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Colleges and Universities Announce the Appointment of Three Women to Dean Posts
Jennifer Jones Cavenaugh will become dean of the University of Richmond’s School of Arts & Sciences on July 1. Beronda L. Montgomery has been appointed vice president for academic affairs and dean of Grinnell College in Iowa and Sharon Kuska has been named interim dean of the College of Architecture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
New Administrative Appointments for 11 Women at 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.
Joan Neff Is the New Leader of the West Virginia Institute of Technology
Dr. Neff was appointed provost at the university campus this past spring and she will continue to serve in that role. Before coming to the West Virginia University Institute of Technology, Dr. Neff had been serving as provost and vice president of academic affairs at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia.
Katherine Cochran Appointed Editor of The Southern Quarterly
The journal, housed at the University of Southern Mississippi, was founded in 1962. It focuses on the interdisciplinary study of southern culture. Dr. Cochran is an associate professor of English at the University of Southern Mississippi. She has served on the faculty there since 2008.
One Woman Among the Five Finalists for President of Fairmont State University in West Virginia
Mirta M. Martin is the former president of Fort Hays State University in Kansas. From 2009 to 2014, she was a professor of management and dean of the Reginald F. Lewis School of Business at Virginia State University.
The Next President of Albright College in Reading, Pennsylvania
Dr. Jacquelyn Fetrow currently serves as vice president of academic affairs at the University of Richmond in Virginia. Earlier, she was the Reynolds Professor of Computational Physics at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
In Memoriam: Meg Ellen Spencer, 1959-2015
Meg Spencer served on the staff at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania for 34 years. Since 1999, she had been the science librarian at the high-ranking liberal arts college.
University of Cincinnati Establishes a Women in Leadership and Learning Program
The program, which will incorporate a core curriculum based in women’s studies and a leadership development program, is modeled on the original WILL program established at the University of Richmond in 1980.
