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Dr. Dereck Rovaris Announced as St. Mary's College of Maryland's Vice President for Equity and Strategic Initiatives

St. Mary's College of Maryland's president, Dr. Tuajuanda C. Jordan, has appointed Dr. Dereck J. Rovaris Sr. as vice president for equity and strategic initiatives.

Dr. Dereck Rovaris, incoming vice president for equity and strategic initiatives at St. Mary's College of Maryland

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Southern University Names New Leader

University of Wisconsin-Platteville President Dennis Shields has been tapped to serve as the new president of the Southern University System and its president-chancellor.

Christopher Alan Bracey Named George Washington University Provost

The George Washington University named Christopher Alan Bracey its permanent provost. Since June 2021, Bracey, a legal expert on U.S. race relations, has served as the university's interim provost and executive vice president for academic affairs.

Christopher Alan Bracey, provost of George Washington University

AAUP Joins Amicus Brief in Support of Asian American Civil Rights

The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) has joined with Asian Americans Advancing Justice-AAJC and Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Asian Law Caucus in supporting the amicus brief for the case of Xi v. Haugan.

Dr. Xiaoxing Xi, physics professor at Temple University.

How Chamberlain University's Dr. Kenya Beard is Improving Nursing Education

Dr. Kenya Beard is playing an outsized role in shaping how many of the nation’s nurses are being educated.

AASCU Announces 22 Higher Ed Leaders for Student Success Institute for Provosts

The American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) named 22 provosts to join its 2021-22 cohort of the Student Success Institute for Provosts.

Dr. Terry Brown, vice president of academic innovation and transformation at the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU)

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2022 Emerging Scholar: Dr. Amy Dao

2022 Emerging Scholar: Ailton “Santo” Coleman

In early 2000s a young Ailton “Santo” Coleman enthusiastically joined the U.S. Peace Corps, agreeing to serve as an education volunteer in the Republic of Kiribati, an island nation of 32 atolls in the Central Pacific Ocean.

Dr. Ailton “Santo” Coleman

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2022 Emerging Scholar: Dr. Eric R. Felix

Dr. Eric Felix created the Community College HigherEd Access Leadership Equity Scholarship (CCHALES), a research collective of first-generation graduate students of color who study how higher education hinders racial equity.

Oklahoma City Community College Appoints First Black Woman President

Dr. Mautra Jones will be the first Black woman to lead any higher education institution in Oklahoma that is not a historically Black college or university (HBCU).

Dr. Mautra Jones, newly appointed president of Oklahoma City Community College.

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2022 Emerging Scholar: Dr. Greses Pérez

Dr. Greses Pérez combines her professional experience as an engineer and expertise as a learning scientist and science educator to engage and inform not only her students but also academia about who could be entering the engineering profession.

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Leading with Heart: Dr. Shea Kidd Brown

From a weary teenager on a university campus to starting as the Vice President of Campus Life at Wake Forest University this January, Dr. Shea Kidd Brown has been positively impacting the lives of students, faculty, and staff for almost two decades.

Dr. Shea Kidd Brown, vice president for campus life at Wake Forest University

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