CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Appointments
Meaghan Blight, vice president for university growth and chief of staff at Huron University College, in Canada, has been named president of Wesleyan College, in Georgia.
Samuel Dosumu, executive dean of Pueblo Community College’s Southwest campus, has been named chancellor of the University of New Mexico-Valencia branch campus.
Jacqueline (Jackie) Edmondson, chancellor and chief academic officer at Pennsylvania State University-Greater Allegheny, has been named president of the University of Southern Maine.
Victoria N. Folse, director and chair of the School of Nursing and Health Sciences and executive director of counseling and health services at Illinois Wesleyan University, has been named president of Ripon College, in Wisconsin.
Rochelle Ford, dean of the School of Communications at Elon University, in North Carolina, has been named president of Dillard University, in Louisiana.
Janet L. Gooch, executive vice president for academic affairs and provost of Truman State University, has been named chancellor of the University of Illinois at Springfield.
Ashanti Hands, vice president for student services at San Diego Mesa College, has been named president.
Christian Hardigree, dean of the School of Hospitality at Metropolitan State University of Denver, has been named regional chancellor of the St. Petersburg campus of the University of South Florida.
Mike Hobbs, vice president for student affairs and athletics director at Jefferson State Community College, in Alabama, has been named president of Georgia Highlands College.
Jennifer L. Mnookin, a professor and dean of the School of Law at the University of California at Los Angeles, has been named chancellor of the University of Wisconsin at Madison. She will succeed Rebecca Blank, who has been named president of Northwestern University.
Lovell Pugh-Bassett, vice president for institutional effectiveness, advancement, and strategic initiatives at Camden County College, in New Jersey, has been named president of the college.
Liz Russell, vice president for academic affairs at Eastern Maine Community College, has been named president.
Aswani Volety, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Elon University, has been named chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. He will succeed Jose V. Sartarelli, who will retire in June.
Jerry Wallace, president of the Hastings Campus of Nebraska Central Community College, has been named president of Danville Community College, in Virginia.
Resignations
Shouan Pan, chancellor of the Seattle Colleges system, plans to step down in August.
Retirements
W. Ellis Arnold III, president of Hendrix College, in Arkansas, plans to retire in June 2023.
Kevin E. Drumm, president of the State University of New York’s Broome Community College, plans to retire in July 2023.
Stephen Percy, president since 2014 of Portland State University, in Oregon, plans to retire at the end of the 2022-23 academic year.
Christine J. Sobek, president since 2001 of Waubonsee Community College, in Illinois, plans to retire in January 2023.
David Yager, president of the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, plans to retire in June 2023.
CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICERS
Appointments
Anne D’Alleva, dean of the School of Fine Arts at the University of Connecticut, has been named interim provost and executive vice president for academic affairs.
Roy Haggerty, dean of the College of Science and a professor of environmental geology at Oregon State University, has been named executive vice president and provost of Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge.
Hanchen Huang, dean of the College of Engineering at the University of North Texas, has been named provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth.
Andrea Kent, interim provost and executive vice president of the University of South Alabama, has been named to the post permanently.
Ashwani Monga, provost and executive vice chancellor at Rutgers University at Newark, has been named chief academic officer and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University System of Georgia.
Manoochehr Zoghi, dean of the College of Engineering, Technology, and Computer Science at Purdue University at Fort Wayne, has been named provost and vice president for academic affairs at Western Illinois University.
OTHER TOP ADMINISTRATORS
Appointments
Fran’Cee Brown-McClure, a former vice president for student affairs and dean of students at Union College, in New York, has been named vice president for student affairs at Jackson State University, in Mississippi.
Robert E. Clay, executive director of the Center for Student Engagement and Intercultural Programs at Governors State University, has been named chief equity and inclusion officer and assistant to the president for community engagement at Luther College, in Iowa.
Rob Cramer, interim vice chancellor for finance and administration at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, has been named to the post permanently.
Dan Layzell, vice president, chief operating officer, and chief financial officer at Cornell College, in Iowa, has been named vice chancellor for finance and operations at Appalachian State University, in North Carolina.
Jamie Parson, interim chief diversity officer at Appalachian State University, in North Carolina, has been named to the post permanently.
Resignations
Walter D. Givhan, senior vice chancellor for advancement and economic development since 2014 at Troy University, in Alabama, will step down in July.
Joe Shields, vice president for research and creative activity and dean of the Graduate College at Ohio University, plans to step down in June to become director of the Large Binocular Telescope Observatory at the University of Arizona.
DEANS
Appointments
A. Alonso Aguirre, a professor and chair of the department of environmental science and policy at George Mason University, in Virginia, has been named dean of the Warner College of Natural Resources at Colorado State University at Fort Collins.
Scott Beaulier, dean of the College of Business at North Dakota State University, has been named dean of the College of Business at the University of Wyoming.
Jason R. Carter, vice president for research, economic development, and graduate education at Montana State University at Bozeman, has been named dean of the Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences at Baylor University, in Texas.
Jelani Cobb, a professor of journalism and director of the Ira A. Lipman Center for Journalism and Civil and Human Rights at Columbia University, has been named dean of Columbia Journalism School.
Ana M. Franco-Watkins, interim dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Auburn University, at Alabama, has been named dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Kentucky.
Kenneth Fridley, senior associate dean of administration in the College of Engineering at the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, has been named dean of the Batten College of Engineering and Technology at Old Dominion University, in Virginia.
Kimberly Griffin, a faculty member in the department of counseling, higher education, and special education, and associate dean of graduate studies and faculty affairs in the College of Education, at the University of Maryland at College Park, has been named dean of the college.
Donna L. Hayward, associate dean of libraries at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, has been named interim university librarian and dean of libraries.
Andrea Hickerson, a professor and director of the School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of South Carolina at Columbia, has been named dean of the School of Journalism and New Media at the University of Mississippi.
Virginia Franke Kleist, associate dean of graduate programs, research, and academic affairs, and a professor of management information systems, in the John Chambers College of Business and Economics at West Virginia University, has been named dean of the Mike Ilitch School of Business at Wayne State University, in Michigan.
Patrick M. Lloyd, dean of the College of Dentistry at Ohio State University, has been named dean of the School of Dental Medicine at the State University of New York’s Stony Brook University.
Joanne Moore, associate professor and chair of the producing department in the School of Filmmaking at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, has been named dean of the School of Film and Television at Loyola Marymount University, in California.
Amy Murtha, a professor and chair of the department of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive services at the University of California at San Francisco, has been named dean of the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Rutgers University at New Brunswick.
Melissa J. Perry, a professor and chair of the department of environmental and occupational health in the Milken School of Public Health at George Washington University, has been named dean of the College of Health and Human Services at George Mason University, in Virginia.
Buffy Smith, interim dean of Dougherty Family College at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota, has been named to the post permanently.
Laura M. Spenceley, interim dean of the School of Education at the State University of New York College at Oswego, has been named to the post permanently.
Andrea L. Welker, associate dean of academic affairs in the College of Engineering at Villanova University, in Pennsylvania, has been named dean of the School of Engineering at the College of New Jersey.
James W.C. White, acting dean and professor in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Colorado at Boulder, has been named dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
David Yellen, chief executive officer of the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System at the University of Denver, has been named dean of the University of Miami School of Law.
Resignations
Tim de Noble, dean of the College of Architecture, Planning, and Design at Kansas State University since 2009, plans to step down in June 2023.
OTHER ADMINISTRATORS
Appointments
Kelley Bishop, director of the University Career Center and the president’s promise program at the University of Maryland at College Park, has been named associate vice provost for university career services in the division of enrollment and student success at George Washington University.
Catherine Chan, executive director of the office of research and sponsored programs at the University of Wisconsin and chief institutional-research officer at the University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire, has been named assistant vice provost for high-impact practices in the division of diversity, equity, and educational achievement at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
Raul Leon, interim department chair and a professor of higher education and student affairs at Eastern Michigan University, has been named assistant vice provost for student engagement and scholarship programs in the division of diversity, equity, and educational achievement at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
DEATHS
Ronald Jack Jaszczak, a professor emeritus of radiology, biomedical engineering, and medical physics at Duke University, died on March 17. He was 79.
Simeon G. Margolis, a retired professor of medicine, endocrinology, and biological chemistry at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, died on May 16. He was 91.
John Phillips Moore Jr., a member of the business faculty at Towson University, died on May 14. He was 88.
Kwaku Ohene-Frempong, an expert in sickle-cell disease, died on May 7. He was 76. As an associate professor of pediatrics at Tulane University, Ohene-Frempong established the Tulane Sickle Cell Center of Southern Louisiana. He worked at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, an affiliate of the University of Pennsylvania, for 30 years.
Karl S. Pister, who served as chancellor of the University of California at Santa Cruz from 1991 to 1996, died on May 14. He was 96.
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