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Faculty & Staff

MOHAMED LACHEMI

MOHAMED LACHEMI has been appointed president and vice chancellor of Ryerson University. He was interim president and vice chancellor of Ryerson. Lachemi earned a bachelor’s from l’Université des Sciences et de la Technologie d’Oran in Algeria, and a master’s and a doctorate from L’Université de Sherbrooke, also in Algeria.

May 4, 2016

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Survey Finds Sanders Presidential Choice of High School Students

Specifically, among first-time voters in November, Sanders would garner 35 percent of the vote.

April 28, 2016

Leadership & Policy

South Dakota State Dean Dunn Named University President

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. ― Barry Dunn, the dean of South Dakota State University’s College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences, was named the school’s 20th president on Monday. Kathryn Johnson, the South Dakota Board of Regents member who chaired the presidential search committee, said Dunn is a tested and consistently successful leader with a relevant vision […]

April 25, 2016

HBCUs

ALONDA WILLIAMS

ALONDA WILLIAMS has been appointed director of marketing, community relations and enrollment management marketing at Bellevue College. She was senior director of education marketing at Microsoft. Williams earned a bachelor’s from Montclair State University and an MBA from Rutgers University.

April 20, 2016

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ROBERTA DIAZ BRINTON

ROBERTA DIAZ BRINTON has been appointed director of the UA Center for Innovation in Brain Science at the University of Arizona Health Sciences. She is the R. Pete Vanderveen Chair in Therapeutic Discovery and Development in the School of Pharmacy and a professor of biomedical engineering in the Viterbi School of Engineering at the University of Southern California. Brinton earned a bachelor’s, a master’s and a doctorate from the University of Arizona.

April 20, 2016

Students

Alliance Creates Scholarships to Boost Study Abroad

A new three-year initiative aimed at increasing student study abroad at minority-serving institutions will receive financial support from the Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE).

April 13, 2016

Leadership & Policy

Michigan College President Could be Fired Over Spending

BENTON HARBOR, Mich. — A college in southwestern Michigan says the school’s new president was suspended and could be fired because of unapproved spending and improper management. Jennifer Spielvogel was suspended with pay Friday at Lake Michigan College, near Benton Harbor. She started in January after working at Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland. Lake Michigan […]

April 13, 2016

Sports

Minorities, Women Barely in Game of College Athletic Leadership

Minorities and women continue to be underrepresented throughout the management and coaching ranks of college athletics, despite numerous small programs designed to help boost their ranks, asserts a new report issued this week.

April 7, 2016

Students

Ex-Indianapolis Mayor Drops Bid for Ivy Tech President

INDIANAPOLIS ― One prominent candidate is out of the running to head up Indiana’s statewide community college system, with former Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard withdrawing his name. Ballard and former Lt. Gov. Sue Ellspermann were among more than 30 applicants to become the new president of Ivy Tech Community College. Ballard said in a statement […]

April 6, 2016

Leadership & Policy

Green Named New University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor

LINCOLN, Neb. ― The new chancellor of the University of Nebraska’s Lincoln campus has been selected from the university system’s ranks. Ronnie Green, 54, was named Wednesday as UNL’s new chancellor by NU President Hank Bounds. Green previously served as vice president for agriculture and natural resources of the NU system and is UNL’s Harlan […]

April 6, 2016

Faculty & Staff

MICHELLE A. WILLIAMS

MICHELLE A. WILLIAMS has been appointed dean of the T.H. Chan School of Public Health at Harvard University, effective July 1. She is the Stephen B. Kay Family Professor of Public Health and chair of the Department of Epidemiology at Harvard. Williams earned a bachelor’s from Princeton University, a master’s from Tufts University, and a master’s and a doctorate from Harvard University.

April 4, 2016

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RAJ ACHARYA

RAJ ACHARYA has been appointed dean of the School of Informatics and Computing at Indiana University Bloomington, effective July 1. He is director of the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science atPennsylvania State University. Acharya earned a bachelor’s from Bangalore University in India, a master’s from the University of Minnesota, and a doctorate from the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine and the University of Minnesota.

April 4, 2016