Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 28, 2024

Lincoln Alumni Outraged by Reinstatement of President Sara Weissman Thu, 03/28/2024 - 03:00 AM An investigation cleared Lincoln University’s president of charges he’d bullied an administrator who died by suicide. Some alumni and students object to his return. Byline(s) Sara Weissman

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AUGUST 13, 2024

She began her presidency at JCSU following an impressive, nearly 30-year-long career as an educator, writer, and academic administrator, most recently as the Renée and Richard Goldman Endowed Dean and Professor of the University of Pittsburgh School of Education. So, I’ve extended it, and this fall.

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OCTOBER 9, 2023

Shareese Williams Shareese Williams has been appointed interim director of alumni affairs at Saint Augustine’s University (SAU). Williams holds a bachelor’s degree in broadcasting communications from SAU and a master’s in health administration from Pfeiffer University.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

He served as the associate vice chancellor of student, alumni, and constituent engagement at Elizabeth City State University. Kevin Wade Kevin Wade has been named vice chancellor for student affairs at Elizabeth City State University in North Carolina.

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OCTOBER 30, 2024

Historically, HBCU students and alumni have played a pivotal role in securing the civil rights of not only Black people, but of all marginalized Americans. Dr. Charlie Nelms is a veteran higher education administrator and chancellor emeritus of North Carolina Central University. Please vote!

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FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Paula Polglase Paula Polglase has been named director of the Office of Alumni Relations at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. She served as executive director of the JMU Alumni Association.

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JUNE 6, 2024

NCCU embodies grit, innovation, leadership, purpose and legacy, and I am committed to building on our rich traditions and ensuring that our students, faculty, staff and alumni have the tools and opportunities necessary to succeed,” she said. “I I can’t wait to engage with all the possibilities that Durham has to offer.”

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MARCH 20, 2025

I'm so excited to work with my colleagues, the students, alumni, and friends to improve individual lives and the life of the community." Her administrative experience includes serving as campus provost and executive vice chancellor at the University of California at Santa Cruz and vice provost and dean at Arizona State University.

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JUNE 26, 2024

Johnson’s distinguished higher education career, along with his accomplishments as an exceptional administrator, makes him the right fit for TSU at this time.” I know working with our students, staff, alumni and fellow board members, this next chapter will cement TSU's legacy of excellence.” in economics from Stanford University. “His

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OCTOBER 27, 2023

As a student activist, a longtime faculty member, and an administrator in higher education, I am particularly proud of two career accomplishments. Unfortunately, students had to repeatedly make their case to skeptical and unsupportive university administrators, trustees, alumni, donors, and legislators.

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OCTOBER 22, 2024

Wair earned a bachelor’s degree in home economics from Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 1964, a master’s degree in guidance and counseling from Sothern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIEU) in 1970 and an administrative certificate in education from the university in 1972.

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JULY 6, 2023

“I look forward to rolling up my sleeves and working with the board of trustees, students, faculty, staff, alumni, and other stakeholders to bring this historic college back to prominence,” Rey said. “We in business administration, information systems from Walden University, and a J.D. Rey holds a B.S.

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MARCH 28, 2024

Lee said his “administration, in partnership with the General Assembly, is committed to ensuring students are being served.” I’m pleased to appoint these highly qualified individuals who will work alongside administrators and students to further secure TSU’s place as a leading institution,” said Lee.

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JUNE 4, 2024

honors Yancy’s legacy as a scholar among African American women known for her work as an American academic, professor, and administrator. The award, presented by the Higher Education Leadership Foundation (H.E.L.F.), The Fulbright scholar was the first African American to achieve tenured professor status at Georgia Institute of Technology.

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AUGUST 15, 2024

in Higher Education Administration Program at North Carolina Central University, an historically Black university in Durham, North Carolina. My research focuses on inequities in higher education among marginalized college students and the impact of college environments on students, faculty, and administrators,” says McMickens. “I

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MARCH 24, 2023

Cole is a uniquely experienced higher education administrator who has dedicated his career to the study and preservation of Jesuit, Catholic institutions in America, and to the service of their students,” said Stephen Landry, chair of the Loyola University New Orleans board of trustees.

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APRIL 21, 2023

Ashtin Lizanich Ashtin Lizanich has been appointed director of alumni relations for the College of Science at Clemson University. Lizanich served as director of alumni relations for Presbyterian College in Clinton, South Carolina. She earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration and management from Presbyterian College.

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APRIL 16, 2024

noted they received unfair treatment from school administrators. There was also a standing committee on LGBTQ student needs that the student affairs office had, which did as much as they could within the confines of the administration,” he says. In 2022, the university finally launched an official LGBTQ alumni affinity group, ARC.

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JUNE 16, 2024

It really is a structural erasure of queer and trans individuals,” says Dr. Ángel de Jesús González, an assistant professor of higher education administration and leadership at Fresno State. At the University of Texas at Austin, Lavender Graduation for LGBTQ students was taken up by the alumni association.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Gusbeth notes that a Gallup Tribal College Alumni Survey statistic shows that 76% of Native American students desire to work for their communities. There are 11 federally recognized American Indian tribes in Minnesota. Among the requirements for some Native American specific scholarships are uploading tribal I.D.

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JANUARY 8, 2025

He describes presidents who rule like autocrats, boards of trustees who lack higher education expertise, and administrative practices that prioritize image over substance. His critique of professional incest the recycling of mediocre administrators between institutions is particularly scathing.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2022

“Scott is a visionary, proactive leader who has built strong, collaborative relationships with students, faculty, staff, academic and administrative leaders, OSU stakeholders and partners, including the OSU Board of Trustees, the OSU Foundation and Alumni Association, communities and community leaders and partners across Oregon to advance the university’s (..)

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FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The institution boasts an endowment of $4 billion and an alumni network exceeding 200,000 worldwide. Before his administrative career at Boston College, Butler worked in prison ministry and served as director of vocations for the former New England Province of Jesuits. An Atlanta native and 1987 graduate of St.

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JUNE 7, 2023

This comes after the Tougaloo Alumni Coalition – not directly associated with the Tougaloo Alumni Association – started a petition to remove Walters earlier this year, citing concerns such as declining student enrollment, loss of faculty and staff, vacant key positions, and questionable fiscal issues. Dr. Carmen J.

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APRIL 3, 2024

While players in the NCAA Tournament were diverse, head coaches and administrators lagged far behind. He added that the players deserve more Black faculty, more culturally responsive classrooms, and more Black head coaches and athletic administrators. It’s not fine. It’s absurd. In the report , Harper noted that only 3.7%

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OCTOBER 6, 2024

Many of those families still live here,” says Patterson-Stephens of the Black alumni. This past summer, CMU hosted its first Black alumni weekend and its diversity gala—now in its fourth year—and its diversity symposium—now in its tenth year—which draws a statewide audience. Their children still go to this institution. They work here.”

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FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Dr. Joy Gaston Gayles Gayles is currently an Alumni Distinguished Graduate Professor of Higher Education and senior adviser for advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the College of Education. She was the 2022 President of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE). Hikes Woman of Color in the Academy Award.

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APRIL 26, 2023

And yet HBCUs have persisted and been successful in graduating very impactful alumni.” in administration, planning, and social policy from Harvard University; an M.Ed. Pinkard holds an Ed.D. in educational psychology from Howard University; and a B.A. in psychology from Morehouse College.

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AUGUST 13, 2024

The American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) has released a new trustee guide intended to help higher education leadership proactively prepare for potential campus disruptions, such as those linked to antiwar protests last spring.

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JANUARY 24, 2023

To ensure students have what they need to reach their educational goal, faculty, staff and administration at TCUs often wear multiple hats in addition to their titled role. All this care comes with a consequence—it can lead to burn out, which can lead to faculty, staff, and administrators leaving their roles.

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JANUARY 9, 2023

Dr. Christine McPhail, president of Saint Augustine's University, “Nobody wants probation, but I’m a seasoned administrator with multiple decades of experience in the area,” said McPhail. “Am Evidence of enthusiasm and continued support for SAU can be found in its alumni donations. Am I concerned about it? Any academic is concerned.

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OCTOBER 13, 2023

Because high schools that enroll substantial percentages of students of color are readily identifiable, colleges and universities must engage these designated school districts and, in conjunction with their administrative offices, create focused recruitment drives that begin the first day of the freshman year of high school.

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MARCH 24, 2023

“An accomplished legal scholar and a strong academic administrator, Professor Johanna Bond is uniquely qualified to serve as the dean of Rutgers University Law School,” said Dr. Antonio Tillis, chancellor of Rutgers University-Camden. I look forward to welcoming Professor Bond to campus.”

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Pierre, a seasoned legal scholar, had been serving the Southern University Law Center in numerous roles since 1990, first as a faculty member and then as an administrator. In 2016, he was tapped to lead the school’s law center, which was founded at the historically Black university (an HBCU) in 1947.

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MAY 15, 2023

“President Oubré’s departure is just the first step to restore this venerable college,” said Elizabeth Power Robison, a former college employee and member of the group Alumni & Friends of Whittier College. Our highest priority is establishing qualified leadership on the Board and in the Administration. We are not there yet.”

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NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Two things: persistence and alumni. According to Mary Burke, vice president for institutional advancement at TU who has long stood on the frontlines of fundraising for much of her career, this achievement speaks true to Temple’s mission and the passion of its alumni. Yet the potential to connect with alumni continues to grow.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2022

It is a bittersweet moment as I am extraordinarily proud of all the students, faculty, staff and alumni of A&M-San Antonio,” Teniente-Matson said. Together we have helped to further our trajectory with an eye towards inclusive excellence, academic program growth and support for the future of our community.

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