Jennifer Wiggins has been named the inaugural director of the Office of Sexual Violence and Prevention and Education at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Previously, she served as associate dean of students and the inaugural director for gender violence prevention at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. She is also a licensed professional counselor.
Wiggins holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology with a minor in Spanish from the now closed Cabrini University in Wayne, Pennsylvania, and a master’s degree in mental health counseling from Arcadia University in Glenside, Pennsylvania.
Kimberly Woodard has been appointed vice president of institutional advancement and executive director of the college foundation at Stillman College in Alabama. For the past three years, she has served as executive director of alumni affairs and development and executive director of the alumni association at Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Florida.
Woodard holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from Tuskegee University in Alabama.
Robert B. Earl, Jr. has been named director of the Center for Career Development at Borough of Manhattan Community College within the City University of New York System. He most recently served as director of the Office of Career Preparation and Professional Development at St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. Earlier in his career, he spent a decade as director of the Career Development office at Barnard College in New York City.
Earl holds a master’s degree in student personnel administration in higher education from SUNY College at Buffalo and a master of divinity degree from Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School.
Parnell M. Lovelace has been named the inaugural vice president of diversity, reconciliation, and unity at Jessup University in Rocklin, California. He currently serves as an adjunct professor and head of the African American ministry doctoral program at the Talbot School of Theology in La Mirada, California. He has authored several publications including Set it Up: Planing a Healthy Pastoral Transition (ChurchSmart Resources, 2017).
Dr. Lovelace holds a doctor of ministry degree and Ph.D. in intercultural studies from Biola University in California.
Tim Abney has been promoted from interim director to permanent director of athletics and campus recreation at Lincoln University of Missouri. Throughout his tenure with the university, he has served as head coach of the women’s basketball team and tennis team. He also had a stint as assistant athletic director for administration.
Abney is a graduate of Lincoln University.