Five African Americans Appointed to New Administrative Posts in Higher Education

dunnTimothy Dunn has been promoted to Title IX coordinator at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. He had been serving as associate director of student services for social houses at the college. He is the former director of Greek life at Union College in Schenectady, New York, where he taught undergraduate law courses.

Dunn is a graduate of Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, and the University of Oklahoma School of Law.

hearnEboney Hearn was promoted to executive director of the Office of Engineering Outreach Programs at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She has been serving as assistant dean for graduate education and diversity initiatives in the Office of the Dean of Graduate Education.

Hearn is a graduate of MIT, where she majored in chemical engineering. She holds a master’s degree in education from Harvard University.

guilloryLatonya Guillory was appointed director of affirmative action, equal employment opportunity at the University of Southern Mississippi. She is a former equal employment opportunity officer for Baton Rouge Community College and the Louisiana Workforce Commission.

Dr. Guillory is a graduate of Louisiana State University, where she majored in political science and international studies. She earned a master of public administration degree and a Ph.D. in public policy from Southern University in Baton Rouge.

Tracy_DildyTracy Dildy was named interim director of athletics at Chicago State University in Illinois. He has been serving and will continue to serve as the head coach for the men’s basketball team at the university.

Dildy is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he majored in physical education.

gcaldwell150Getchel L. Caldwell was appointed senior vice president for institutional advancement at Clark Atlanta University in Georgia. He has been serving as vice chancellor for advancement at Fayetteville State University in North Carolina. Caldwell also served as executive director of the Fayetteville State University Foundation.

Caldwell is a graduate of Florida A&M University in Tallahassee and holds a master of public administration degree from Atlanta University.

Related Articles

1 COMMENT

Leave a Reply

Get the JBHE Weekly Bulletin

Receive our weekly email newsletter delivered to your inbox

Latest News

Black Matriculants Are Down at U.S. Medical Schools

In 2024, the share of Black applicants to U.S. medical schools increased by 2.8 percent from 2023. However, the share of Black medical school matriculants decreased by 11.6 percent. Notably, there has been year-over-year progress in overall Black medical school representation, which has risen to from 7.9 percent in 2017 to 10.3 percent in 2024.

Rick Smith Appointed President of Dallas College Northlake

Dr. Smith has been serving as vice president of institutional advancement and administrative projects at Simmons College of Kentucky, Dr. Smith will assume the presidency of Dallas College's Northlake campus on February 3.

Working With Black Principals and Peers Reduces Turnover for Black NYC Public School Teachers

Black and White teachers in New York City are less likely to quit or transfer to another school if their school has a principal and a higher proportion of teachers of their same race.

American Born and Educated Scholar Is the First Black Woman Professor at University in the U.K.

A psychology faculty member with City St. George's, University of London for over a decade, Jessica Jones Nielsen has been named the institution's first-ever Black woman full professor. She has served as the university's assistant vice president for equality, diversity, and inclusion since 2021.

Featured Jobs