Public Institution

The University of The Bahamas (UB) has announced the appointment of Dr. Erik Rolland, an academic with 30 years of experience, as the next president of UB. The appointment takes effect on 1st August 2022. He currently serves as Dean of the College of Business Administration, interim Dean of the College of the Extended University, Chief International Officer and the Provost’s Associate for Strategic Transformation at California Polytechnic and State University. Read more here.

The North Dakota State Board of Higher Education has selected Dr. David Cook as the 15th President of North Dakota State University. Dr. Cook currently serves as Vice Chancellor for Public Affairs & Economic Development at the University of Kansas (KU). Previous positions include Vice Chancellor of the KU Edwards Campus and Associate Vice Chancellor of the Institute for Community Engagement at the University of Kansas Medical Center. He earned his B.A. in Political Science/Speech Communication from Iowa State University and his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Organizational Communication from the University of Kansas. Read more here.

Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) has selected Dr. Thomas M. Martin as the next dean of the College of Business. Martin will begin his new role in March, 2022. Dr. Martin currently holds a joint appointment at EKU as Associate Provost for Research and Executive Director of the Center for Economic Development, Entrepreneurship & Technology (CEDET). He is also an Assistant Professor of Management in the College of Business. Prior to his appointment, Dr. Martin was Senior Fellow for Research and Economic Policy at the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education, creating the Kentucky Graduate Research Roundtable and the Kentucky Consortium for Undergraduate Research. Earlier, he was a Visiting Professor of Government at EKU. Dr. Martin earned his masters and doctorate in Political Science from the University of Kentucky and his MBA from EKU. Read more here.
 

The Southern University System Board of Supervisors has selected Dennis J. Shields as the next President of the Southern University System and Chancellor of Southern University and A&M College. Previously, Mr. Shields served as Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Platteville since 2010.

Durham Tech Community College has announced the appointment of Mr. Abraham Dones as its new Vice President and Chief Student Services Officer. He begins his new position on March 1, 2022. Mr. Dones currently serves as the College’s Registrar and Assistant Dean of Admissions, Registrations, and Records. Prior to this position, Mr. Dones served as an Academic Advisor/Instructor at Durham Tech. Mr. Dones is a strategic leader with expert qualifications in budget management, employee retention, equity/inclusion/diversity facilitation and career and academic counseling. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh, a Master of Science in Higher Education Administration from Drexel University and is completing the Community College Leadership Doctoral Program at North Carolina State University. Read more here.

 

Dr. Kara Battle has been selected as the Chief Academic Officer for Durham Technical Community College. Dr. Battle has served as the interim CAO at Durham Tech since April 2021 and has a long history with the institution. She has 28 years of experience in higher education, including her time as Dean of Science and Math at Durham Tech. She served as Director of Education at the Julius L. Chambers Biomedical and Biotechnology Research Institute at North Carolina Central University, and worked at Guilford Technical Community College, North Carolina A&T University, and Wytheville Community College (VA). Read more here.

The California State University (CSU) Board of Trustees has appointed Richard Yao, Ph.D., to serve as the fourth president of California State University Channel Islands (CSUCI) after serving as interim president since January 2021. Dr. Yao is a licensed clinical psychologist who came to CSUCI from Nevada State College.

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has appointed Ms. Shari Mickey-Boggs as Senior Associate Chancellor for Human Resources.  She will begin her new role on March 1, 2022. Ms. Mickey-Boggs is currently serving as the Chief Human Resources Officer & Secretary to the Board of Trustees for Wright State University. With over 18 years’ experience, her previous positions include senior HR positions with Xavier University and Ohio State University. Ms. Mickey-Boggs holds an MBA from Franklin University and a BA in Political Science from Ohio State University. Read more here.

Durham Technical Community College has announced the appointment of Mr. Jerry Jones, former Director of Career Services and Workforce Development at Pitt Community College, to lead the College’s Center for Workforce Engagement.  Mr. Jones received his Master of Science in Managerial Leadership and Bachelor of Science in Management from National-Louis University in Virginia. He started his career in engineering and telecommunications and worked in the advanced manufacturing sector before joining Pitt Community College. Read more here.

Durham Technical Community College has appointed Dr. Susan Bowen as its new Vice President and Chief Campus Operations Officer. She was previously Associate Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer at the University of Scranton. Dr. Bowen received her Higher Education Management Doctoral degree from the University of Pennsylvania. She holds a Master of Arts in Business and a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education from the College of New Jersey. Bowen has also completed the Institute of Educational Management at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education and the Executive Leadership Institute at the League of Innovation  Read more here.