Transitions: Kentucky Christian U. Names New President, New Student-Affairs Chief at Seminole State

Chief executives

Appointments

Terry Allcorn, dean of business and hospitality at Valencia College, has been named president of Kentucky Christian University. He will succeed Jeffrey Metcalf, who plans to step down.

Christopher Maples, who was interim chancellor of Missouri University of Science and Technology from May 2017 through July, has been named interim president of Pacific Northwest College of Art. He replaces Kate Copeland, who served as acting president following the departure of Don Tuski.

Beverly Rodgers, acting president and former provost and vice president for academic affairs at MacMurray College, has been named to a two-year term as president.

Retirements

John C. Bowling, president of Olivet Nazarene University since 1991, plans to retire in May 2021.

Susan D. Huard, president of Manchester Community College, in New Hampshire, since 2010, plans to retire on December 31.

Chief academic officers

Appointments

Todd Greer, vice provost at the University of Mobile, has been named vice president for academic affairs.

Ira Katznelson, a professor of political science and history at Columbia University, has been named interim provost.

Jeff Rutenbeck, dean of the School of Communication at American University, has been named provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Arcadia University.

Donna Wilson, provost and executive vice president at Lock Haven University, has been named vice chancellor and chief academic officer at Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education.

Other top administrators

Appointments

Melissa Anderson, vice president for marketing and communication at Ripon College, has been named chief communications and marketing officer at the College of Wooster.

Barbara Lee Bass, chair of the department of surgery at Houston Methodist Hospital, will become vice president for health affairs and dean of the School of Medicine and Health Sciences at George Washington University on January 15. She will be the first woman to lead the school.

Djola Branner, a professor of theater and former dean of the School for Interdisciplinary Arts at Hampshire College, has been named vice president for student affairs.

John Carney, senior director of marketing and public relations at Belmont University, has been named vice president for marketing and communications.

Johnny Craig, vice president for student services and enrollment management at Milwaukee Area Technical College, has been named vice president for student affairs at Seminole State College of Florida.

Andrea Shapiro Davis, associate vice chancellor for corporate, foundation, and major-gift development at the City University of New York, has been named interim vice chancellor for university advancement.

Bruce Earnest, assistant vice president for academic affairs at the University of Mobile, has been named vice president for advancement.

Melanie Haber, dean of continuing education at Manchester Community College, in Connecticut, has been named vice president for corporate and community education at Massasoit Community College.

Charles Marshall, a partner at Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard LLP, a law firm in Raleigh, N.C., will become vice chancellor and general counsel at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on September 16.

Rebecca Matzke, a professor of history and associate dean for faculty development at Ripon College, has been named interim vice president and dean of faculty.

Mark R. McLellan, vice president for research and graduate studies at Portland State University, will become vice president for research and innovation at the University of North Texas on September 16.

Nancy M.K. Merritt, assistant vice president for alumni relations at Carnegie Mellon University, has been named vice chancellor for alumni relations at the University of Pittsburgh.

Karen Paciero, associate vice president for development at University of Chicago Medicine, will become vice president for advancement at Loyola University Chicago on October 1.

Richard Pinkowski, vice president for business and finance at Hilbert College, has been named vice president for finance at Villa Maria College.

Mel Sansom, vice president for finance at Harding University, has been named vice president for business and financial affairs at the University of Mobile.

R. Todd Simpson, chief executive of the Peru State College Foundation, has been named vice president for university advancement and executive director of the foundation at Missouri Western State University.

Leigh Wallace, vice president for student affairs at Southern Regional Technical College, has been named executive vice president.

Resignations

Jason Penry, vice chancellor for university advancement at Arkansas State University at Jonesboro, plans to step down.

Deans

Appointments

Rajarshi (Raj) V. Aroskar, chair of the department of accounting and finance at the University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire, has been named dean of the Huether School of Business at College of Saint Rose.

Jennifer Tour Chayes, a technical fellow and managing director at Microsoft Research New England, will become associate provost for the division of data science and information and dean of the School of Information at the University of California at Berkeley on January 1.

Ben Coffey, associate vice president for student affairs at McPherson College, has been named dean of students.

Kenneth Cohn, business development manager at DePaul University, has been named dean of community education and corporate outreach at Waubonsee Community College.

Jennifer Cumpston, dean of general studies at Gateway Technical College, has been named dean of science, technology, engineering, and math at the College of DuPage.

Elizabeth Dinkins, interim dean of the Annsley Frazier Thornton School of Education at Bellarmine University since 2017, has been named to the post permanently.

W. Samuel Easterling, a professor of structural steel design and head of the department of civil and environmental engineering at Virginia Tech, has been named dean of engineering at Iowa State University.

Shanna L. Howell, director of student success at Grand View University, has been named dean of the New Bedford Campus at Bristol Community College.

Mary Huff, interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Bellarmine University, has been named to the post permanently.

David Lauber, an associate professor of theology at Wheaton College, in Illinois, has been named dean of the School of Biblical and Theological Studies.

Pam Lindsey, an associate professor and director of the School of Nursing at Millikin University, has been named interim dean of the College of Professional Studies.

Gerald (Gerry) Lorentz, a professor of historical studies and former dean of the Northeast Center at the State University of New York Empire State College, has been named dean of the School of Arts and Humanities at College of Saint Rose.

Janice Pope, a professor in and chair of the department of communication at Appalachian State University, has been named interim dean of the College of Fine and Applied Arts.

Michael Roggow, dean of the division of business, criminal justice, and law at Schenectady County Community College, has been named dean of the business and technology department at Massasoit Community College.

Harriette Scott, dean of student judicial affairs and wellness at Tulsa Community College, has been named dean of humanities and communication arts at Massasoit Community College.

Natalie Sowell, dean of the School of Interdisciplinary Arts at Hampshire College, has been named dean of institutional diversity and inclusion in addition to her other role.

Amy Waer, executive dean of education and academic programs for the College of Medicine at Texas A&M University at College Station, has been named interim dean.

Annette B. Wysocki, a professor and associate dean of research in the College of Nursing at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, has been named dean of the School of Nursing at Stony Brook University.

Retirements

Mary G. Boland, dean of the School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene at the University of Hawaii-Manoa, plans to retire in the summer of 2020.

Department chairs

Appointments

Elizabeth Heilman, an associate professor of curriculum and teaching at Michigan State University, has been named chair of education at Daemen College.

Other administrators

Appointments

Anthony Troy Adams, a professor of sociology at Alabama State University, has been named director of the Atwood Institute at Kentucky State University.

Monique L. Akassi, associate provost for faculty affairs at Edward Waters College, has been named assistant to the president and a professor of English at Talladega College.

Andrea Ballinger, associate vice president and chief technology officer at Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge, has been named vice provost for information and technology at Oregon State University.

Ansley Booker, director of the Educational Opportunity Center at Mercer University, will become director of diversity and inclusion initiatives at the university on October 1.

Kathleen J. Brite, a clinical assistant professor at the University of Arizona College of Medicine at Phoenix, has been named associate dean of clinical and competency-based education.

Kris Davis, a jazz pianist and composer, has been named associate program director of creative development at the Berklee College of Music’s Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice.

Marlyn Delva, dean of students at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, has been named dean of students at the School of General Studies.

Christopher Flynn, director of the Cook Counseling Center at Virginia Tech, has been named executive director of mental-health initiatives.

Thomas L. Fuller, director of ministry studies in the Beeson Divinity School at Samford University, will become associate dean for academic affairs at the school on October 1.

Tiffany Hamilton, associate dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion at Westchester Community College, has been named the first chief diversity officer and associate vice president for diversity and inclusion at Pace University.

Samantha Hoover, alumnae and donor communications coordinator at Hollins University, has been named director of alumni relations at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine.

Kim Krytus, director of MPH initiatives for the School of Public Health and Health Professions at the University at Buffalo, has been named assistant dean and director of graduate public-health programs for the school.

Betty H. Olinger, a member of the Board of Trustees at Berea College and former chair of the School of Nursing at Kentucky State University, has been named program administrator for the School of Nursing at Kentucky State University.

Kim O’Neill, a lecturer in the School of Business at the University of Washington at Bothell, has been named assistant dean of the College of Business at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania.

Heather Orom, assistant dean for equity, diversity, and inclusion in the School of Public Health and Health Professions at the University at Buffalo, has been promoted to associate dean of equity, diversity, and inclusion for the school.

Colleen Penhall, vice president for corporate social responsibility at Lowe’s Companies Inc., has been named associate vice chancellor for university communications and chief communications officer at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Dwayne Peterson, assistant director of the Career Center at Georgia College & State University, has been named director of the Center for Career Engagement and Opportunity at New College of Florida.

Sarahmona Przybyla, interim director of undergraduate public health programs in the School of Public Health and Health Professions at the University at Buffalo, has been named assistant dean and director of undergraduate public health programs for the school.

Allie Normand Ratcliff, director of admissions at Mobile Christian School, has been named director of alumni programs at the University of Mobile.

Jillian Reading, interim director of graduate recruitment and director of undergraduate recruitment and student services in the School of Public Health and Health Professions at the University at Buffalo, has been named assistant dean and director of student affairs for the school.

Karen Leavitt Stallman, director of community relations at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, has been named director of dual credit and dual enrollment at Southeast Missouri State University.

Hal S. Stern, a professor of statistics at the University of California at Irvine, will become vice provost for academic planning on September 1.

Bobbie Tchopev, executive director of student services in the Carey Business School at the Johns Hopkins University, has been named assistant dean for organizational improvement in the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing.

Milena E. Velez, assistant director of graduate and transfer admission at the University of Findlay, has been named director of admission at Newberry College.

Gregory Zimmerman, head of the department of clinical laboratory science, respiratory care and health-care-system administration at Ferris State University, has been named associate dean of the College of Health Professions at Central Michigan University.

Faculty

Appointments

Megan Harper, a certified athletic trainer at the University of South Alabama, has been named an assistant professor of kinesiology in the School of Health and Sports Science, at the University of Mobile.

Isabela Mares, a professor of political science at Columbia University, has been named a professor of political science at Yale University.

Organizations

Appointments

Michelle Ruble, executive director of student life and athletics at the College of Southern Maryland, has been named president of the National Alliance of Two-Year College Athletic Administrators.

Deaths

Richard J. Ernst, president emeritus of Northern Virginia Community College, died on August 15. He was 86. Ernst served as president from 1968 until 1998. He oversaw the college’s expansion into one of the largest community colleges in the country, with five campuses and a sixth being planned at the time he retired.

Glenn W. Hardy, dean emeritus of the College of Agriculture and Home Economics at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, died on July 18. He was 95. Hardy was dean of what is now named the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences from 1965 to 1987.

Ann E. Nelson, a professor of physics at the University of Washington, died in a hiking accident on August 4. She was 61. Nelson received the J.J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics in 2018 and a Guggenheim Fellowship for her work in astronomy and astrophysics in 2004. She also advocated for women, African Americans, Native Americans, Hispanic Americans, and other groups that have been underrepresented in the physical sciences.

The Rev. Hilary Thimmesh, president emeritus and a professor emeritus of English at Saint John’s University, in Minnesota, died on August 11. He was 91. Father Thimmesh was president at Saint John’s from 1982 to 1991.

John W. Webb, former dean of social sciences at the University at Albany and a former professor of geography at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, died on August 17. He was 93.

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