James D. Flowers is the new director of financial aid and veteran services at Tacoma Community College in Washington. For the past 21 years, Dr. Flowers has worked in the Office of Student Financial Aid and Scholarships at the University of Washington in Seattle, most recently as associate director.
Dr. Flowers holds a bachelor’s degree in business education from Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina. He earned a master’s degree in college student personnel from Indiana State University and an educational doctorate in educational leadership from Nova Southeastern University.
Tasha Bibb has joined the Mississippi State University Office of Technology Management as a senior program manager in the Center for Entrepreneurship and Outreach’s new office in Vicksburg. She is the former director of entrepreneurial development and ecosystem builder with Innovate Mississippi.
Bibb is a graduate of Mississippi College, where she majored in business administration and marketing. She holds an MBA from Jackson State University in Mississippi.
Trey Jones has been named assistant vice president for university advancement at West Virginia State University and vice president of the WVSU Foundation. He joined the university in July 2021, as the executive director of corporation and foundation relations.
A native of Jacksonville, North Carolina, Jones earned a bachelor’s degree in sports management with a minor in business administration and sociology from North Carolina State University.

Johnson earned a bachelor’s degree in African American world studies from the University of Iowa. She holds a master’s degree in college student personnel from Arkansas Tech University and is a Ph.D. candidate in the higher education program at Virginia Tech.

Harrison earned a bachelor’s degree in communication studies with a minor in African American studies from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He holds a master’s degree in adult higher education from North Carolina A&T State University.

