CHIEF EXECUTIVES Appointments Laurence Alexander, chancellor of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, has been named chancellor of the University of Michigan at Flint.
Jon Anderson, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Southern Utah University, has been named president of Pennsylvania Western University.
Christon Arthur, provost of Andrews University, in Michigan, has been named president of La Sierra University, in California.
Peter A. Eden, president of Landmark College, in Vermont, has been named president of Franklin Pierce University, in New Hampshire.
Johnny L. Evans Jr., provost and vice president for academic affairs at the College of Coastal Georgia, has been named interim president of the college.
Bruno Hicks, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Dalton State College, has been named president of Southern Arkansas University.
Michelle R. Johnston, president of the College of Coastal Georgia, has been named president of Georgia Southwestern State University.
Robert J. (R.J.) Nemer, dean of the College of Business at the University of Akron, has been named president effective immediately. He is replacing Gary L. Miller, who stepped down five months ahead of his anticipated retirement in October.
John Nunes, a former president of Concordia College in New York, has been named interim president of California Lutheran University.
Ronald S. Rochon, president of the University of Southern Indiana, has been named president of California State University at Fullerton.
Matthew Shaftel, dean of the College of Fine Arts at Ohio University, has been named president of Russell Sage College, in New York.
Joel Towers, a professor of architecture and sustainable design and former executive dean of the Parsons School of Design at the New School, has been named president of the New York institution.
Catherine M. Wehlburg has been named president of Athens State University, in Alabama, after serving as interim president since January 2023.
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Christon Arthur will lead La Sierra University, in California.Jonathan Body
CHIEF EXECUTIVES Appointments Laurence Alexander, chancellor of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, has been named chancellor of the University of Michigan at Flint.
Jon Anderson, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Southern Utah University, has been named president of Pennsylvania Western University.
Christon Arthur, provost of Andrews University, in Michigan, has been named president of La Sierra University, in California.
Peter A. Eden, president of Landmark College, in Vermont, has been named president of Franklin Pierce University, in New Hampshire.
Johnny L. Evans Jr., provost and vice president for academic affairs at the College of Coastal Georgia, has been named interim president of the college.
Bruno Hicks, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Dalton State College, has been named president of Southern Arkansas University.
Michelle R. Johnston, president of the College of Coastal Georgia, has been named president of Georgia Southwestern State University.
Robert J. (R.J.) Nemer, dean of the College of Business at the University of Akron, has been named president effective immediately. He is replacing Gary L. Miller, who stepped down five months ahead of his anticipated retirement in October.
John Nunes, a former president of Concordia College in New York, has been named interim president of California Lutheran University.
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Ronald S. Rochon, president of the University of Southern Indiana, has been named president of California State University at Fullerton.
Matthew Shaftel, dean of the College of Fine Arts at Ohio University, has been named president of Russell Sage College, in New York.
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Joel Towers, a professor of architecture and sustainable design and former executive dean of the Parsons School of Design at the New School, has been named president of the New York institution.
Catherine M. Wehlburg has been named president of Athens State University, in Alabama, after serving as interim president since January 2023.
Resignations Mark Becker, president of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities, will step down at the end of 2024.
Jacquelyn Fetrow, president of Albright College since 2017, will resign.
Bruce Moses, president of Allen Community College, in Kansas, has resigned.
Lori Varlotta, president of California Lutheran University, will step down on May 31.
Retirements Ming-Tung (Mike) Lee, president of Sonoma State University, has retired after being placed on leave.
W. Charles Patrick, chancellor and chief executive of Pennsylvania State University-Fayette, will retire on June 28.
Daniele C. Struppa, president of Chapman University since 2016, plans to retire next year.
CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICERS Appointments Lori Ciccomascolo, associate vice president for student success at the University of Rhode Island, has been named provost and vice president for academic affairs at Springfield College, in Massachusetts.
Beth Giles-Klinkner, interim provost at Madison College, in Wisconsin, has been named to the post permanently.
Jason Keith, dean of the James Worth Bagley College of Engineering at Mississippi State University, has been named senior vice president and provost at Iowa State University.
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Tia A. Minnis, interim provost and vice president for academic affairs at Virginia State University, has been named to the post permanently.
Andrew Russell, interim provost at SUNY Polytechnic Institute, in New York, has been named to the post permanently.
William Salka, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Eastern Connecticut State University, has been named provost and vice president for academic affairs at Westfield State University, in Massachusetts.
Cameron B. Wesson,interim provost and vice president for academic affairs at La Salle University, in Pennsylvania, has been named to the post permanently.
OTHER TOP ADMINISTRATORS Appointments Gloria M. Arcia, executive vice president and chief financial officer at the University of the Ozarks, in Arkansas, has been named executive vice president for finance and administration and chief financial officer at Roger Williams University, in Rhode Island.
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Matthew Boyce, vice president for enrollment at the University of Puget Sound, has been named vice president for enrollment management at Emerson College.
M. Scott Bryant, associate vice president for development and chief operating officer for the campaign at Kennesaw State University, in Georgia, has been named vice chancellor for development at the University System of Georgia.
Cassandra Conner has been promoted to associate provost for distance learning at William Carey University, in Mississippi. She will remain vice president of the Tradition campus.
Mark Detterick, senior associate vice president for business-affairs strategy at the University of Richmond, in Virginia, has been named vice president for finance and administration at Trinity University, in Texas.
Shelly Hooks, associate vice president for research and a professor of pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences in the College of Pharmacy at the University of Georgia, has been named vice chancellor for research at the University of Kansas.
Alexander Jones, vice president for institutional advancement at Roberts Wesleyan University and Northeastern Seminary, in New York, has been named vice president for philanthropy and engagement at Hope College, in Michigan.
Anthony E. Jones, chief diversity officer at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, has been named vice president for diversity and inclusion at Centre College, in Kentucky.
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Tysen Kendig, vice president for communications at the University of Connecticut, has been named vice president for university communications and marketing at Carnegie Mellon University.
Heather Lee Krajewski, vice president for college advancement at Hampden-Sydney College, has been named senior vice president for development and alumni relations at Bowdoin College.
Joanna N. Ravello Goods, associate vice president for diversity, equity, and inclusion at Stonehill College, in Massachusetts, has been named vice president for equity and inclusion and chief diversity officer at Roger Williams University, in Rhode Island.
Amy Salazar, associate vice provost for student success at Sam Houston State University, has been named vice president for student success at Wright State University.
Julia Siemon, assistant curator of paintings at the J. Paul Getty Museum, in Los Angeles, has been named director of exhibitions and chief curator at Bard Graduate Center, in New York.
C. Edward (Eddie) Watson, associate vice president for curricular and pedagogical innovation and executive director of open educational resources and digital innovation at the American Association of Colleges and Universities, has been promoted to vice president for digital innovation.
Thomas (Tom) Wavering, executive director of Tom Love Innovation Hub, in Oklahoma, has been named chief university strategy and innovation officer at Texas Christian University.
DEANS Appointments Todd M. Alessandri, associate dean of undergraduate education in the D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University, in Boston, has been named dean of the College of Business at Bryant University, in Rhode Island.
Allia L. Carter, executive vice president and chief operating officer at Virginia Union University, has been named dean of BGSU Firelands at Bowling Green State University, in Ohio.
Gert-Jan (GJ) de Vreede, interim dean of the business college and a professor of information systems at the University of South Florida, has been named dean of the School of Business at Stevens Institute of Technology, in New Jersey.
Stephan Durham, a professor and assistant dean in the University of Georgia’s College of Engineering, has been named interim dean of the college.
Ece Erdogmus, chair and professor at the School of Building Construction at Georgia Institute of Technology, has been named dean of the College of Architecture, Art, and Construction at Clemson University.
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Kimberly Fenstermacher, assistant dean of nursing for graduate and undergraduate programs at Messiah University, in Pennsylvania, has been named dean of the School of Nursing at Palm Beach Atlantic University, in Florida.
Peter Loewen, director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto, has been named dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Cornell University.
Kate O’Connor has been named dean of the College of Engineering Technology at Ferris State University, after serving as interim dean since July 2023.
Emily Roper, dean of the College of Health Sciences at Sam Houston State University, has been named dean of the College of Nursing and Health Professions at Drexel University.
Anne Simpson, a professor and administrator at Guilford Technical Community College, in North Carolina, has been named dean of the college’s programs in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
Matthew J. Smith, dean of the College of Humanities and Behavioral Sciences at Radford University, has been named dean and director of Ohio State University at Newark.
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Elizabeth Spiller, executive vice chancellor and chief academic officer at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, has been named dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of South Florida.
Carol Stabile has been named dean of the Robert D. Clark Honors College at the University of Oregon after serving as interim dean since 2020.
Gannon Tagher, interim dean of the College of Health and Human Services at Northern Kentucky University, has been named to the post permanently.
Abel Valenzuela Jr., interim dean of Division of Social Sciences at the University of California at Los Angeles, has been named to the post permanently.
DEPARTMENT CHAIRS Appointments Adrienne Dixson, executive director of the Education and Civil Rights Initiative and a professor of educational leadership studies at the University of Kentucky, has been named head of the department of education-policy studies in the College of Education at Pennsylvania State University.
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Christopher Phillips, a professor of history in the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University, has been named head of the college’s department of history.
OTHER ADMINISTRATORS Appointments Matt Davis, director of historic museums at Georgia College & State University, has been named director of the Institutional History Museum at Washington & Lee University.
Sarah Peyre, dean of the Warner School of Education and Human Development at the University of Rochester, has been named associate vice president for clinical education and vice dean of education in the New York institution’s School of Medicine and Dentistry.
Retirements Susan Teerink, associate vice provost for financial aid and enrollment services at Marquette University, will retire on June 30.
DEATHS Joel Conarroe, a professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania, died on April 28. He was 89. Conarroe led various academic and literary organizations, including the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the Modern Language Association, and the PEN American Center.
Michael Sugrue, a former chair of the history department of Ave Maria University who also taught at Princeton University, died on January 16. He was 66. Sugrue gained notoriety online through his recorded lectures as part of the Great Minds of the Western Intellectual Tradition series.
Larry Young, a professor of psychiatry in the Emory School of Medicine and director of the Center for Translational Social Neuroscience and the Silvio O. Conte Center for Oxytocin and Social Cognition at Emory University, died on March 21. He was 56.
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