Top Chief Executives
Farmingdale State College, John Nader
Post University, John Hopkins
State University of New York at Delhi, Michael Laliberte
Western Governors University, Scott Pulsipher
Appointments
Catherine Cardwell, director of libraries at Ohio Wesleyan University, to dean of the Nelson Poynter Memorial Library at the University of South Florida at St. Petersburg.
Alice Clark, vice chancellor for research and sponsored programs, to interim vice chancellor for university relations at the University of Mississippi.
Brandon Common, director of diversity and inclusion, to assistant dean of students for campus life at Illinois Wesleyan University.
Andre Costopoulos, dean of students at McGill University, to vice provost and dean of students at the University of Alberta.
Neal Davies, dean of the College of Pharmacy at the University of Manitoba, to dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Alberta.
Jeff Fairbrother, head of the department of kinesiology, recreation, and sports studies, to interim associate dean of academic and faculty affairs for the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville.
Sean Fox, vice president for student affairs at Northwest College (Wyo.), to vice president for student affairs at Columbia State Community College.
Ivan Gaetz, library director at Colorado College, to dean of libraries at the University of Wyoming.
Jayati Ghosh, associate dean of the Barowsky School of Business at Dominican University of California, to dean of the School of Business Administration and professor of international business at Widener University.
Joshua Gladden, associate vice chancellor for research and sponsored programs, to interim vice chancellor for research and sponsored programs at the University of Mississippi.
Phillip Atiba Goff, visiting professor at the Harvard Kennedy School and associate professor of social psychology at the University of California at Los Angeles, to professor of policing equity at the City University of New York John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
Tena Golding, director of the Center for Faculty Excellence and professor of mathematics, to interim provost and vice president for academic affairs at Southeastern Louisiana University.
Ashley Green, director of scholarships for the Honors College, to assistant dean of administration for international studies and programs at Michigan State University.
Anne Haake, interim dean, to dean of the Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences at the Rochester Institute of Technology.
Andy Hamilton, interim athletic director, to director of athletics and recreation at Grinnell College.
Michael Hartline, interim dean, to dean of the College of Business at Florida State University.
Anne Heath, associate professor of art and art history, to an additional post, director of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Scholars Program in the Arts and Humanities at Hope College.
Benjamin Hermalin, professor of finance and economics, to vice provost for the faculty at the University of California at Berkeley.
Douglas Hicks, senior adviser for academic initiatives and professor of religion at Colgate University, to dean of Oxford College at Emory University.
Yvonne Hinson, former dean of Charlotte programs and associate professor at Wake Forest University, to academic in residence at the American Institute of CPAs.
Julie Hixson-Wallace, assistant provost and dean of the College of Pharmacy, to vice provost for accreditation at Harding University.
Karen Holbrook, former president of Ohio State University, to interim president of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University at Daytona Beach.
Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy, vice provost for faculty affairs and professor of counseling and human development at Johns Hopkins University, to dean of the School of Education at American University.
John Hopkins, former chief executive of MedTech College and Healthcare Training, to chief executive of Post University.
Erik Iverson, president of business and operations at the Infectious Disease Research Institute, to managing director of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation.
Donald Jones, executive vice president for institutional advancement at the New England Conservatory of Music, to vice president for institutional advancement at Roosevelt University.
Rajkumar Lakshmanaswamy, director of basic sciences research in the Center of Emphasis in Cancer Research and professor of biomedical sciences, to dean of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso.
Michael Laliberte, vice chancellor for student affairs and enrollment management at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, to president of the State University of New York at Delhi.
Marianne Magjuka, director of democratic engagement and justice programs for the Pro Humanitate Institute, to assistant dean of students and director of democratic engagement and justice programs at Wake Forest University.
Marc Miller, executive director of economic development and entrepreneurial engagement at Augusta University, to dean of the School of Business at Henderson State University.
Sally Morton, professor and chair in the department of biostatistics in the Graduate School of Public Health at the University of Pittsburgh, to dean of the College of Science at Virginia Tech.
Melissa Murray, professor of law, to interim dean of the School of Law at the University of California at Berkeley.
John Nader, provost at the State University of New York at Delhi, to president of Farmingdale State College.
Anita Olson Gustafson, professor of history and former chair of the history department at Presbyterian College, to dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Mercer University.
Scott Pulsipher, president of Needle, Inc., to president of Western Governors University.
James Raimo, vice president for facilities and operations, to acting president of Mount Saint Mary College.
Hunter Rawlings III, president of the Association of American Universities, to interim president of Cornell University.
Debbie Ricker, dean of academic services at York College of Pennsylvania, to provost and vice president for academic affairs at Hood College.
Peter Rotwein, professor and chair of the department of biomedical sciences, to vice president for research for the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso.
Anita Shelton, chair of the history department, to interim dean of the College of Arts and Humanities at Eastern Illinois University.
Eric Siegel, director and chief content officer at the New York Hall of Science, to director of the Botanical Garden at the University of California at Berkeley.
Gordon Smith, professor of law, to dean of the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University.
Gia Soublet, interim vice president for institutional advancement, to vice president for institutional advancement at Xavier University of Louisiana.
Marty Spears, associate provost for undergraduate studies, to provost at Harding University.
Morris Stocks, interim chancellor, to provost and executive vice chancellor at the University of Mississippi.
Sridhar Sundaram, associate dean of the Seidman College of Business at Grand Valley State University, to dean of the Kate Tiedemann College of Business at the University of South Florida.
Rand Swensen, professor of anatomy and neurology, to chair of the department of medical education at Dartmouth College.
Kelland Thomas, associate director of the School of Information and director of the Creative Computing Lab at the University of Arizona, to dean of the College of Arts and Letters at the Stevens Institute of Technology.
C.P. van Dam, chair of the department of mechanical and aerospace engineering, to associate dean of facilities and capital planning for the College of Engineering at the University of California at Davis.
Rohit Varma, chair of the ophthalmology department, to interim dean of the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California.
Guillermo Vasquez de Velasco, vice provost and professor of architecture at Ball State University, to dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at DePaul University.
Manuela Veloso, professor of computer science, to an additional post, head of the machine learning department at Carnegie Mellon University.
Victor Veschio, lawyer at Gibbons, Neuman Attorneys, to director of the Debt Relief Clinic in the Cooley Law School at Western Michigan University.
Resignations
James Hill, executive director of the Anschutz Health and Wellness Center at the University of Colorado.
Catharine Hill, president of Vassar College, effective June 30, 2017.
Neil Kerwin, president of American University, effective in May 2017.
Carmen Puliafito, dean of the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California.
Brian Ray, associate dean and director of the Heavener School of Business at the University of Florida.
Retirements
Becky Carr, assistant dean of finance and administration in the College of Education and Human Development at Texas A&M University.
Arthur Cleveland, vice president for university advancement at California Baptist University, effective April 30.
Joseph Seipel, dean of the School of the Arts at Virginia Commonwealth University, effective June 30.
Mike Strickland, athletics director at Belmont University, effective June 30.
Deaths
David Baker, 84, chair emeritus of the jazz studies department and former professor of music at Indiana University at Bloomington, died March 26 in Bloomington, Ind.
Bernard Bate, 55, former professor of anthropology at Yale University, died March 11.
Edmund Battersby, 66, professor of piano at Indiana University at Bloomington, died March 25.
James Baughman, 64, former profession of journalism at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, died March 26.
Harold Blanco, associate professor of institutional technology in the College of Education and Professional Development at Marshall University, died March 27.
Chris Carger, professor of literary education at Northern Illinois University, died March 22.
Paul Chagnon, 86, professor emeritus of physics at the University of Notre Dame, died March 22 in South Bend, Ind.
Glenn Dalrymple, 81, former professor of radiology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, died March 9 in Omaha.
Bernard Dobranski, 76, former dean of the Columbus School of Law at Catholic University and founding dean at Ave Maria School of Law, died March 24 in Mich.
Hazel Jeanne Garrison Bonner, 87, former dean of the Graduate College and professor emerita of biology at Hampton University, died March 8.
William Huizingh, 97, professor emeritus of accounting at Arizona State University at Tempe, died March 18.
Don Nakanishi, 66, director of the Asian American Studies Center and professor emeritus of Asian American studies and social sciences and comparative education at the University of California at Los Angeles, died March 21 in Los Angeles.
Arthur Pappas, 84, former vice president for affiliate relations for UMass Memorial Health Care and former professor of pediatrics at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, died March 22 in Worcester, Mass.
John Lazelle Sawyers, 90, professor emeritus of surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, died March 18 in Nashville.
Edward Shapiro, 64, director of the Center for Promoting Research to Practice and professor of school psychology at Lehigh University, died March 23.
Ronald Taylor, director of the Microbiology and Molecular Pathogenesis Program and professor of microbiology and immunology at Dartmouth College, died March 26.
Lester Thurow, 77, former dean of the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, died March 25 in Westport, Mass.
Ruth Ann Wallace, 83, professor emeritus of sociology at George Washington University, died March 2.
W. Carl Wimberly, 92, former vice chancellor and dean of the College of Arts, Letters, and Sciences at the University of Wisconsin at La Crosse, died March 29.
Don Zech, 83, head coach for men’s basketball at the University of Puget Sound, died March 22 in Chandler, Ariz.
Correction (4/4/2016, 3:40 p.m.): The original listings incorrectly stated that Marty Spears will be transitioning to provost at Arkansas State University at Jonesboro. Mr. Spears, the current associate provost for undergraduate studies at Harding University, was promoted to provost at Harding. He starts June 1.
Correction (4/11/2016, 11:17 a.m.): The original listings incorrectly stated that Julie Hixson-Wallace will be transitioning to vice provost for accreditation at Arkansas State University at Jonesboro. Ms. Hixson-Wallace, the current assistant provost and dean of the College of Pharmacy at Harding University, was promoted to vice provost for accreditation at Harding. She starts June 1.
