New President at Davidson College; Pratt Institute Makes Interim Provost Permanent

CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Appointments
Joy Bodin, vice president for academic and student affairs at Central Lakes College, has been named interim president of Hennepin Technical College.

Alexander Conyers, interim president of South Carolina State University, has been named to the post permanently.

Helene D. Gayle, president and chief executive of the Chicago Community Trust, has been named as the finalist to be president of Spelman College.

Douglas A. Hicks, dean of the Oxford College of Emory University, has been named president of Davidson College, in North Carolina.

Tiffany E. Hunter, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Clark State College, has been named president of Paradise Valley Community College, in Arizona.

Brad Johnson, interim president of Southwest Baptist University, has been named president of College of the Ozarks, in Missouri.

Robert D. Kelley, vice president and special assistant to the president at Loyola University Maryland, has been named president of the University of Portland, in Oregon.

John Maduko, vice president for academic and student affairs at Minnesota State Community and Technical College, has been named president of Connecticut State Community College.

Mike Magee, founding chief executive of the K-12 education nonprofit Chiefs for Change, has been named president of Minerva University.

Stefanie D. Niles, vice president for enrollment and communications at Ohio Wesleyan University, has been named president of Cottey College, in Missouri. She will succeed Jann Weitzel, who plans to retire.

Darren Reisberg, executive vice president and chief strategy officer at the Joyce Foundation, has been named president of Hartwick College.

Robert H. Vela Jr., president of San Antonio College, has been named the sole finalist for president of Texas A&M University at Kingsville.

Resignations
Scott Dalrymple, president of Paul Smith’s College, stepped down to spend more time with family. The college’s provost, Nicholas Hunt-Bull, has been named interim president.

Harlan Sands, president of Cleveland State University, will step down due to “differences” with the Board of Trustees “regarding how the university should be led in the future.” Laura Bloomberg, the university’s provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, has been named the new president.

Retirements
Jerry Farley, president of Washburn University since 1997, plans to retire in September.

Doreen Larson, president of Edison State Community College since 2015, plans to retire by June 2023.

CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICERS
Appointments
Rondall E. Allen, interim vice president for strategic initiatives at the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore, has been named provost and vice president for academic affairs.

Laurel Bongiorno, dean of the division of education and human studies at Champlain College, has been named vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty at Hartwick College.

Michele Gillespie, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Wake Forest University, has been named provost.

Donald Hall, dean of Faculty of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering at the University of Rochester, has been named executive vice president for academic affairs and provost at Binghamton University.

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Donna Heiland, interim provost at Pratt Institute since July 2021, has been named to the post permanently.

David Hood, associate provost for undergraduate education and founding dean of University College at Montclair State University, has been named provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Minnesota State University at Mankato.

OTHER TOP ADMINISTRATORS
Appointments
Quin Brooks, assistant dean of diversity, inclusion, and contemporary student services at Arkansas Tech University, has been named assistant chancellor of equity, diversity, and inclusion at the University of Wisconsin-Stout.

Jeffer Choudhry, senior managing director and head of investments for Carnegie Mellon University, has been named chief investment officer at the University of Pittsburgh.

Scott Frew, interim vice president for finance and treasury at Dartmouth College since August 2021, has been named to the post permanently.

Khuram Hussain, vice president for diversity, equity, and inclusion and an associate professor of education at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, has been named vice president for equity and inclusion at Middlebury College.

Dianne Ingalls, interim vice president for finance and controller at Dartmouth College since August 2021, has been named to the post permanently.

Aisha Jackson, assistant vice provost and assistant vice chancellor for academic technology and student success at the University of Colorado at Boulder, has been named vice chancellor for information technology at the University of California at Santa Cruz.

Julie Payne-Kirchmeier, vice president for student affairs at Northwestern University, has been named vice president for student success at Indiana University at Bloomington.

Courtney Rowe, associate dean of external relations at the Peabody Institute at the Johns Hopkins University, has been named vice president for advancement at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Eric Scott, associate vice president for student affairs at Boise State University, has been named vice president for student affairs at the University of New Mexico.

Toni Mooney Smith, executive director of marketing and communications for the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Houston, has been named vice chancellor for marketing and communications at Rutgers University at Camden.

Kena Wolf, interim chief operating officer at Park University, has been named chief enrollment management officer.

Resignations
David Routh, vice chancellor for university development at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will step down in December.

Retirements
Brian Adler, vice president for public relations and marketing at Southwestern Oklahoma State University, plans to retire.

R. Kevin Marbury, vice president for student life at the University of Oregon, will retire in July.

Robert McQuade, vice president for human resources at the University of Notre Dame, will retire on June 30.

DEANS
Appointments
Bimbola Akintade, an associate professor in the organizational systems and adult health department and associate dean of the Master of Science in Nursing program at the University of Maryland School of Nursing, has been named dean of the College of Nursing at East Carolina University.

Marianne Baernholdt, associate dean of global initiatives and the interim dean of research in the School of Nursing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been named dean of the University of Virginia School of Nursing.

Angela Bos, a professor of political science at the College of Wooster, has been named dean of the School of Public Service at Boise State University.

Tammi Dice, who has served as interim dean of the Darden College of Education and Professional Studies at Old Dominion University for two years, has been named to the post permanently.

Mark T. Gladwin, a professor and chair of the department of medicine in the School of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh, has been named dean of the University of Maryland School of Medicine and vice president for medical affairs.

Ingrid Guerra-López, interim dean of the College of Education at Wayne State University, has been named dean of the College of Education and Human Development at George Mason University.

René Hauser, interim dean of the School of Education at St. Bonaventure University since January, has been named to the post permanently.

Jason Hicks, a provost’s fellow in the Office of Academic Affairs at Louisiana State University, has been named dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Auburn University.

Jerlando F. L. Jackson, a professor of education at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, has been named dean of the College of Education at Michigan State University.

Taskin Kocak, dean of the Dr. Robert A. Savoie College of Engineering and a professor in computer and electrical engineering at the University of New Orleans, has been named dean of the School of Computing and Engineering at Quinnipiac University.

Michael C. McCarthy, former vice president for mission integration and planning and an associate professor of theology at Fordham University, has been named dean of the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry.

Troy McKenzie, a professor of law at New York University and faculty co-director of the NYU Law Institute of Judicial Administration and the NYU Law Center on Civil Justice, has been named dean of the School of Law.

Wendy Powers, associate vice president of the University of California’s Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, has been named dean of the College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences at Washington State University.

Robert Ramirez, a professor and chair of the department of theater and dance at the University of Texas at Austin, has been named head of the School of Drama at Carnegie Mellon University.

Stephanie J. Rowley, provost and vice president for academic affairs and dean at Columbia University’s Teachers College, has been named dean of the School of Education and Human Development at the University of Virginia.

Aron Sousa, interim dean of the College of Human Medicine at Michigan State University since November 2019, has been named to the post permanently.

Venky Venkatachalam, dean of the Beacom School of Business at the University of South Dakota, has been named dean of the College of Management at the University of Massachusetts at Boston.

Beth Virnig, a professor of health policy and management at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, has been named dean of the College of Public Health and Health Professions at the University of Florida.

Tracey Weldon, interim dean of the Graduate School and vice provost for graduate education at the University of South Carolina, has been named to the post permanently.

Bryan J. Zygmont,associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Louisiana Tech University, has been named dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Mount St. Mary’s University, in Maryland.

Resignations
Lyrissa Lidsky, dean of the University of Missouri School of Law, will step down in July.

OTHER ADMINISTRATORS
Appointments
Miriam Bradley, director of development for university priorities and chief development officer for global affairs at the University of Virginia, has been named assistant vice president for principal relationship development at James Madison University.

Jason McClellan, senior director of auxiliary services at Tufts University, has been named assistant vice chancellor for university services at Washington University in St. Louis.

Carol McNulty, interim associate provost for undergraduate education and faculty affairs at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington since July 2021, has been named to the post permanently.

Jonathan Meer, senior philanthropic adviser for the Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music at Monmouth University, has been named associate vice president for development and alumni engagement at the College of New Jersey.

Jane Okech, associate dean of academic and faculty affairs and a professor of counselor education in the College of Education and Social Services at the University of Vermont, has been named vice provost for faculty affairs.

Chanelle Reese, associate ombudsperson at the University of California at Merced, has been named university ombudsperson at the University of Iowa.

Lolita Rowe, community outreach archivist at the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University, has been named assistant university archivist for outreach and engagement at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries.

Ian K. White, assistant vice president for academic initiatives and infrastructure at Caldwell University, has been named registrar at the New York Institute of Technology.

Resignations
Christie Poitra, director of the Native American Institute at Michigan State University, will resign on May 24.

FACULTY
Appointments
Jhumpa Lahiri, author and recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Interpreter of Maladies, has been named a professor of English and director of creative writing at Barnard College.

ORGANIZATIONS
Appointments
Mark P. Becker, former president of Georgia State University, has been named president of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities.

DEATHS
Ursula Bellugi, a researcher at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, in San Diego, died on April 17. She was 91. Bellugi’s work focused on the biological foundations of language, specifically American Sign Language.

Thomas W. Cole Jr., founding president of Clark Atlanta University, died on April 14. He was 81. Cole served as president of West Virginia State University before becoming president of both Atlanta University and Clark College leading up to their consolidation.

Michael A. Olivas, a professor of law at the University of Houston for more than 30 years, died on April 22. He founded the university’s Institute of Higher Education Law and Governance and served as president of the Downtown Campus.

Martin Pope, a professor emeritus of chemistry at New York University, died on March 27. He was 103. Pope was also the founder and president of the board of the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation.

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