CHIEF EXECUTIVES Appointments Jennifer Berne, provost at Oakland Community College, in Michigan, has been named president of Madison Area Technical College, in Wisconsin.
Terry Handley, chair of the Board of Trustees at Simpson College, in Iowa, has been named acting president after the death of Jay Byers.
Russ Kavalhuna, president of Henry Ford College, in Michigan, has been named president of Western Michigan University.
Steven W. McLaughlin, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology, has been named president of the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.
Bethany Meighen, vice president for academic and student affairs for the University of North Carolina system, has been named president of Concord University, in West Virginia.
Shari Olson has been named president of Northland Community & Technical College after serving as interim president since July 2024.
Thomas H. Powell, president emeritus of Mount Saint Mary’s University, has been named president of Averett University.
Ritu Raju, president and chief executive officer of Gateway Technical College, in Wisconsin, has been named president of South Central College, in Minnesota.
Claudia V. Schrader has been named president of the City University of New York, York College after serving as interim president since January 2024.
Jon C. Stuckey, vice president for advancement at Messiah University, in Pennsylvania, has been named interim president.
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Ritu Raju, president and chief executive officer of Gateway Technical College, in Wisconsin, has been named president of South Central College, in Minnesota.
CHIEF EXECUTIVES Appointments Jennifer Berne, provost at Oakland Community College, in Michigan, has been named president of Madison Area Technical College, in Wisconsin.
Terry Handley, chair of the Board of Trustees at Simpson College, in Iowa, has been named acting president after the death of Jay Byers.
Russ Kavalhuna, president of Henry Ford College, in Michigan, has been named president of Western Michigan University.
Steven W. McLaughlin, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology, has been named president of the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.
Bethany Meighen, vice president for academic and student affairs for the University of North Carolina system, has been named president of Concord University, in West Virginia.
Shari Olson has been named president of Northland Community & Technical College after serving as interim president since July 2024.
Thomas H. Powell, president emeritus of Mount Saint Mary’s University, has been named president of Averett University.
Ritu Raju, president and chief executive officer of Gateway Technical College, in Wisconsin, has been named president of South Central College, in Minnesota.
Claudia V. Schrader has been named president of the City University of New York, York College after serving as interim president since January 2024.
Jon C. Stuckey, vice president for advancement at Messiah University, in Pennsylvania, has been named interim president.
Kathrine Swanson, former president of Metropolitan Community College-Longview, has been named interim president of Park University, in Missouri.
The Rev. Sherry Turner, vice president for strategic initiatives at Rhodes College, has been named president of Hartford International University.
John C. Volin, executive vice president for academic affairs and provost at the University of Maine, has been named president of Gustavus Adolphus College.
Denise Whisenhunt, president of Grossmont College, has been named president of Fresno City College.
Darnell K. Williams Sr., an associate professor of pastoral studies at North Central University and executive director of the Preaching Institute for City Transformation, has been named president of North Central University.
Retirements Jorge G. Gonzalez, president of Kalamazoo College, will retire in June 2026.
Alan Miciak, president of John Carroll University, in Ohio, will retire.
CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICERS Appointments Nancy Curtin, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Millikin University, has been named interim provost. She replaces Mary Black, who was named acting president after Jim Reynolds stepped down.
Jim Denniston has been named vice president for academic affairs and provost at Wright State University after serving as interim provost since January.
Stephen Grieco, vice president for academic and student affairs at Eastern New Mexico University at Roswell, has been named provost and vice president for academic affairs at Gwynedd Mercy University.
Manyul Im, provost and vice president at the University of Bridgeport, in Connecticut, has been named provost and vice president for academic affairs for Rhode Island College.
Nathan Lane, associate provost and dean of the Catherine T. MacArthur School at Palm Beach Atlantic University, has been named vice president for academic affairs at Howard Payne University.
Matt Makley has been named provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at Metropolitan State University of Denver after serving as interim provost since January.
John Pell has been named provost and executive vice president at Whitworth University after serving as interim provost since May 2024.
Jeannette E. Riley, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Rhode Island, has been named provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the University of New Hampshire.
Neva J. Specht
Neva J. Specht has been named executive vice chancellor and provost at Appalachian State University after serving as acting provost since April 2024.
John Weidner, dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Cincinnati, has been named interim executive vice president for academic affairs and provost.
Vicky Wilkins, acting provost and chief academic officer at American University, has been named to the position permanently.
Resignations Roy Haggerty, provost at Louisiana State University, will step down.
OTHER TOP ADMINISTRATORS Appointments Clay Butler, interim executive director of athletics at Union Commonwealth University, has been named vice president for athletics.
Jean Peden Christodoulou, senior adviser and chief of staff to the president at Hofstra University, has been named vice president for administration.
Curtis L. Coleman, executive director of admissions at Virginia State University, has been named vice president for enrollment management at Delta State University.
Rick Darnell, senior vice president for development at the University of Illinois Foundation, has been named vice president for university advancement at Millikin University.
Julia T. Davis, vice president for finance and treasurer at Mercer University, has been named senior vice president for finance and administration.
Khalilah Doss, vice president for student affairs and dean of students at Middle Tennessee State University, has been named vice president for student affairs at California State University at Fullerton.
Timothy Doyle, senior vice president for finance and administration at the University of Scranton, has been named senior vice president for financial affairs and treasurer at Hofstra University.
David Guzick, former chancellor of Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport, has been named chief research officer for the Louisiana State University system.
Edward J. Lewis III, president and chief executive of the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, in New York, has been named senior vice president for institutional advancement at Berklee College of Music.
Michael Williams, vice president for economic development at Wiregrass Georgia Technical College, has been named executive vice president.
Retirements Betty Doster, special assistant to the chancellor for external relations and partnerships at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, plans to retire in June.
DEANS Appointments James C. Ahern, vice provost and dean of graduate education and a professor of anthropology at the University of Wyoming, has been named dean of the Graduate School at Northern Illinois University.
Julie Akers, executive associate dean in the College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at Washington State University, has been named interim dean of the college.
Richard Badenhausen, dean of the Honors College at Westminster University, has been named dean of the Honors College at Montana State University.
Michael Beckerman, a professor of music at New York University, has been named dean of the University of California at Los Angeles Herb Alpert School of Music.
Najiba Benabess
Najiba Benabess, dean of the School of Business at Elizabethtown College, has been named associate provost for online learning, AI, and academic partnerships and dean of the School of Business at Neumann University.
Brian P. Brown, a professor in the department of marketing and interim dean of the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Business, has been named permanent dean.
David G. Buckman, associate dean of education partnerships at the University of West Georgia, has been named dean of the School of Education at the University of South Carolina at Aiken.
Dana Davis, director of the Advising and Retention Center at Gadsden State Community College, in Alabama has been named dean of institutional effectiveness, grants, and special projects.
Douglas Fiore, president of Mercy College, in Iowa, has been named dean of the College of Education at the University of Central Missouri.
Robert C. Forrester, chair and a professor of energy finance in the department of economics, finance, and general business in the Dillard College of Business Administration at Midwestern State University, has been named dean of the college.
John N. Friedman, a professor of economics and international and public affairs at Brown University, has been named dean of the Thomas J. Watson Jr. School of International and Public Affairs.
Paul Gilmore, dean of the Honors College and the College of Liberal Arts at Long Island University, has been named dean of the Honors College at the University of Oklahoma.
Whitney Gregory, assistant dean of students at Elon University, has been named dean of students.
Annette Hux, interim dean of the College of Education and Behavioral Science at Arkansas State University at Jonesboro, has been named to the post permanently.
Christopher Jenkins, associate dean of academic support at Oberlin College and Conservatory, has been named dean of Lawrence University’s Conservatory of Music.
Tansel Karabacak, director of the School of Physical Sciences at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, has been named dean of the Donaghey College of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.
C. Scott Kruse, associate dean of the College of Health Professions and a professor of health administration at Texas State University, has been named dean of the College of Health Sciences at the University of Texas at El Paso.
Paul Luepke, associate dean of faculty affairs, interim associate dean of clinical and extramural affairs, and chair of periodontology in the College of Dentistry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, has been named dean of the School of Dentistry at the University of Missouri at Kansas City.
Michael Markham, associate dean of academic programs in the Dodge Family College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Oklahoma, has been named dean of the college.
Christa J. Porter, interim dean of the Graduate College at Kent State University, has been named vice provost and dean of the Graduate School at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County.
Michael V. Relf has been named dean of the Duke University School of Nursing after serving as interim dean since 2023.
Roxane Schroeder-Arce, associate dean in the College of Fine Arts at the University of Texas at Austin, has been named dean of the Chaddock + Morrow College of Fine Arts at Ohio University.
Jennifer Simpson, interim head of the department of speech, language, and hearing sciences at Purdue University, has been named dean of the Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow College of Health Professions at Central Michigan University.
Monica Swahn, dean of Wellstar College of Health and Human Services at Kennesaw State University, has been named dean of the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Public Health.
Mark Trodden, associate dean of the natural sciences in the School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, has been named dean of the school.
Jeanne M. VanBriesen, a professor in the departments of civil and environmental engineering and of engineering and public policy at Carnegie Mellon University, has been named dean of the College of Engineering and Information Technology at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County.
Prasad Vemala, interim dean of the Rockwell School of Business at Robert Morris University, has been named dean of the College of Business at Slippery Rock University.
Sara Woodrum, senior associate dean of administration in the School of Public Health at West Virginia University, has been named dean of the school.
Resignations Angela Kashuba, dean of the Eshelman School of Pharmacy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will step down and return to the faculty in June.
OTHER ADMINISTRATORS Appointments Kristina Thomas Dreifuerst, a professor and director of the Ph.D. program in the College of Nursing at Marquette University, has been named professor and senior associate dean of academics at the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing.
Margaret Ferguson, senior associate vice chancellor for academic affairs at Indiana University at Indianapolis, has been named senior associate provost for academic affairs at Georgia State University.
Drew Hess, a professor of business administration at Washington and Lee University, has been named interim associate provost for academic development and operations.
Vinnie John, vice chancellor for administration and chief business officer at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide, has been named associate vice president for business operations and chief operations officer at Morgan State University.
Echo Marshall, former executive marketing director and director of sales and marketing for the Shoshone-Bannock Casino Hotel, has been named director of tribal relations at Idaho State University.
DEATHS Jay Byers, president of Simpson College, in Iowa, died on April 17. He was 54.
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