Top Chief Executives
Bobby Phills, Southern University Agriculture Center and College of Agriculture
Paul Pitre, Washington State University North Puget Sound at Everett
Appointments
Margaret Arnold, assistant dean of graduate academics and faculty affairs in the College of Professional Studies at Northeastern University, to associate provost at the Wentworth Institute of Technology.
Adam Barrett, associate dean of admissions and financial aid at New York Law School, to associate vice president and dean of law admissions at Quinnipiac University.
Stephen Barrows, interim provost, to provost and executive vice president and dean of faculty at Aquinas College (Mich.).
Sean Bishop, story artist at DreamWorks Feature Animation, to chair of the animation program at Laguna College of Art and Design.
Shantanu Bose, general manager of strategy and program development, to provost and vice president for academic excellence at DeVry University.
Kim Boyer, interim dean, to dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the State University of New York at Albany.
Thomas Brecciaroli, interim dean of students, to dean of students at the University of Alabama at Huntsville.
Nancy Cassill, interim head of the department of textile and apparel, technology and management, to associate dean of academic programs for the College of Textiles at North Carolina State University.
Ellen Daley, associate director of women’s health in the Lawton and Rhea Chiles Center for Healthy Mothers and Babies, to associate dean of translational research and practice in the College of Public Health at the University of South Florida.
Richard Deeg, senior associate dean of faculty and research, to dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Temple University.
Michael Elliott, professor of English, to interim dean of Emory College at Emory University.
Catharin Eure, chair of the design and digital media program, to an additional post, dean of innovation and corporate partnership at Laguna College of Art and Design.
Thomas Graves, associate dean of clinical education, to dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Midwestern University (Ariz.).
Charles Gregory, interim dean, to dean of academic affairs at Southern Maine Community College.
Marisa Kelly, provost, to acting president of Suffolk University.
Roderick King, associate professor in the department of public health sciences, to director of the medical M.D./M.P.H. program in the Miller School of Medicine and assistant dean of public health at the University of Miami.
Charles Klink, interim vice provost for student affairs, to vice provost for student affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Patricia Kucker, associate dean of faculty affairs and curriculum in the College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning at the University of Cincinnati, to provost at the University of the Arts.
Chris Lowery, acting vice president for Ivy Tech Corporate College and chancellor of Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana-Columbus and Southeast regions, to senior vice president for workforce alignment at Ivy Tech Community College.
Nancy Lynch, professor of software science and engineering, to associate head of the department of electrical engineering and computer science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Chris Maggio, interim vice president, to vice president for the student experience at Northwestern State University.
Thomas Mansperger, director of recruitment, admissions, and gateway services, to dean of student services and enrollment management at North Central State College.
Rebecca Mugridge, interim dean, to dean of libraries at the State University of New York at Albany.
Richard Muma, professor and chair of the department of public health sciences, to senior associate vice president for strategic enrollment management at Wichita State University.
Dominic Mumolo, director of development, to director of college advancement at Laguna College of Art and Design.
Jana Neiss, director of the teacher education program at Missouri University of Science and Technology, to associate vice president for academic affairs and dean of the College of Continuing Professional Studies at Drury University.
Fiorella Penaloza, director of institutional effectiveness at Briarcliffe College, to director of institutional effectiveness at Park University.
Bobby Phills, dean and director of land-grant programs at Florida A&M University, to chancellor and dean of Southern University Agriculture Center and College of Agriculture.
Paul Pitre, dean, to chancellor of Washington State University North Puget Sound at Everett.
Soncia Reagins-Lilly, interim vice president for student affairs, to vice president for student affairs and dean of students at the University of Texas at Austin.
Gavin Rich, game art faculty member, to chair of the program in game art at Laguna College of Art and Design.
Joseph Robertson, president, to acting dean of the medical school at Oregon Health & Science University.
Michael Roest, executive director of the Northern Ohio Youth Orchestra, to director of pre-college and adult extension at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
John Roll, interim vice dean of research, to vice dean of research for the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine at Washington State University.
Sebastian Royo, vice provost, to acting provost at Suffolk University.
Richard Ryan, former vice president for marketing at RR Donnelley, to director of corporate relations at Quinnipiac University.
Emily Sallee, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, to associate vice president for faculty affairs at Park University.
Angela Paik Schaeffer, chief communications officer at Williams College, to vice president for communications and marketing at Trinity College (Conn.).
Richard Schoephoerster, dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Texas at El Paso, to dean of the College of Engineering at American University of Sharjah.
Deborah Shanley, interim dean, to dean of School of Education at Lehman College.
Sol Smith, liberal arts faculty member, to chair of liberal arts at Laguna College of Art and Design.
Andre Stephens, associate vice president for university admissions, to vice president for student development at Biola University.
Deborah Taylor, associate provost for educational effectiveness, to provost and senior vice president at Biola University.
Mark Thompson, director of the Colgate Counseling Center, to interim vice president and dean of the college at Colgate University.
Mary Van Brunt, former dean of academic affairs, to dean of the School of Business, Arts, and Media at Cabrini University.
Patricia Vanston, associate dean of program and business development for Cooper Medical School at Rowan University, to vice president for business development and enrollment management at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia.
Valerie Weil, associate dean of finance, administration, and operations for Cooper Medical School at Rowan University, to chief operating officer at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia.
Barbara Wilson, interim chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, to executive vice president and vice president for academic affairs at the University of Illinois System.
Elana Zolfo, vice president for workforce development at the Aerospace and Defense Diversification Alliance in Peacetime Transition, to dean of the Larry L. Luing School of Business at Berkeley College (N.J.).
Resignations
A.J. Davis, dean of the College of Architecture and Urban Studies at Virginia Tech, effective June 30.
Richard Edwards, chancellor of Rutgers University at New Brunswick.
Carolyn Wright, dean of nursing at Dodge City Community College.
Retirements
Dave Hammer, head coach for men’s basketball at Aquinas College (Mich.), effective September 30.
Stephen Jordan, president of Metropolitan State University of Denver, effective June 30.
Peter Kohler, vice chancellor for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, effective December 31.
Rev. Bernard O’Connor, president of DeSales University, effective May 20.
Ricardo Romo, president of the University of Texas at San Antonio, effective in August 2017.
Robert Vaughan, president of the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, effective June 30.
Deaths
L. Wayne Batty, 94, former voice professor and founder of the opera program at Virginia Commonwealth University, died on September 4.
Richard Beeman, 74, former dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and professor and chair of the history department at the University of Pennsylvania, died on September 5.
Will Rogers Buffalohead, 77, former professor and chair of the department of American Indian studies at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, died on September 6 in Minnesota.
John Coleman, 95, former president of Haverford College, died on September 6 in Washington, D.C.
Elizabeth Colson, 99, professor emerita of anthropology at the University of California at Berkeley, died on August 3 in Zambia.
Kenneth Crannell, 82, professor emeritus of communication studies at Emerson College, died on August 19.
Charles Flagle, 97, professor emeritus in the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University, died on September 4 in Towson, Md.
Rita Frantz, 68, dean of the College of Nursing at the University of Iowa, died on September 7.
Paul Green, 73, former director of the Institute for Politics at Roosevelt University, died on September 10.
Joseph Bishop Keller, 93, professor emeritus of mathematics and of mechanical engineering at Stanford University, died on September 7 in Palo Alto, Calif.
Robert Kingston, 87, former deputy chairman for the National Endowment for the Humanities, died on August 20 in Long Island, N.Y.
Fernando Laires, 91, former professor of piano in the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester, died on September 9 in Rochester N.Y.
Isidore Okpewho, 74, professor emeritus of Africana studies at Binghamton University, died on September 4.
Mark Andrew Richardson, 66, former dean of the School of Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University, died on September 2.
David Robinson, 86, former president of Edison Junior College (now Florida SouthWestern State College), died on September 8.
Rodolfo Ruibal, 88, professor emeritus of biology at the University of California at Riverside, died on August 30.
Donald Shipp, 96, chancellor of Louisiana State University at Shreveport, died on August 15.
Mary Marjorie Turner, 67, former associate professor and technical design coordinator at Point Park University, died on August 29 in Smyrna, Del.
George Curtiss West, 85, former vice president for academic affairs and professor emeritus of zoophysiology at the University of Alaska, died on August 31.
Philip Zieve, 84, former chair of the department of medicine at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, died on September 10.