CHIEF EXECUTIVES Appointments Alanka Brown, vice president for academic and student affairs at the City Colleges of Chicago’s Wilbur Wright College, has been named president of the Eduardo J. Padrón Campus of Miami Dade College. George Grant Jr., a professor and dean of the College of Community and Public Service at Grand Valley State University, will become chancellor of Pennsylvania State University-Berks on January 4. He will succeed Keith Hillkirk, who announced his retirement in November 2019.
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CHIEF EXECUTIVES Appointments Alanka Brown, vice president for academic and student affairs at the City Colleges of Chicago’s Wilbur Wright College, has been named president of the Eduardo J. Padrón Campus of Miami Dade College. George Grant Jr., a professor and dean of the College of Community and Public Service at Grand Valley State University, will become chancellor of Pennsylvania State University-Berks on January 4. He will succeed Keith Hillkirk, who announced his retirement in November 2019. David P. Haney, a former president of Centenary University, has been named interim president of Hiram College. Bruce Jarrell, interim president of the University of Maryland at Baltimore since January, has been named to the post permanently. Brian Sandoval, a fellow of law and leadership in the William S. Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas and a former governor of Nevada, will become president of the University of Nevada at Reno on October 5. He will be its first Hispanic president. Rob Valli, dean of the College of Management at Long Island University-LIU Post, has been named president of Sierra Nevada University. He replaces Ed Zschau, who has been serving as interim president. John W. Williams, interim president of Principia College, in Illinois, has been named to the post permanently. Resignations Robert Beatty, president of Mount Mercy University, in Iowa, has resigned after less than three months in the position. Tim Laurent, provost and vice president for academic affairs, has been named interim president. Mark Becker, president of Georgia State University since 2009, plans to step down in June. Rita Cheng, president of Northern Arizona University since 2014, plans to step down. Retirements Susan A. Cole, who became the first female president of Montclair State University in 1998, plans to retire in July 2021. Javier Miyares, president of the University of Maryland Global Campus since 2012, plans to retire.
CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICERS Appointments Kendrick T. Brown, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Redlands, has been named provost at Morehouse College. Steven McLaughlin, dean of the College of Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, will become provost and executive vice president for academic affairs on October 1. Charles Robinson, interim provost and executive vice chancellor for academic and student affairs at the University of Arkansas since July, has been named to the post permanently.
OTHER TOP ADMINISTRATORS Appointments Herb Alexander, director of the Office of Diversity & Equity at Roberts Wesleyan College, has been named chief diversity officer. Christina K. Brogdon, assistant vice president for human resources at the University of West Georgia, has been named vice chancellor for human resources at North Carolina A&T State University. Alicia Knoedler, former executive associate vice president for research and executive director of the Center for Research Program Development and Enrichment at the University of Oklahoma, will become vice president for research and innovation at Miami University, in Ohio, on November 1. Dan Layzell, executive vice president for finance and administration and chief financial officer at Louisiana State University, has been named vice president, chief operating officer, and chief financial officer at Cornell College, in Iowa. Kedrick Perry, head of diversity and outreach in the National Science Foundation’s Center for Energy Efficient Electronics Science and executive director of the Grand Challenges Scholars Program at the University of California at Berkeley, has been named vice president for equity and inclusion at Loyola University New Orleans. Chrystal Porter, a former associate provost in the Van Loan School of Graduate and Professional Studies at Endicott College, has been named vice president for graduate and professional studies and professor of sport management at Lasell University. Carlo Robustelli, assistant vice president of advancement at Illinois Wesleyan University, has been named vice president for college advancement at Dickinson College. Daniel Sui, vice chancellor for research and innovation at the University of Arkansas, will become vice president for research and innovation at Virginia Tech on November 1. Bernadette Tiapo, associate vice president and chief diversity officer at the State University of New York College at Potsdam, has been named chief diversity officer at the State University of New York College at Oneonta.
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DEANS Appointments John August,interim dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at Texas A&M University at College Station, has been named to the post permanently. Gioia Bales, senior associate dean of the Frank G. Zarb School of Business at Hofstra University, has been named dean of the School of Business at Molloy College. Jeremy Blackwood, an associate professor and chair of the department of music at Southeastern Oklahoma State University, has been named dean of the graduate school. Christian Crouch,an associate professor of history and director of American studies at Bard College, will become dean of graduate studies in July 2021. Alan B. Eisner, associate dean for graduate programs at the Lubin School of Business at Pace University, has been named dean of the School of Management at Clark University. James Konopack, associate dean in the School of Business at New Jersey City University, has been named dean of the College of Health Sciences, Education, and Rehabilitation at Salus University. Marvin Loiseau, dean of recruitment at the Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology, has been named dean of academics.
Mario Martinez, chair of the department of educational leadership and policy studies at the University of Texas at Arlington, has been named dean of the School of Education at the University of Redlands. Nick T. Place, dean of extension, director of the Florida Cooperative Extension Service, and a professor of agricultural education and communication at the University of Florida, will become dean of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and director of the UGA Cooperative Extension and Agricultural Experiment Stations at the University of Georgia on January 1. Emmett Tracy, executive vice president for academic affairs and dean of the School of Business at the African Leadership University, in Rwanda, has been named dean of the new School of Business at Emory & Henry College. Jacqueline Urla, chair and a professor of anthropology in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, will become dean of the Graduate School on January 1. Resignations Patricia Davidson, dean of the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, will leave in April to become vice chancellor of the University of Wollongong, in Australia. Retirements Skip Rutherford, dean of the Clinton School of Public Service at the University of Arkansas, plans to retire at the end of the academic year. Alan D. Solomont, dean of the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University, plans to retire at the end of this academic year.
OTHER ADMINISTRATORS Appointments The Rev. Diane A. Bogues, director of recruitment at McCormick Theological Seminary, in Chicago, has been named director of admissions and financial aid at Lancaster Theological Seminary. Allison Morgan Bryant, an associate professor of information systems and supply-chain management in the School of Business at Howard University, has been named assistant dean of innovation and administration at the school. Quincy Byrdsong, a former vice president for academic planning and strategic initiatives at Augusta University, will become vice provost for health affairs at Lipscomb University on October 1. Rita Cosby, a TV host and correspondent who has anchored shows on Fox News and MSNBC, has been named chair of the Global Service Institute at Long Island University.
Ebony Dixon, director of recruitment and retention at the Lyle School of Engineering at Southern Methodist University, has been named the first executive director of enrollment management at the State University of New York College at Oswego. Yuvay Meyers Ferguson,an associate professor of marketing in the School of Business at Howard University, has been named assistant dean of impact and engagement in the school. Rajni Goel,a professor in the School of Business at Howard University, has been named associate dean of academic affairs. Bethany Hamilton, deputy director of state affairs at the National Association of Community Health Centers, has been named director of the National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health. Abigail S. Newsome, an associate professor of biology and coordinator of the bioinformatics graduate program at Mississippi Valley State University, has been named associate vice president for academic affairs. Ron Walcott, a professor in the department of plant pathology and interim dean of the Graduate School at the University of Georgia, has been named inaugural vice provost for graduate education and dean of the Graduate School.
ORGANIZATIONS Appointments Leon McDougle, associate dean of diversity and inclusion in the College of Medicine at Ohio State University, has been named president of the National Medical Association. Suzanne L. Weekes, interim associate dean of undergraduate studies and a professor of mathematical sciences at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, has been named executive director of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
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DEATHS Gene Budig, a former chancellor of the University of Kansas, died on September 8. He was 81. Budig led the University of Kansas from 1981 to 1994, and served as president of West Virginia State University from 1977 to 1981 and of Illinois State University from 1973 to 1977. After retiring from academe, Budig became president of the American League of Major League Baseball. Felicia Campbell, a professor of English at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas, died of complications of Covid-19 on July 27. She was 89. Campbell taught courses on chaos theory, science fiction, and pop culture. She was also founder and executive director of the Far West Popular and American Culture Association. Steven Frumkin, dean of the Jay and Patty Baker School of Business and Technology at the Fashion Institute of Technology, died of Covid-19 on July 23. Florence Howe, a leader in women’s studies and a founder of the Feminist Press, a literary nonprofit, died on September 12. She was 91. Howe taught at Hofstra College (now a university), Goucher College, and the State University of New York College at Old Westbury. In 1970 she was appointed chair of the Modern Language Association’s Commission on the Status and Education of Women in the Profession. Mark Ivester, president of North Georgia Technical College, died of Covid-19 on September 12. He was 57. Robert Kaffer, a partner in Hyatt-Fennell Executive Search and a past president of Cullman College, died in July after a long illness. He was 78. Most of his career was in higher education, including positions at Lewis University, the University of Nebraska at Kearney, the University of South Dakota, and Regis University, in Colorado. Gus Ridgel, a senior adviser to the president of Kentucky State University, died on August 1. He was 94. Ridgel retired in 1998 as vice president for finance and administration at Kentucky State. As a student, he enrolled in the University of Missouri at Columbia when the NAACP challenged segregation policies by filing a lawsuit against the university. David Schuyler, a professor of humanities and American studies at Franklin & Marshall College, died on July 24. Schuyler had been at the college since 1979.
Julia Piper, a data coordinator, compiles Gazette and manages production of the Almanac and Executive Compensation. Email her at julia.piper@chronicle.com.