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Ruth Ray Jackson Named the Seventeenth President of Langston University in Oklahoma
After serving as interim president for the past year, Ruth Ray Jackson has officially been appointed president of Langston University in Oklahoma. She has held faculty and administrative roles with the university for the past decade.
Ruth Ray Jackson Selected to Lead Langston University in Oklahoma
Dr. Jackson has been with Langston University since 2014 and currently serves as the vice president for academic affairs. She has held other leadership positions at the university including associate vice president for student success and dean of the School of Education and Behavioral Sciences.
In Memoriam: Arthuryne J. Welch-Taylor, 1917-2022
Arthuryne Welch-Taylor taught at Texas Southern University, Prairie View A&M University in Texas, and what is now the University of the District of Columbia.
Mautra Jones Appointed the Eleventh President of Oklahoma City Community College
Dr. Jones has been serving as vice president of institutional advancement and external affairs at Langston University. She is the site administrator for the university’s Oklahoma City campus, as well as the executive director of the Langston University Foundation. She will become president of Oklahoma City Community College on March 1.
In Memoriam: Denise Michelle Chapman Montgomery, 1959-2020
Dr. Montgomery was the founding dean of the College of Health Sciences at Alabama State University. Earlier in her career, she taught at Langston University in Oklahoma and Florida A&M University.
Leslie McClellon Resigns as President of Rochester Community and Technical College
President McClellon had been criticized over her spending and hiring decisions since taking office only 18 months ago. She will take a position as a senior system director at the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System.
New Administrative Posts for 22 Women at U.S. Colleges and Universities
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
In Memoriam: Lazette Golden Hale-Wilson, 1920-2015
Lazette Hale-Wilson was a professor emerita at Utah State University. She served for 13 years as head of the School of Accounting at the university. She is believed to be the first African American women to be licensed as a certified public accountant and also hold a Ph.D. in accounting.
Fourteen Women in New Higher Education Administrative Positions
Here is a collection of new appointments of women to administrative posts at colleges and universities across the United States.
Six Women Named to Dean Positions
The new deans are Suzanne Prevost at the University of Alabama, Natasha Billie at Langston University, Alberta Davis Comer at the University of Utah, Ann Cary at the University of Missouri at Kansas City, Sandra Edmonds Crewe at Howard University, and Patricia Davidson at Johns Hopkins University.
JoAnn Haysbert to Step Down as President of Langston University
After six years in Oklahoma she will return to Hampton University in Virginia.