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Mr. Ericke Cage, J.D., has been appointed as the new President of West Virginia State University. Mr. Cage has been serving in this interim role since September 2021.  Prior to joining WVSU, Cage most recently served as executive advisor to the president and Board of Visitors at Norfolk State University. Mr. Cage is a graduate of Virginia Tech and the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets where he earned a bachelor’s degree in political science and holds a juris doctorate from the Rutgers University Law School. He holds a masters of law degree in litigation and dispute resolution from the George Washington University Law School. He is also a graduate of the United States Air Force’s Air Command and Staff College and the University of Virginia’s Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership. Read more here.

Missouri State University has announced the appointment of Ms. Zora Mulligan as the institution's new Executive Vice President. Ms. Mulligan currently serves as the Commissioner of Higher Education for the State of Missouri, a position she has held since 2016. She served as Chief of Staff for the University of Missouri System from 2014 to 2016. Prior to that, she was the Executive Director for the Missouri Community College Association from 2010 to 2014. She earned her B.A. in Political Science and Psychology from Drury University, her M.S. in Education from the University of Kansas, and her J.D. from the University of Kansas. Read more here.

Eastern Kentucky University has announced the appointment of Dr. Daniel Czech as the Dean of the College of Health Sciences. He will begin his new role on July 11, 2022. Dr. Czech currently serves as Professor and Associate Dean of the College of Health Sciences at Georgia College in Milledgeville, GA. Prior to that, Dr. Czech served as Professor and Honors Research Director/Chair of the Department of Health Sciences and Kinesiology at Georgia Southern University. Dr. Czech holds a Master of Science in Behavioral Kinesiology from Georgia Southern University as well as a Doctor of Philosophy in Cultural Studies from the University of Tennessee.

Texas Woman’s University has announced the appointment of Ms. Kristina Kaskel-Ruiz as Vice President for Marketing and Communication. She will begin her new role on July 1, 2022. Ms. Kaskel-Ruiz currently serves as the Associate Vice President of Marketing and Communications at Sam Houston State University. She is an executive-level marketing and communications strategist with over thirty years of broad, in-depth experience and is a leader in directing teams charged with generating big and bold ideas that produce impactful results. Ms. Kaskel-Ruiz was also Senior Vice President and Marketing Director for Texas Community Bank. Ms. Kaskel-Ruiz holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the University of Houston Downtown and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Houston. Read more here.

 

Mr. Evan Boyd has been appointed as dean of the Library at the University of Nebraska at Kearney.  He will begin August 1, 2022. Mr. Boyd is Library Director and Archivist for United Lutheran Seminary in Philadelphia, PA. He manages library collections and services, the institutional archives, a significant rare book collection of 16th century imprints, and a regional archive. Mr. Boyd holds an MLIS from Dominican University and an MA in Religion, with additional graduate studies in Gender & Women's Studies. Read more here.

Dr. Nancy Glenn was selected as the Vice President for Research and Economic Development at Boise State University and will begin her new role July 1st, 2022.  Dr. Glenn is currently serving as Boise State's Interim Vice President for Research and Economic Development and is a professor in the Department of Geosciences within the College of Arts and Sciences. Her research has been funded through grants from NASA, National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and U.S. Department of Interior. Dr. Glenn earned her bachelor’s degree in geological engineering from University of Nevada, Reno, her master’s degree in civil engineering from UC Berkeley, and her Ph.D. in geo-engineering from University of Nevada, Reno. Read more here.

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities has named Amy Jorgenson to serve as Chief Audit Officer. The appointment becomes effective June 22, 2022. Since 2020, Ms. Jorgenson has served Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB) as the director of the COVID-19 Response Accountability Office. Previous appointments include serving as the director of internal audit and analytics for the Minnesota Department of Health, serving the Office of the Legislative Auditor as auditor, team lead, and audit manager, and various positions with the Minnesota Department of Revenue. She is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and holds a bachelor’s degree from Minnesota State University, Mankato. Read more here.

Dr. Jennifer L. Mnookin, Dean of the School of Law and Ralph and Shirley Shapiro Professor of Law at the University of California, Los Angeles, has been named Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Mnookin has been dean of the UCLA School of Law since August 2015.

The Cuyahoga Community College Board of Trustees has announced the appointment of Dr. Michael A. Baston as Tri-C's fifth President. Dr. Baston currently serves as President of Rockland Community College, where he has led numerous initiatives to spur growth and increase educational pathways. Among many other professional honors and activities, Dr. Baston is a member of the American Association of Community Colleges Board of Directors, chairing its Commission on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and a member of the Board of Directors of the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship. He holds a B.A. in Political Science from Iona College, a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School, and an Ed.D. in Executive Leadership from St. John Fisher College. Read more here.

The University of Nebraska Medical Center has appointed Ms. Anne Barnes as Vice Chancellor for Business, Finance and Business Development. She will begin her new role on June 1, 2022. Ms. Barnes is currently the Senior Associate Dean for Administration and Finance at the University of Oklahoma, College of Medicine, and has served as the principal business officer for the College of Medicine. More recently, she served as the chief administrative officer for OU Physicians, the physician faculty practice plan. Ms. Barnes established her career at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, joining in 1996 as an Assistant Dean for Finance before advancing to Associate Dean position and then, in 2012, into her current role. Ms. Barnes received her B.B.A. from Oklahoma Baptist University and M.B.A. from Oklahoma City University. A certified public accountant, she serves on the planning committee for the Association of Academic Health Centers Senior Administrators/Fiscal Offices and is a past national chair of the Association of American Medical Colleges Group on Business Affairs. Read more here.