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A Changing of the Guard at Cheyney University in Pennsylvania
Michelle R. Howard-Vital, the 11th president of Cheyney University in Pennsylvania, has announced she will retire on July 31. Phyllis Worthy Dawkins, who has served as provost and vice president for academic affairs for less than one year, has been named acting president.
Phyllis Worthy Dawkins Named Provost at Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Dawkins was provost, senior vice president for academic affairs, and professor of education at Dillard University in New Orleans. Earlier she held several positions at Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, North Carolina.
In Memoriam: Elizabeth Catlett (1915-2012)
The granddaughter of slaves, from 1959 to her retirement in 1975, she chaired the sculpture department at the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
Coca-Cola Supports Scholarships for Women at HBCUs in Louisiana
Five historically black universities in Louisiana are sharing a $125,000 grant from the Coca-Cola Foundation to support scholarship programs for women.
Notable Appointments of Women in Higher Education
• Susan L. Gibbons was named university librarian at Yale, effective July 1. She is currently vice provost and dean of libraries at the University of Rochester. Gibbons is a 1992 graduate of the University of Delaware. She holds master’s degrees in library science and history from Indiana University, an MBA from the University of Massachusetts, […]
