Jonathan R. Whitfield has been appointed chaplain at Berea College in Kentucky. In this position, he will oversee all chapel services and events at Danforth Chapel. He is the third African American to hold this position since the school’s founding in 1855.
Whitfield is a graduate of South Carolina State University, where he majored in fine and studio arts. He holds a master of divinity degree from the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta.
Felicia Johnson has been selected to serve as interim athletic director at Virginia State University. For the past three years, she has served as the HBCU’s associate athletic director and senior woman administrator. Earlier in her career, she was the first woman to serve as director of athletics at Virginia Union University.
Johnson received her bachelor’s degree in management information systems from Virginia Union University and her master’s degree in sports leadership from Virginia Commonwealth University.
Ariella Robbins has been promoted from interim vice president to permanent vice president for diversity, equity, and inclusion at Villanova University in Pennsylvania. Prior to her interim appointment, she served as the assistant vice president of the university’s Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
Robbins earned her bachelor’s degree in business administration from Mansfield University in Pennsylvania and a master’s degree in counseling and student development in higher education from California State University, Long Beach.
