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CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Appointments
Thomas Burns, a former provost of Belmont University, in Tennessee, has been named president of York College of Pennsylvania. He will succeed Pamela Gunter-Smith, who will retire in June.
Xavier A. Cole, vice president for student affairs at Marquette University, in Wisconsin, has been named president of Loyola University New Orleans.
Dondi E. Costin, president of Charleston Southern University and a retired U.S. Army major general, has been named president of Liberty University. He replaces Jerry Prevo, who became interim president after Jerry Falwell Jr.’s resignation.
Colleen Derr, president of Wesley Seminary, in Indiana, has been named president of Eastern Nazarene College, in Massachusetts.
Joseph J. Foy, interim president and vice president for academic affairs at Alverno College, in Wisconsin, has been named president of Benedictine University, in Illinois.
Joan T.A. Gabel, president of the University of Minnesota, has been named chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh. She will succeed Patrick Gallagher, who is stepping down this summer.
Aubra Gantt, vice president for academic outreach and student success at the Tarrant County College Connect Campus in Fort Worth, has been named chancellor of the Shreveport campus of Southern University.
Lori Stewart Gonzalez, executive vice president and provost and former interim president of the University of Louisville, in Kentucky, has been named president of Ohio University.
Eric Hogue, vice president for university advancement at Colorado Christian University, has been named president of the university.
C. Shane Reese, academic vice president at Brigham Young University, has been named president. He succeeds Kevin J. Worthen.
Susana Rivera-Mills, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at Ball State University, in Indiana, has been named president of Aurora University, in Illinois.
Anita Thomas, executive vice president and provost at St. Catherine University, in Minnesota, has been named president of North Central College, in Illinois. She is the first woman and first person of color to lead the college.
Resignations
Katherine Bergeron, president of Connecticut College since 2013, will step down following campus protests and a faculty vote of no confidence.
J. Timothy Cloyd, president of Drury University, in Missouri, will resign because of “family health concerns.”
Suzanne Keen has resigned as president of Scripps College, in California. She began her term on July 1, 2022.
Steve Pettit, president of Bob Jones University, in South Carolina, plans to resign at the end of the academic year.
Retirements
Ronald L. Vaughn, president since 1995 of the University of Tampa, in Florida, plans to retire in May 2024.
CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICERS
Appointments
C. Forrest Faison III, retired vice admiral and 38th surgeon general of the U.S. Navy, has been named interim provost at Northeast Ohio Medical University.
Georita M. Frierson, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Seton Hall University, in New Jersey, has been named provost and vice president for academic affairs at the University of Southern Maine.
Alec Gallimore, dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan, has been named provost and chief academic officer at Duke University.
Audrey Kelleher, vice president for adult, graduate, and online studies at Bellhaven University, has been named provost and vice president for academic affiars.
John Pelesko, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Delaware, has been named provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.
David J. Russomanno, dean of the School of Engineering and Technology at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis, has been named executive vice president for academic affairs and provost at the University of Memphis.
Dianna Shandy, a professor of anthropology and interim dean of the faculty at Macalester College, in Minnesota, has been named provost and vice president for academic affairs at Augustana College, in Illinois.
Calvin White Jr., associate dean of humanities in the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, has been named executive vice chancellor and provost at Arkansas State University.
Resignations
Suzanne Sherman, provost and vice president for academic affairs at the New College of Florida, has stepped down. Brad Thiessen, who served as interim president after Patricia Okker’s removal, has been named interim provost.
OTHER TOP ADMINISTRATORS
Appointments
Kevin Coughlin, vice president for enrollment management and services at Florida International University, has been named vice president for enrollment management at the University of Maine at Orono.
Derek Dictson, vice president for university advancement and president of the NMSU Foundation at New Mexico State University, has been named vice president for university advancement at Colorado State University.
Sydney Gruters, district director for U.S. Rep. Greg Steube, Republican of Florida, has been named executive director and vice president for advancement at the New College of Florida Foundation.
Jeff Hamrick, senior director of the Data Institute at the University of San Francisco, has been named vice president for finance and administration at Whitman College.
Bethany Jankunis, a former chief of staff and executive director of strategic projects at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, has been named vice president for strategy and planning and senior adviser to the president of the Rhode Island School of Design.
Troy Johnson, vice president for enrollment management at the University of Texas at Arlington, has been named vice chancellor for enrollment management at Appalachian State University.
George F. Kacenga, assistant vice president for global marketing at M Square Media and a former executive director of undergraduate admissions and executive director of global engagement at Purdue University Northwest, has been named vice president for enrollment management at William Paterson University.
Kathy Kaoudis, vice president for administrative services and chief financial officer at the Community College of Denver, has been named vice chancellor for administration and finance at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.
Carolyn Noll Sorg, director of recruitment and enrollment success management at the College Board, has been named vice president for enrollment management at John Carroll University.
Learie C. Nurse, associate vice president for student engagement and Title IX coordinator at Mary Baldwin University, has been named vice president for enrollment management and student affairs at Kutztown University.
Alex Perez, chief of staff and senior vice chancellor at Rutgers University at New Brunswick and associate general counsel for Rutgers University, has been named senior vice president and general counsel at the New School, in New York.
Jessica Ricker, dean of admission at Wellesley College, in Massachusetts, has been named vice president for enrollment and dean of admissions and financial aid at Skidmore College, in New York.
Amy Schmidt, vice president for finance and administration at Minnesota State College Southeast, has been named vice president for finance and administration and chief financial officer at Viterbo University.
Chris Simmons, associate vice president for government relations and interim vice president for public affairs and government relations at Duke University, has been named vice president for government relations.
Frank Tramble, vice president for communications and chief communications officer at Howard University, has been named vice president for communications, marketing, and public affairs at Duke University.
Jacqueline Travisano, executive vice president for business and finance and chief operating officer at the University of Miami, has been named executive vice president and chief financial officer at Wake Forest University.
Retirements
Jeffrey Gray, senior vice president for student affairs at Fordham University, plans to retire at the end of the academic year after more than three decades with the university.
DEANS
Appointments
Denise Taliaferro Baszile, associate dean of diversity and student services in the College of Education, Health, and Society at Miami University, in Ohio, has been named dean of the College of Education at Wayne State University.
David Bearden, interim dean of Oregon State University’s College of Pharmacy since December 2020, has been named dean of the college.
Johanna Bond, a professor and former associate dean of academic affairs in the School of Law at Washington and Lee University, has been named dean of the Rutgers University Law School.
Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy, a professor in the School of Social Transformation and vice president for social advancement at Arizona State University, has been named dean of the School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University.
Clementina D. Ceria-Ulep, interim dean of the Nancy Atmospera-Walch School of Nursing at the University of Hawaii-Manoa, has been named permanent dean of the school.
Derek A. James, coordinator of multicultural programs for the College of Agricultural Sciences at Pennsylvania State University at University Park, has been named dean of equity, diversity, and inclusion at Juniata College.
Jackie Krasas, deputy provost for faculty affairs at Lehigh University, has been named dean of the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences at Wake Forest University.
Wen Mao, vice dean in the Villanova University School of Business, has been named dean of the school.
Yolanda Pierce, dean of the Howard University School of Divinity, has been named dean of the Divinity School at Vanderbilt University.
Karen Rose, vice dean and director of the Center for Healthy Aging, Self-Management, and Complex Care in the College of Nursing at Ohio State University, has been named dean of the college.
Michael S. Spencer, interim dean of the School of Social Work at the University of Washington, has been named to the post permanently.
Michael Waterstone, dean of the law school and senior vice president at Loyola Marymount University, has been named dean of the School of Law at the University of California at Los Angeles.
OTHER ADMINISTRATORS
Appointments
Lisa Dhar, director of new business ventures for engineering in the Innovation and New Ventures Office and interim executive director of the InQbation Lab at Northwestern University, has been named associate vice president for innovation.
Kenneth Heckel, director of regional development at the University of Notre Dame and a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel, has been named director of Notre Dame’s Office of Military & Veterans Affairs.
Josh Kun, a professor and chair of cross-cultural communication in the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California, has been named vice provost for the arts.
Travis, Osterman, an assistant professor of biomedical informatics, hematology, and oncology and director of Cancer Clinical Informatics at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, has been named associate vice president for research informatics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Chalana M. Scales-Ferguson, director of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging for the Chaifetz School of Business at Saint Louis University, has been named associate vice chancellor for institutional equity at Washington University in St. Louis.
DEATHS
Hazard Adams, founding chair of the department of English and comparative literature at the University of California at Irvine, died on February 24. He was 97. Adams also served as dean of humanities and vice chancellor for academic affairs at Irvine, before leaving for the University of Washington.
Vladimir G. Marinich, one of the original professors of Howard Community College when it opened in 1970 in Columbia, Md., died on March 2. He was 86.
William A. Wulf, a professor emeritus of computer science at the University of Virginia, died on March 10. He was 83.
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