New President at U. of District of Columbia; Texas Southern U. President Retires After 2 Years

CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Appointments
Koffi Akakpo, president of Bluegrass Community and Technical College, has been named president of Kentucky State University.

Margaret L. Drugovich, a former president of Hartwick College, in New York, has been named interim president of Marietta College, in Ohio.

Maurice D. Edington, executive vice president and chief operating officer at Florida A&M University, has been named president of the University of the District of Columbia.

Stephen Fowl, dean of Loyola College at Loyola University Maryland, will become president and dean of the Church Divinity School of the Pacific, in California.

Rodney Hanley, president of Lake Superior State University, in Michigan, has been named president of Northeastern State University, in Oklahoma.

Fred Hawkins, a Republican serving in the Florida House of Representatives, has been named the sole finalist to serve as president of South Florida State College.

Eric Hogue, vice president for university advancement at Colorado Christian University, has been named president of the university.

Marsha Kelliher, president of Walsh College, in Michigan, has been named president of Simpson College, in Iowa.

Ann Kirschner, dean emerita of Macaulay Honors College at the City University of New York, has been named interim president of Hunter College.

Glenell M. Lee-Pruitt, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Jarvis Christian University, in Texas, has been named its president.

Pardis Mahdavi, provost and executive vice president at the University of Montana at Missoula, has been named president of the University of La Verne, in California.

Peter O. Nwosu, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs and student success at the City University of New York’s Herbert H. Lehman College, has been named president of the State University of New York’s College at Oswego.

Yolanda W. Page, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Savannah State University, has been named president of Stillman College.

Michael P. Shannon, interim executive vice president for administration and finance and interim chief business officer at the Georgia Institute of Technology, has been named president of the University of North Georgia.

Robert T. Smith, provost and vice president for academic affairs and a professor of mathematics at Valdosta State University, has been named chancellor of Louisiana State University at Shreveport.

Jennifer Sobanet, executive vice chancellor for administration and strategy at the University of Colorado at Denver, has been named interim chancellor of the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

Leslie E. Wong, a former president of San Francisco State University and Northern Michigan University and a member of Connecticut College’s Board of Trustees, has been named interim president of Connecticut College. He replaces Katherine Bergeron, who will step down at the end of the month.

Resignations
Carmen J. Walters, president of Tougaloo College, in Mississippi, plans to step down at the end of this month.

Retirements
Lesia Crumpton-Young, president of Texas Southern University, has retired after two years in the role.

CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICERS
Appointments
Jose Coll, dean of the School of Social Work and interim dean of the College of Education at Portland State University, has been named provost and vice president for academic affairs at Western Oregon University.

Stevie Lawrence II, vice president for postsecondary education at the Southern Regional Education Board, has been named provost and vice president for academic affairs at Lincoln University, in Missouri.

Kenneth Lutchen, dean of the College of Engineering at Boston University, has been named interim provost and chief academic officer.

Michael Malone, vice chancellor for research and engagement at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, has been named interim provost and senior vice chancellor for academic affairs.

Kerry Palmer, dean of the College of Education at Troy University, has been named senior vice chancellor for academic affairs.

Angela Ziskowski, interim provost and dean of the faculty at Coe College, has been named provost.

Resignations
Paul Gore, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Bellarmine University, will step down after a no-confidence vote by the faculty.

OTHER TOP ADMINISTRATORS
Appointments
Dyonne Bergeron, acting vice provost and associate vice chancellor for diversity, equity, and inclusion at the University of Colorado at Boulder, has been named chief diversity officer and vice chancellor for equity, diversity, and inclusion at the University of California at Irvine.

Anna Cowenhoven, senior executive director and associate dean of communications for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University, has been named vice president for university communications at the University of Pennsylvania.

Dan Kim, senior vice president for communications, marketing, and external relations at Brandeis University, in Massachusetts, has been named vice president for marketing and communications at Quinnipiac University, in Connecticut.

Kristi Motter, vice president for student affairs at the University of Alabama at Huntsville, has been named vice president for student affairs and enrollment management at the University of Southern Mississippi.

Carol Sumner, vice president for diversity, equity, and inclusion and chief diversity officer at Texas Tech University, has been named vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion and chief diversity officer at Northern Illinois University.

Resignations
Jamica Love, chief diversity officer at Virginia Military Institute, has resigned two years after her hiring was announced.

DEANS
Appointments
Rashid Ahmed, associate dean of academic affairs in the School of Public Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago, has been named dean of the new College for Community Health at Montclair State University.

Adam L. Aréchiga, associate dean for academic and student affairs at the School of Behavioral Health at Loma Linda University, has been named dean of the School of Public Health.

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Marie Bukowski, associate dean of graduate programs and faculty affairs in the College of the Arts at Kent State University, has been named dean of the College Fine Arts at Wichita State University.

Jason Campbell-Foster, interim dean of students at Boston University, has been named to the post permanently.

Ashley Walker Colquitt, dean of the Jack N. Averitt College of Graduate Studies at Georgia Southern University, has been named associate vice provost and dean of the Williams School of Graduate Studies at Appalachian State University.

Jennifer Kellman Fritz, interim dean of the College of Health and Human Services at Eastern Michigan University, has been named to the post permanently.

Loretta Griffy, associate vice president for academic strategic initiatives and foundation engagement at Austin Peay State University, has been named the inaugural dean of the University College.

Robert A. Harrington, a professor of medicine and chair of the department of medicine at Stanford University, has been named dean of Weill Cornell Medicine and provost for medical affairs at Cornell University.

Jonathan Bailey Holland, head of the Carnegie Mellon University School of Music, has been named dean of the Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University.

Karen Kim, vice provost for research at the University of Chicago, has been named dean of Pennsylvania State University’s College of Medicine.

Scott Lowe, interim dean of the Graduate College at Boise State University, has been named to the post permanently.

Leslie McClure, chair of the department of epidemiology and biostatistics and associate dean of faculty affairs in the Dornsife School of Public Health at Drexel University, has been named dean of the College for Public Health and Social Justice at Saint Louis University.

Ann F. McKenna, vice dean of strategic advancement at the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University and a professor of engineering in the Polytechnic School, has been named dean of the University of Iowa College of Engineering.

Nicholas Morrison, interim dean of the Caine College of the Arts at Utah State University, has been named to the post permanently.

Deborah Hess Norris, a professor of photograph conservation and chair of the department of art conservation at the University of Delaware, has been named interim dean of College of Arts and Sciences.

David Owen, interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Louisville, has been named dean of the College of Arts and Humanities at Georgia Southern University.

Leslie Owen, a professor and head of the department of marine, earth, and atmospheric sciences at North Carolina State University, has been named dean of the College of Sciences.

Janeil C. Rey, interim dean of the former College of Education at the State University of New York at Fredonia, has been named dean of the renamed College of Education, Health Sciences, and Human Services.

Stephen Roth, principal associate dean, associate dean for academic and faculty affairs, and director of the public health science program in the School of Public Health at the University of Maryland, has been named associate provost and dean of the graduate school.

Jenna Shim, associate dean of academic affairs and graduate studies in the College of Education at the University of Wyoming, has been named interim dean of the college.

Karen J. Sneddon, interim dean of the School of Law at Mercer University, has been named to the post permanently.

Filiz Tabak, acting associate dean in the College of Business and Economics at Towson University, has been named dean of the College of Business at the University of Mary Washington.

Miriam L. Wallace, chair of the humanities division at New College of Florida, has been named dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Illinois at Springfield.

Julie Wolter, associate vice provost for innovation and online learning at the University of Montana, has been named dean of the School of Nursing and Human Physiology at Gonzaga University.

Grace Yoo, a professor of Asian American studies in the College of Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State University, has been named dean of the college.

OTHER ADMINISTRATORS
Appointments
Cecil Rose, associate director of student success at Oglethorpe University, has been named director of Black programs at New Mexico State University.

Monica Smith, vice president for diversity, equity, and inclusion at Augustana College, in Illinois, will become associate vice president for equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging for the University of Wisconsin system.

Justine Tydings, a program coordinator in the College of Business at the University of Wyoming, has been named director of the Peter M. and Paula Green Johnson Student Success Center.

John Whitcomb, interim director of the the Clemson University School of Nursing, has been named director and chief academic nursing officer.

Retirements
Gary Barta, athletic director at the University of Iowa, plans to retire after 17 years.

DEATHS
Owen Gingerich, a professor emeritus of astronomy at Harvard University and author of The Book Nobody Read: Chasing the Revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicus (2004), died on May 28. He was 93.

Ian Hacking, a professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Toronto, died on May 10. He was 87.

Gerald I. Lamkin, a president emeritus of Ivy Tech Community College, died at age 86.

Donald Price, founding director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and professor emeritus of pathology, neurology, and neuroscience at the Johns Hopkins University, died on May 5.

William E. Spriggs, chief economist at the AFL-CIO, a former assistant secretary of labor in the Obama administration, and a professor at Howard University, died on June 6. He was 68.

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