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Christian Hardigree Chosen to Lead the St. Petersburg Campus of the University of South Florida
Professor Hardigree most recently served as the founding dean of the School of Hospitality at Metropolitan State University in Denver, Colorado. Earlier, Professor Hardigree served as the founding director of the Institute for Culinary Sustainability and Hospitality at Kennesaw State University in Georgia.
Nikky Finney Selected to Receive the 2022 Thomas Robinson Prize for Southern Literature
Nikky Finney, the John H. Bennett Jr. Chair in Creative Writing and Southern Letters at the University of South Carolina, will be honored in April by the Spencer B. King Jr. Center for Southern Studies at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia.
Five Women Scholars Who Have Been Named to University Dean Positions
The new deans are Janeil C. Rey at the State University of New York at Fredonia, Denelle Wallace-Alexander at Norfolk Stae University, Mary Jo Billiot at New Mexico State University, Carmen Renee’ Green a the City University of New York School of Medicine, and Karen Sneddon at the law school of Mercer University in Macon, Georgia.
Cathy Cox Has Been Appointed President of Georgia College & State University in Milledgeville
Since 2017, Cox has been serving as dean of Mercer University School of Law in Macon, Georgia. Earlier, she was president of Young Harris College in Young Harris, Georgia, for 10 years. Cox served two terms in the Georgia House of Representatives and later was the first woman in the state’s history to be elected Secretary of State in Georgia.
Six Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to University Dean Positions
The new deans are Julie Petherbridge at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, Helen Boucher at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, Tamika Wordlow Williams at Belmont University in Nashville, Teri Browne at the University of South Carolina, Michelle Rinehart at Georgia Tech, and Karen Brown at the University of the Virgin Islands.
Vanderbilt University’s Clanitra Nejdl Honored by the American Association of Law Libraries
Clanitra Nejdl, head of professional development and research services librarian at the law school Vanderbilt University in Nashville, won the Emerging Leader Award and shared the Spectrum Article of the Year Award from the American Association of Law Libraries.
Dana Nichols Selected to Lead Georgia Highlands College
Dr. Nichols has served as provost and chief academic officer at the college since 2018. Earlier, she was vice president for academic affairs at Chattanooga State Community College and was an associate professor of both English and Spanish at Gainesville State College, which is now a campus of the University of North Georgia.
Nina Gilbert to Direct the Center for Excellence in Education at Morehouse College in Atlanta
Dr. Gilbert is the former senior advisor on education reform for the Morehouse Research Institute. She has also served as an adjunct professor at Morehouse College and at the Tift College of Education at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia.
New Assignments for 13 Women Faculty Members in Higher Education
Here is this week’s listing of women faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the United States who have been appointed to new positions or have been assigned new duties.
New Assignments for Seven Women Faculty Members at Colleges and Universities
Here is this week’s listing of women faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the United States who have been appointed to new positions or have been assigned new duties.
Three Women Named Dean at Major U.S. Law Schools
Cathy Cox was selected as the next dean of the School of Law at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia. Marcilynn Burke was named dean of the University of Oregon School of Law and Susan Duncan will be the next dean of the University of Mississippi School of Law.
Flora Tydings Named Chancellor of the Tennessee Board of Regents
Since July 2015, Dr. Tydings has served as president of Chattanooga Community College. Before taking over as president of Chattanooga Community College, Dr. Tydings was president of Athens Technical College in Georgia from 2003 to 2015.
Flora Tydings is the New President of Chattanooga State Community College in Tennessee
Since 2003, Dr. Tyding has served as president of Athens Technical College in Georgia. Earlier in her career, she was vice president of academic affairs at Central Georgia Technical College in Warner Robins.
New Administrative Posts for 11 Women in Higher Education
The women with new administrative roles are Joan Gallagher, Susan S. Williams, Jean Rawlings Sumner, Bess Marcus, Leslie Chambers Strohm, Theresa Mendoza, Jyl R. Shaffer, Patricia R. DeLucia, Nancy R. Grden, Dorianne Johnson, and Shirley A. Weis.
Mary Ellen Wilson to Lead Waycross College in Georgia
The University System of Georgia announced that Mary Ellen Wilson will become interim president of Waycross College on July 1. Since 2000, Dr. Wilson has served as vice president for academic affairs at Middle Georgia College in Cochran. She served for a time as interim president and has taught history at the college since 1983. […]
