy, Marianne E. Lord has been appointed Vice President of Advancement at Simmons College. Lord will begin her tenure at Simmons September 6. As Vice President of Advancement, Lord will oversee the creation and implementation of policies and programs that maximize engagement of alumni and other donors,...Read More >>

Berkeley College is proud to announce the appointment of Rosemarie Berman as Director of Career Services for Berkeley College Online. In this role, Ms. Berman will build employer relations and work to place online students into positions within their program of study. She also will further develop virtual career fairs and other tools that allow both on-site and...Read More >>

Christopher Earley, dean of the University of Connecticut School of Business, will be the new dean of Purdue University's Krannert School of Management. Earley has held his current position since January 2008. Prior to that, he was dean of the National University of Singapore Business School, chair of organizational behavior at London Business School in England,...Read More >>

Dr. Murali Ankem, director of minimally invasive surgery in the department of urology at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, is the new chair of Urology at the University of Louisville. Dr. Edward Halperin, dean of the UofL School of Medicine, announced today that Ankem’s appointment is effective Oct. 1. ...Read More >>

For the first time in its 146-year history, Lexington Theological Seminary will be led by a woman. Charisse Gillett was named the seminary's 17th president Thursday morning at a special meeting of the school's board of trustees. She will take office Sept. 1. Gillett will be the first woman and the first African-American to hold the top post at the...Read More >>

Edinboro University officials recently announced that the University has named Craig Grooms as its new director of undergraduate admissions. Grooms, formerly the Executive Director at College Summit-West Virginia, joined Edinboro’s Admissions team June 1. He brings to Edinboro more than 20 years of progressively vast and diverse leadership experience in the...Read More >>

The Davidson College Board of Trustees today elected Carol Quillen, vice president for international and interdisciplinary initiatives at Rice University, the 18th president of Davidson College. Her appointment is effective August 1, 2011. Quillen's appointment was announced at an all-campus meeting this afternoon. In making the announcement, Davidson's Board...Read More >>

Veteran educator Fred Rodriguez has been named interim associate vice provost for diversity and equity at the University of Kansas. “Fred is a proven leader who will help KU continue to ensure the diversity of our student body is matched by the diversity of our faculty and staff,” said Richard Lariviere, provost and executive vice chancellor. “Fred has...Read More >>

Candidates for the job of Iowa State university president will likely come from within higher education, but selecting someone from outside academia should not be ruled out, members of an 18-person search committee said in their first meeting today. The person who succeeds ISU President Gregory Geoffory, who is expected to retire by July 2012, should encourage...Read More >>

Tim Hudson will serve as Texas Tech vice chancellor effective Aug. 1. Hudson is a special assistant to the chancellor for international programs and initiatives at the University of Houston System. In his new role, Hudson will coordinate and support distance education and online programs, areas of previous experience for the incoming vice chancellor. From...Read More >>

The University of Texas at Arlington announces today that Jean-Pierre Bardet, chair of the Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Southern California, has been named dean of the College of Engineering. Bardet will succeed Dean Bill Carroll, who plans to step down this fall and return to teaching computer science...Read More >>

Shelton Rhodes left academia last year to be a full-time entrepreneur. He already owned a management consulting firm that was named one of the top 100 minority business in Maryland, and he hoped to expand into new ventures. But his post-academic life only lasted six months. When he heard about the opening for a College of Business dean at Delaware State...Read More >>

Annemarie Seifert, associate vice president for student affairs and enrollment management at Georgia Southern University, has been named associate vice chancellor for student development at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Seifert will assume her new post on June 27, according to Jean Kim, vice chancellor for student affairs and campus life at UMass...Read More >>

Mary G. Barr has been named vice president of communications and marketing at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. She brings nearly 21 years of experience as a strategic marketer, branding leader and award-winning creative writer with proven skills in communications management, marketing and high-level messaging after serving the past five years as director of...Read More >>

The Texas Exes appointed its first female CEO and executive director. Leslie Cedar will begin working to expand the organization’s alumni outreach July 1. Cedar said having a woman serve as executive director was an important step toward furthering the alumni association’s goal of representing the demographics of the University’s graduates. “As half our...Read More >>

Saint Louis University has appointed Jay Goff vice president for enrollment and retention management. His appointment follows a national search and is effective Aug. 15. Goff is the vice provost and dean of enrollment management at Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla, Mo., where he is credited for raising the national academic profile of the...Read More >>

The Ohio State University has tapped Jay D. Kasey, chief operating officer for The Ohio State University Health System, to become the university’s new senior vice president for administration and planning. Kasey takes the position left vacant when Jeff Kaplan, the previous senior vice president for administration and planning, was named the university’s new...Read More >>

Distinguished physicist Jayanth R. Banavar, whose research frequently involves interdisciplinary collaboration in the life sciences, has been named dean of the University of Maryland's newly integrated College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences (CMNS). For the past 12 years, Banavar has led the physics department at Penn State University. He will...Read More >>

Susan Agre-Kippenhan has been appointed Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty. She will start July 1. Agre-Kippenhan has served as dean of the College of Arts & Architecture at Montana State University since 2006. She previously served as chair of the Department of Art at Portland State University, visiting art and design professor at the...Read More >>

After a national search, Grinnell College has named a new leader for the college’s fundraising and alumni relations operation. On July 5, Beth Halloran will begin her position as vice-president for development and alumni relations. Currently assistant vice-president for the Office of University Development at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Halloran has...Read More >>

For decades, New Jersey had a powerful chancellor of higher education who oversaw a large and formidable department that kept a tight rein on the state’s colleges and universities. But in 1994, then-Gov. Christie Whitman vowed to give New Jersey’s colleges and universities more autonomy and abolished the chancellor job and the entire department. Over the...Read More >>