Tag: Deans & Directors: Page 59

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Professional Appointments

Dr. Karen Lawrence has been named the 10th president of Sarah Lawrence College (N.Y.). She was most recently dean of the School of Humanities at the University of California, Irvine. Lawrence holds a bachelor’s from Yale University, a master’s from Tufts University and a doctorate from Columbia University. Dr. Jocelyn Briddell has been named dean […]

February 7, 2007

Sports

North Dakota Looking For Opponents Who’ll Play Despite Nickname

GRAND FORKS, N.D. In trying to schedule games with NCAA Division I opponents, the University of North Dakota is finding resistance to its Fighting Sioux nickname.

January 30, 2007

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Professional Appointments

Dr. Brian K. Johnson has been named president of Montgomery College (Md.). He was most recently CEO of the Allegheny Campus of the Community College of Allegheny County. He holds a bachelor’s from Ottawa University and a master’s and doctorate from Northern Arizona University. Dr. Mark Edwards has been named to the new position of […]

January 24, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Interdisciplinary Innovator

It’s hard to predict where the career path of Dr. Sean M. Decatur may ultimately lead…

January 10, 2007

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Professional Appointments

Dr. Steven Knapp has been appointed the 16th president of George Washington University (D.C.), effective Aug. 1, 2007. He is currently provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Johns Hopkins University. Knapp holds a bachelor’s from Yale University and a master’s and doctorate from Cornell University. Dr. A. Toy Caldwell-Colbert has been appointed […]

January 10, 2007

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Fired Dean Sues UW-Whitewater for Discrimination

Once seen as a leader who could bring diversity to the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, a former dean fired for financial mismanagement has filed a federal discrimination lawsuit claiming he was ousted because he’s Black.

January 4, 2007

Students

Yale to Create Position to Oversee

With the help of private donations, Yale University is creating an endowment for a new assistant dean position…

December 27, 2006

Sports

Pigskin Payday

Southern University Athletic Director Greg LaFleur was smiling long before his Jaguars defeated rival…

December 27, 2006

HBCUs

Professional Appointments

Dr. Wayne J. Riley has been named the 10th president of Meharry Medical College (Tenn.). He was most recently vice president and vice dean for health affairs and governmental relations at Baylor College of Medicine. Riley earned a bachelor’s from Yale University, a master’s from Tulane University, an MBA from Rice University and a medical […]

December 27, 2006

Faculty & Staff

New Nursing Ph.D. Recommendation Rankles Some

In an effort to raise the standards for advanced-practice nurses — a select group who work as practitioners…

December 13, 2006

Leadership & Policy

Professional Appointments

Elizabeth Chen has become the sixth president of the New England College of Optometry. She is the founding CEO of Marathon Biopharmaceuticals and the head of Circe Biomedical. Chen earned a bachelor’s from Yale University and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Booker T. Anthony has been named president […]

December 13, 2006

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Job Corps National Director

Dr. Esther R. Johnson, the national director of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Job Corps program…

November 29, 2006