CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Appointments
Rodney D. Bennett, a former president of the College of Southern Mississippi, has been named the precedence candidate for the subsequent chancellor of the College of Nebraska at Lincoln.
Amy Bosley, vp for institutional planning, growth, and chief of employees at Valencia Faculty, in Florida, has been named president of Northwest Vista Faculty, in Texas.
Elizabeth R. Cantwell, senior vp for analysis and innovation on the College of Arizona, has been named president of Utah State College.
Torie Jackson, interim president of West Virginia College at Parkersburg, has been named to the submit completely.
Todd G. Lamb, a former lieutenant governor of Oklahoma, has been named president of the College of Central Oklahoma.
Ming-Tung (Mike) Lee, has been named president of Sonoma State College, in California, after serving as interim president since August.
Elder Alvin (Journey) F. Meredith III, president of the Utah Salt Lake Metropolis South Mission, has been named president of Brigham Younger College-Idaho.
Salvador Hector Ochoa, provost and senior vp for educational affairs at San Diego State College, has been named president of Texas A&M College at San Antonio.
Stephen Perez, interim provost and vp for educational affairs at California State College at Chico, has been named president.
Kimberly Rogers, has been named president of Contra Costa Faculty, after serving as performing president of the California school since June 2022.
J. Luke Wooden, vp for scholar affairs and campus range and chief range officer at San Diego State College, has been named president of California State College at Sacramento.
Resignations
Venkat Reddy, chancellor of the College of Colorado at Colorado Springs, will step down and return to the school after serving for the subsequent yr as an adviser for particular tasks to the College of Colorado president.
Roderick Smothers, president of Philander Smith Faculty, will step down after eight years main the Arkansas school.
Ivy Taylor, president of Rust Faculty, in Mississippi, left the place after lower than three years.
Jack Thomas, president of Central State College, in Ohio, will step down in June. He’ll be a part of the school after a sabbatical.
Retirements
Algie Gatewood, president of Alamance Neighborhood Faculty, in North Carolina, plans to retire on July 1.
Elsa M. Núñez, president of Jap Connecticut State College since 2006, will retire.
David Wippman, president of Hamilton Faculty, in New York, will retire subsequent yr.
CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICERS
Appointments
Carol Ash, dean of the Faculty of Well being, Wellness, and Public Security at Central New Mexico Neighborhood Faculty, has been named vp for educational affairs and work-force growth at Southwest Tennessee Neighborhood Faculty.
Lance Nail, dean of the Robert C. Vackar Faculty of Enterprise and Entrepreneurship on the College of Texas-Rio Grande Valley, has been named provost and senior vp for educational affairs on the College of Southern Mississippi.
Alan Sams, has been named as provost and vp for educational affairs for the Texas A&M College system after serving as interim provost.
Tricia Serio, provost and senior vice chancellor for educational affairs on the College of Massachusetts at Amherst, has been named provost and govt vp for educational affairs on the College of Washington.
Resignations
Jeffrey Duerk, govt vp for educational affairs and provost on the College of Miami, in Florida, will step down in July.
OTHER TOP ADMINISTRATORS
Appointments
Joel Costa, senior vp for funding administration at UnitedHealthcare, has been named chief monetary officer and vp for administration at Bethel College, in Minnesota.
Denise J. Jamieson, a professor and chair of the division of gynecology and obstetrics at Emory College’s Faculty of Drugs and chief of gynecology and obstetrics for Emory Healthcare, has been named vp for medical affairs and dean of the Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver Faculty of Drugs on the College of Iowa.
Lori Seager, affiliate vp for finance at Colorado Faculty, has been named vp for finance and chief monetary officer.
Charles A. (Chuck) Wright III, chief growth officer for the hunger-relief group Philabundance, in Philadelphia, has been named vp for growth and vice chancellor for development at Rutgers College at Camden.
Resignations
Ruth Johnston, vice chancellor and chief working officer at New Mexico State College, will step down on the finish of June.
DEANS
Appointments
Badia Ahad, vice provost for college affairs and a professor of English at Loyola College Chicago, has been named dean of Oxford Faculty of Emory College.
Matthew Ando, affiliate dean of the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences on the College of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has been named dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Ohio College.
Jeff Borden, vice provost for studying expertise at Nationwide College, in California, has been named dean of the Faculty of Management Research at Gonzaga College, in Washington.
Juan Casas, interim dean of graduate research at College of Nebraska at Omaha, has been named to the submit completely.
Laura Curran, vice provost for college affairs at Rutgers College at New Brunswick, has been named dean of the Faculty of Social Work on the College of Connecticut.
Azim Eskandarian, division head and professor of mechanical engineering within the Faculty of Engineering at Virginia Tech, has been named dean of the Faculty of Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth College.
Patrick Fox, head of the division of civil and environmental engineering within the Faculty of Engineering at Pennsylvania State College at College Park, has been named dean of the Russ Faculty of Engineering and Know-how at Ohio College.
Kenn Gaither, interim dean of the Faculty of Communications at Elon College, in North Carolina, has been named to the submit completely.
Grant Gosselin, director of undergraduate admission at Boston Faculty, has been named dean of undergraduate admission and monetary assist.
Cathy Horn, interim dean of the Faculty of Schooling on the College of Houston, has been named to the submit completely.
Susan Kelly-Weeder, affiliate dean for graduate applications within the Connell Faculty of Nursing at Boston Faculty, has been named dean of the Faculty of Nursing at George Washington College.
Andrew R. Klein, interim chancellor of Indiana College-Purdue College at Indianapolis and govt vp at Indiana College, has been named dean of the Wake Forest College Faculty of Legislation.
Sheryl Lengthy, dean of graduate {and professional} research and director of trainer training and graduate research in training at Salem Faculty, has been named dean of the Faculty of Schooling, Well being, and Human Sciences at Meredith Faculty. Each faculties are in North Carolina.
Benjamin J. Lough, a professor of social work with an appointment as a professor of enterprise administration within the Gies Faculty of Enterprise on the College of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has been named dean of the Faculty of Social Work.
Farzin Madjidi, who has served since August 2022 as interim dean of the Graduate Faculty of Schooling and Psychology at Pepperdine College, in California, has been named to the submit completely.
Celia Marshik, has been named dean of the Graduate Faculty and vice provost for graduate {and professional} training at Stony Brook College, a part of the State College of New York, after serving within the submit in an interim capability since Could 2022.
Pamela McCauley, affiliate dean of educational applications, range, fairness, and inclusion within the Wilson Faculty of Textiles at North Carolina State College, has been named dean of the Faculty of Engineering at Widener College, in Pennsylvania.
Ryan F. Morgan, an affiliate professor and division head for chemistry, geosciences, and physics at Tarleton State College, in Texas, has been named dean of graduate research and the Faculty of Enterprise, Math, and Science at Chadron State Faculty, in Nebraska.
Deborah Nelson, chair of the division of English language and literature on the College of Chicago, has been named dean of the Division of Humanities.
Keith Russell, chair of the division of well being and human growth at Western Washington College, has been named dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Nicole S. Sampson, dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Stony Brook College, a part of the State College of New York, has been named dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on the College of Rochester.
Matt Skillen, dean of college and affiliate provost for scholar studying at Elizabethtown Faculty, in Pennsylvania, has been named assistant provost and dean of college at McPherson Faculty, in Kansas.
Patricia Timmons-Goodson, co-chair of the board of the North Carolina Justice Middle and a retired affiliate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Courtroom, has been named dean of the Faculty of Legislation at North Carolina Central College.
Resignations
Jamal J. Rossi, dean of the Eastman Faculty of Music on the College of Rochester, will step down after the 2023-24 educational yr.
OTHER ADMINISTRATORS
Appointments
Becky Bangs, director of equal-opportunity investigations and deputy Title IX coordinator within the Workplace of Equal Alternative and Entry at Oregon State College, has been named govt director of the Workplace of Equal Alternative and Entry and Title IX coordinator.
Josh Dunn, chair of the division of political science on the College of Colorado at Colorado Springs, has been named the primary govt director of the Institute of American Civics on the Howard H. Baker Jr. Middle for Public Coverage on the College of Tennessee at Knoxville.
Doug Lombardi, an affiliate professor within the division of human growth and quantitative methodology within the Faculty of Schooling on the College of Maryland at Faculty Park, has been named affiliate dean for college affairs.
Sheena Stewart, director and assistant medical professor within the division of academic foundations in Auburn College’s Faculty of Schooling, has been named director {of professional} growth for the college’s Graduate Faculty.
Ryan Zerr, an affiliate dean within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on the College of North Dakota, has been named affiliate vp for technique and implementation.
Resignations
Mike Bohn, athletics director on the College of Southern California, has resigned after criticism of his administration of the division along with complaints over his feedback about feminine colleagues.
DEATHS
Sister Candace Introcaso, president of La Roche College, in Pennsylvania, died on Could 22. She grew to become president of the college in 2004.
Brian R. Judd, a professor emeritus of physics and astronomy on the Johns Hopkins College, died on April 8. He was 92.
Robert E. Lucas Jr., a professor emeritus of economics on the College of Chicago, died on Could 15. He was 85. In 1995, Lucas acquired the Nobel Memorial Prize in Financial Sciences.
Rosalie M. Mirenda, president emerita of Neumann College, in Pennsylvania, died on Could 13. She was 85.
Robert J. Zimmer, chancellor emeritus and former president of the College of Chicago, died on Could 23. He was 75. Zimmer led the school from 2006 to 2021, when he transitioned to the position of chancellor.
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