A Pair of African Americans Appointed to New Administrative Positions

Earl Brown was promoted to chief operating officer of the Newark, New Jersey, campus of Berkeley College. He has been serving as a business developer in the careers services division at the college. He also serves as an adjunct professor at Kean University in Union, New Jersey, and Passaic County Community College in Paterson, New Jersey.

Brown is a graduate of Virginia Tech, where he majored in economics and business management. He earned an MBA at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.

Laura H. Jack will be the new vice president for communications at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York, effective February 6. She has been serving as vice president of development and alumni relations at Howard University in Washington, D.C. Earlier, Jack held communications posts at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and the City University of New York.

Jack is a graduate of Pace University in New York, where she majored in marketing. She holds an MBA and a master’s degree in education from Baruch College of the City University of New York.

Related Articles

Leave a Reply

Get the JBHE Weekly Bulletin

Receive our weekly email newsletter delivered to your inbox

Latest News

Recent Books of Interest to African American Scholars

The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education regularly publishes a list of new books that may be of interest to our readers. The books included are on a wide variety of subjects and present many different points of view.

Online Articles That May Be of Interest to JBHE Readers

Each week, JBHE will provide links to online articles that may be of interest to our readers. Here are this week’s selections.

Higher Education Gifts or Grants of Interest to African Americans

Here is this week’s news of grants or gifts to historically Black colleges and universities or for programs of particular interest to African Americans in higher education.

In Memoriam: Nathan Howard Cook, 1939-2024

Dr. Cook was a longtime faculty member and administrator at Lincoln University of Missouri. A full professor of biology, he held several leadership roles including vice president for academic affairs.

Featured Jobs