Top Chief Executives
American Public University system, Karen Powell
Birmingham-Southern College, Linda Flaherty-Goldsmith
Carolinas College of Health Sciences, T. Hampton Hopkins
Davis & Elkins College, Chris Wood
Emory University, Claire Sterk
Florida Institute of Technology, T. Dwayne McCay
Gateway Community and Technical College, Fernando Figueroa
Hazard Community and Technical College, Jennifer Lindon
Lamar Community College, Linda Lujan
Madisonville Community College, Cynthia Kelley
North Georgia Technical College, Mark Ivester
Pennsylvania State University-Abington ,Damian Fernandez
Santa Ana College, Linda Rose
Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, Randall Pembrook
Southern Oregon University, Linda Schott
Tiffin University, Lillian Schumacher
University of British Columbia, Santa Jeremy Ono
Appointments
Irene Aiken, associate dean, to dean of graduate studies at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke.
Mark Alexander, associate dean of academics and professor of law in the School of Law at Seton Hall University, to dean of the Charles Widger School of Law at Villanova University.
William Allen Jr., dean of enrollment services in the Institute of Technology at West Virginia University, to vice president for enrollment management at Sweet Briar College.
Richee Smith Andrews, chief development officer at the American Institute of Physics, to chief development officer at the Universities at Shady Grove.
Katherine Ankerson, professor and head of the department of interior architecture and product design at Kansas State University, to dean of the College of Architecture at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.
Brady Barke, interim director of athletics, to director of athletics at Southeast Missouri State University.
Laura Barnard, professor and paralegal program director, to executive vice president and provost at Lakeland Community College.
Edward Barton, former president and chief operating officer at G2 Web Services, to chief financial officer at Saint Martin’s University.
Linda Bathgate, publisher in communication at Routledge, to editor in chief and deputy director at the University Press of Florida.
Lois Becker, provost and senior vice president for academic excellence and student success at the University of North Texas, to provost and executive vice president at Roosevelt University.
Nancy Benson, professor of journalism, to interim dean of the College of Media at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Yvonne Berumen, vice president for scholarships and academic support services at the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, to vice president for admission and financial aid at Pitzer College.
Mary Lu Bilek, interim dean, to dean of the School of Law at the City University of New York.
Patricia Blanton, professor of stomatology, to interim dean of the College of Dental Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina.
Rebecca Bott, associate professor of animal science, to interim dean of the Van D. and Barbara B. Fishback Honors College at South Dakota State University.
K. Johnson Bowles, vice president for advancement at Warren Wilson College, to vice president for college advancement and executive director of the Geneseo Foundation at the State University of New York at Geneseo.
DeMethra LaSha Bradley, assistant dean of academic and student affairs in the College of Education and Social Services at the University of Vermont, to assistant vice president for student affairs and dean of students at Macalester College.
Catherlyn Brim, former dean of the School of Business at Warner University, to dean of the School of Business & Public Leadership at Johnson University.
Scott Brown, head of the department of small animal medicine and surgery and co-director of the Educational Resources Center, to associate dean of academic affairs for the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Georgia.
Scott Brown, associate vice president and dean of students at Colgate University, to vice president for student affairs and dean of students at the College of Wooster.
Kevin Burke, former president of Conatus Capital, to managing director of the Notre Dame Institute of Global Investing in the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame.
Eric Bymaster, associate vice president for finance, administration, and operations at Emory University, to associate vice chancellor for finance at Vanderbilt University.
Lisa Carwie, dean of nursing, to regional dean of nursing for the Southeastern region at Fortis Institute at Pensacola.
Lyle Castle, vice provost, to interim dean of the College of Science and Engineering at Idaho State University.
Xavier Cole, vice president for student affairs at Washington College, to vice president for student affairs at Marquette University.
Brian Cole, dean of academic affairs for the Valencia, Spain, campus at Berklee College of Music, to dean of the School of Music at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.
Jeff Crane, associate dean of the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at the University of the Incarnate Word, to dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Saint Martin’s University.
Wesley Curtis, associate university counsel, to vice president and general counsel at the University of Illinois Foundation.
Jenifer Cushman, associate professor of German, to dean of the campus at Ohio University at Zanesville.
Margo DelliCarpini, dean of the College of Education at Morehead State University, to dean of the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Texas at San Antonio.
Judy Didion, dean of the College of Nursing at Lourdes University, to dean of the School of Nursing at Oakland University.
Stephen Eaves, chair of the division of fine arts and professor of music at Friends University, to dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Belmont University.
Alan Ellstrand, chair of the department of management, to associate dean of academic programs and research in the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.
Barbara Exum, senior vice president for clinical services at BioScrip, to director of the Center for Compounding Practice and Research in the School of Pharmacy at Virginia Commonwealth University.
James Falco, executive dean of education, career, and technical education, to dean of the northern region at Madison Area Technical College.
Tonya Fancher, associate professor of internal medicine, to associate dean of workforce innovation and community engagement in the School of Medicine at the University of California at Davis.
Gaddis Faulcon, interim president of Shaw University, to vice president for enrollment management and student affairs at Saint Augustine’s University.
Damian Fernandez, chief executive and head of the school at Ethical Culture Fieldston School, to chancellor of Pennsylvania State University at Abington.
Fernando Figueroa, vice chancellor for educational policy at Dallas County Community College, to president of Gateway Community and Technical College.
Lee Fisher, former lieutenant governor and director at the Ohio Department of Development, to interim dean of the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State University.
Linda Flaherty-Goldsmith, former chief of staff, to president of Birmingham-Southern College.
Chandra Foote, interim dean, to dean of the College of Education at Niagara University.
Miguel Garcia-Garibay, professor of chemistry, to dean of the division of physical sciences at the University of California at Los Angeles.
Omar Ghrayeb, associate dean of outreach and undergraduate programs, to interim dean of the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology at Northern Illinois University.
Kevin Gibbons, associate professor and vice chair in the department of neurosurgery, to senior associate dean of clinical affairs and executive director of UB Associates and the UBMD Physicians Group at the University at Buffalo.
J. Murray Gibson, founding dean of the College of Science at Northeastern University, to dean of the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering at Florida A&M University.
Maureen Gillette, dean of the College of Education at Northeastern Illinois University, to dean of the College of Education and Human Services at Seton Hall University.
Laura Gomez, professor of law, to interim dean of the College Division of Social Sciences at the University of California at Los Angeles.
Father Howard Gray, special assistant to the president, to interim vice president for mission and ministry at Georgetown University.
Jennifer Griffin, associate academic dean and professor of psychology at Thiel College, to dean of APEX, an advising and experiential learning center, at College of Wooster.
Patty Haberberger, former assistant vice president for human resources at Saint Louis University, to vice chancellor for human resources at the University of Missouri at Columbia.
Matthew Hall, vice president for academic services and assistant professor of church history, to dean of Boyce College at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Wendy Hanks, associate professor of audiology, to interim director of the School of Audiology at Pacific University.
Cheryl Harrison, executive director of the School of Continuing and Professional Studies, to dean of the school at Manhattan College.
Susan Hasler, assistant director of recruitment for graduate business programs, to assistant dean of business programs in the Sellinger School of Business at Loyola University Maryland.
Robert Healy, veteran services coordinator, to director of veteran services at Niagara University.
Sonia Hirt, associate dean of academic affairs in the College of Architecture and Urban Studies at Virginia Tech, to dean of the School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation at the University of Maryland at College Park.
Ashley Hodges, head athletic trainer, to assistant director of athletics at Southern Vermont College.
T. Hampton Hopkins, dean of student affairs and enrollment management, to president of Carolinas College of Health Sciences.
Bob Houser, acting assistant vice president for research, to assistant vice president for research at the University of Northern Colorado.
Fred Hurst, senior vice president for extended campuses at Northern Arizona University, to vice president for institutional advancement at Western Governors University.
Rachel Hutchings, corporate and government affairs manager for the American Airlines, to director of development at Tulsa Community College Foundation.
Mark Ivester, vice president for economic development, to president of North Georgia Technical College.
Matrecia James, associate dean of the Davis College of Business and director of its graduate business programs at Jacksonville University, to dean of the School of Business at St. Bonaventure University.
Paul Jenny, senior vice president for planning and management at the University of Washington, to senior vice chancellor for finance and administration at the University of California at San Francisco.
Jason Johnson, associate dean of clinical sciences in the College of Veterinary Medicine, to vice president and dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Lincoln Memorial University.
Michelle Jones-Johnson, senior human resources business partner at Aetna, to vice president for talent development and chief diversity officer at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Zain Kazmi, senior manager at Accenture, to assistant vice chancellor for health analytics and chief analytics officer at the University of Texas system.
Cynthia Kelley, vice president for academic affairs at Motlow State Community College, to president of Madisonville Community College.
Arnold Kemp, associate professor and chair of the department of painting and printmaking at Virginia Commonwealth University, to dean of graduate studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Pramod Khargonekar, assistant director of engineering at the National Science Foundation, to vice chancellor for research at the University of California at Irvine.
Elizabeth Klonoff, co-director of the joint doctoral program in clinical psychology at San Diego State University and the University of California at San Diego, to vice president for research and dean of the College of Graduate Studies at the University of Central Florida.
Kristi Kneas, chair of the department of chemistry and biochemistry, to dean of academic affairs and faculty development at Elizabethtown College.
Paul Krebsbach, professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, to dean of the School of Dentistry at the University of California at Los Angeles.
Ken Kundell, chief information officer at the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore, to chief information officer at Salisbury University.
Maureen Lally-Green, professor of law, to interim dean of the School of Law at Duquesne University.
Brett Landry, interim dean, to dean of the Satish & Yasmin Gupta College of Business at the University of Dallas.
Philip LaPolt, associate vice president for research and academic personnel at California State University at Los Angeles, to dean of the College of Natural and Behavioral Sciences at California State University-Dominguez Hills.
George Lesieutre, head of the aerospace engineering department, to associate dean for research in the College of Engineering at Pennsylvania State University at University Park.
Jeffrey Lewis, associate dean of the School of Pharmacy at Cedarville University, to dean of the Lloyd L. Gregory School of Pharmacy at Palm Beach Atlantic University.
Thomas A. Lewis, professor of religious studies, to associate dean of academic affairs in the of the Graduate School at Brown University.
Jennifer Lindon, dean of occupational technologies and workforce solutions and chief campus administrator, to president of Hazard Community and Technical College.
Linda Lujan, new ventures officer for the Maricopa County Community College District, to president of Lamar Community College.
James Mack, associate professor of chemistry, to associate dean of the Graduate School at the University of Cincinnati.
Nandita Mani, assistant director of academic and clinical engagement for the Taubman Health Sciences Library at the University of Michigan, to director of the health sciences library and associate university librarian for the health sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Wallace Marsh, clinical associate professor, to an additional post, associate dean of academic affairs for the College of Pharmacy at the University of New England.
T. Dwayne McCay, executive vice president and chief operating officer, to president of the Florida Institute of Technology.
Bobby McCormick, interim dean, to dean of the College of Business at Clemson University.
Ken McCown, professor and former chair in the department of landscape architecture at Iowa State University, to head of the department of landscape architecture at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.
Kevin McDonald, chief diversity, equity, and inclusion officer, to interim vice chancellor for inclusion, diversity, and equity at the University of Missouri at Columbia.
Ann McElwain, executive director of leadership giving at Dartmouth College, to chief development officer at the Carnegie Institution for Science.
Wayne Miller, director of the Center for Rural and Community Health and professor at West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, to dean of the College of Science at Morehead State University.
Jeffrey Moniz, director and graduate chair of the doctoral education program at the University of Hawaii-Manoa, to vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Hawaii West Oahu.
Nina Moser, senior advancement officer for principal gifts at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, to vice president for college advancement at Southern Vermont College.
Mark Nelson, professor of accounting, to dean of the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University.
Michael O’Brien, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Missouri at Columbia, to provost and vice president for academic affairs at Texas A&M University at San Antonio.
Father Kevin O’Brien, vice president for mission and ministry at Georgetown University, to dean of the Jesuit School of Theology at Santa Clara University.
Sue O’Driscoll, director of residence life and student conduct, to dean of students at Shenandoah University.
Gregory Ochoa, interim dean of graduate and continuing studies at Stephens College, to dean of academic affairs at Potomac State College of West Virginia University.
Santa Jeremy Ono, president of the University of Cincinnati, to president and vice chancellor of the University of British Columbia.
Louise Pagotto, vice chancellor for academic affairs, to interim chancellor of Kapiolani Community College.
Randall Pembrook, vice president for academic affairs at Washburn University, to chancellor of Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville.
Vimala Pillari, dean of the Whitney M. Young Jr. School of Social Work at Clark Atlanta University, to founding dean of the College of Health Sciences and Human Services at Tarleton State University.
Karen Powell, provost and executive vice president, to president of the American Public University system.
Chris Rahn, professor of mechanical engineering, to associate dean of innovation in the College of Engineering at Pennsylvania State University at University Park.
Patricia Pierce Ramsey, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Bowie State University, to provost and vice president for academic affairs at Lincoln University (Pa.).
Christopher Ray, associate dean of research for the College of Nursing and Health Innovation, to dean of the College of Health Sciences at Texas Woman’s University.
Desiree Reed-Francois, executive associate athletics director, to deputy athletics director at Virginia Tech.
Karen Richardson, director of graduate admissions, to dean of undergraduate admissions and enrollment management for the School of Arts and Science and the School of Engineering at Tufts University.
Sarah Cary Robinson, vice president at Bar Harbor Trust Services, to vice president for advancement at Husson University.
Linda Rose, president of Los Angeles Southwest College, to president of Santa Ana College.
Joyce Russell, senior associate dean of the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland at College Park, to dean of the School of Business at Villanova University.
Richard Schooler, former executive vice president and chief operating officer at Freeman Health System, to dean of the School of Health Sciences at Missouri Southern State University.
Linda Schott, president of the University of Maine at Presque Isle, to president of Southern Oregon University.
Robin Schulze, associate dean of the humanities and professor of English at the University of Delaware, to dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University at Buffalo.
Lillian Schumacher, interim president, to president of Tiffin University.
Hany Shawky, associate dean of the School of Business and professor of finance and economics, to interim dean of the School of Business at the State University of New York at Albany.
Eric Skipper, vice president for university affairs and chief executive of the Oconee campus at the University of North Georgia, to executive vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of South Carolina at Beaufort.
Robert Soltis, professor of pharmacology at Drake University, to dean of the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences at Butler University.
Claire Sterk, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, to president of Emory University.
Marshall Stewart, director of college leadership and strategy for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at North Carolina State University, to vice chancellor for extension and engagement at the University of Missouri at Columbia.
Eileen Sullivan, dean of students at Elmhurst College, to vice provost for student affairs and dean of students at Grand Valley State University.
Craig Svensson, dean of the College of Pharmacy, to interim dean of the College of Science at Purdue University at West Lafayette.
Steve Taylor, professor and head of the department of biosystems engineering, to associate dean of research in the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering at Auburn University.
Erik Thurman, vice president at the University of Minnesota Foundation, to vice president for development and alumni relations at the University of St. Thomas (Minn.).
Mark Tillman, dean of the College of Health and Human Services at Troy University, to dean of the WellStar College of Health and Human Services at Kennesaw State University.
Shawn Tomes, director of the northwest Kentucky area at the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, to director of campus ministries at Kentucky Wesleyan College.
Tony Turner, dean of student enrollment services, to an additional post, vice president at Moody Bible Institute.
David Van Slyke, associate dean and chair of the department of public administration and international affairs, to dean of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University.
Colleen Visconti, professor and former chair of the department of communication arts and sciences, to founding dean of the School of Health Sciences at Baldwin Wallace University.
Brent Williams, chair of the department of supply chain management, to associate dean of executive education and outreach in the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.
Chris Wood, vice president for institutional advancement at Wesley College (Del.), to president of Davis & Elkins College.
Timothy Worley, executive assistant to the president, to vice president for admissions and special projects at Palm Beach Atlantic University.
Brett Wright, interim dean of the College of Health, Education, and Human Development, to dean of the College of Behavioral, Social, and Health Sciences at Clemson University.
Gautam Yadama, assistant vice chancellor for international affairs in the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis, to dean of the School of Social Work at Boston College.
Resignations
Ann Weaver Hart, president of the University of Arizona, effective June 30, 2018.
Rev. Dennis Holtschneider, president of DePaul University.
Cheryl Hyman, chancellor of the City Colleges of Chicago.
Mary Kalantzis, dean of the College of Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, effective August 15.
Steven Knapp, president of George Washington University, effective in July 2017.
Gary Myers, dean of the School of Law at the University of Missouri at Columbia, effective August 14.
Jeffrey Roberts, dean of the College of Science at Purdue University at West Lafayette, effective July 8.
Susan Scrimshaw, president of Sage Colleges.
Ken Starr, chancellor of Baylor University.
Don Tuski, president of Maine College of Art.
Retirements
Kevin Brown, dean of the division of applied sciences and technologies at South Florida State College.
Scott Coltrane, provost at the University of Oregon.
Thomas Payne, vice chancellor for agriculture and dean of the College of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources at the University of Missouri at Columbia, effective December 31.
Karen Wiley Sandler, chancellor of Pennsylvania State University-Abington.
Deaths
Elmer Frederick Baumer, 92, former associate provost at Ohio State University, died on May 25 in Columbus, Ohio.
Klaus Biemann, 89, professor emeritus of chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, died on June 2.
Gina Capello, 52, vice chancellor at the University of Massachusetts at Boston, died on June 2.
Bernadine Carlson, 97, former professor of English at Western Michigan University, died on May 18.
Suzanne Hammond Corkin, 79, professor emerita of neuroscience at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, died on May 24.
Phyllis Curtin, 94, former dean of the College of Fine Arts at Boston University, died on June 5.
Alice Downs, 79, professor emeritus of communication studies at the University of Kansas, died on April 30 in Lawrence, Kan.
C. Quentin Ford, 92, former dean of engineering and professor emeritus at New Mexico State University at Las Cruces, died on May 1.
Conseula Francis, associate provost and professor of English and African American studies at the College of Charleston, died on May 9.
Osman Galal, 85, professor emeritus of the Fielding School of Public Health at the University of California at Los Angeles, died on May 23.
Stella Gray, 96, professor emeritus of English at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, died on May 31 in Newcastle, Me.
Robert Dale Hebert, 77, president emeritus of McNeese State University, died on May 31 in Catanzaro, Italy.
John Keating, former chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, died on May 10 in Palm Springs, Calif.
Nancy Kinnersley, 71, associate professor in the department of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Kansas, died on May 18 in Kansas City, Kan.
William Klug, 39, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of California at Los Angeles, died on June 1.
Elizabeth Gierlowski Kordesch, 59, professor of geological sciences at Ohio University, died on May 17.
Willem Van Rensselaer Malkus, 92, professor emeritus of mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, died on May 28.
Kenneth McCaffree, 96, professor emeritus of economics at the University of Washington, died on May 13 in Everett, Wash.
Joe Morton, 80, former professor and chair of the philosophy department and founder of the peace studies program at Goucher College, died on April 7 in Towson, Md.
LeRoy Pfund, 96, former coach for baseball and basketball at Wheaton College (Ill.), died on June 2.
George Rathjens, 90, professor emeritus of political science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, died on May 27.
Erwin Reinhard, former assistant dean in the College of Engineering at the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, died on June 3.
Guido Stempel III, 87, professor emeritus of journalism at Ohio University, died on May 31.
Tom Taylor, 78, former professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Kansas, died on April 28 in Lawrence, Kan.
Charles Warfield, 77, associate professor emeritus of educational leadership, research, and technology at Western Michigan University, died on June 5.
Morton White, 99, professor emeritus in the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study, died on May 27 in Skillman, N.J.