Leadership

Tennessee State University Drops Charges Against Leader of Its Faculty Senate

Jane Davis, associate professor of literature, was taken into custody in handcuffs for disorderly conduct during a meeting last August between members of the faculty senate and the university administration.

Balitmore City Community College “Separates” President Carolane Williams From the College

Baltimore City Community College enrolls about 7,000 students in degree programs and three quarters of the students are African Americans. Dr. Williams has served as president for the past six years.

Fisk University Names Its 15th President

H. James Williams is dean of the Seidman College of Business at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan. He will assume his new post on February 1, 2013.

Tennessee State University Chooses Its Next President

Glenda Baskin Glover is currently dean of the College of Business at Jackson State University in Mississippi. She has been at Jackson State since 1994. Previously, she was chair of the department of accounting at Howard University in Washington, D.C.

The Higher Education of the New Chief Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court

The first Black Supreme Court justice and first Black chief justice is a graduate of Kentucky State University and the University of Oklahoma School of Law. He is a former assistant dean of the law school at Marquette University.

New Leadership at Florida Memorial University

Mary A. O'Banner, who joined the university's staff in 1989 and most recently served as chief of staff in the Office of the President, was named acting president replacing Henry Lewis III, who was inaugurated as the university's 12th president earlier this year.

Mortimer Neufville to Lead Coppin State University

The former executive vice president of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities, he recently served for 10 months as interim president of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.

John Silvanus Wilson Jr. to Be the Next President of Morehouse College

Dr. Wilson currently serves as the executive director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black College and Universities. He will begin his new role in January.

Fisk University Names Two Finalists for President

Fisk has chosen two finalists with far different resumes. One has a background in business while the other has had a career largely in academia.

Eric Lee to Lead Colorado Community College Online

Since April 2009, he has been the president and CEO of the Colorado Black Chamber of Commerce and previously was assistant to the president at Suffolk University in Boston.

Decisions Made on the Future of Three HBCU Presidents in Mississippi

Donna Oliver of Mississippi Valley State University did not have her contract renewed. Carolyn Meyers at Jackson State University and M. Christopher Brown of Alcorn State University received four-year extensions.

ACE Program Seeks to Increase the Number of Minority College Presidents

The American Council on Education's Spectrum Executive Leadership Program is an initiative that has the goal of making the leadership of higher education more representative of the people it serves.

Tennessee State University Announces Four Finalists for Its Next President

Glenda Glover, dean of business at Jackson State University, Ainsley Carry, vice president of student affairs at Auburn University, Candace Campbell Jackson, a vice president at the University of Akron, and Bennie Harris, a vice president at Lipscomb University, are in the running.

Coppin State University President Announces He Is Stepping Down

Reginald Avery is leaving in January after five years on the job. Last February, the faculty senate approved a vote of no confidence in Dr. Avery's leadership.

Tulane University Professor Debuts New Website Focusing on Black Health

Dr. Corey Hebert's Black Health TV website offers a wide range of videos to educate African Americans on topics such as diabetes, hypertension, nutrition, asthma, fitness, and women's health.

The Next Provost of Virginia Union University

Julius Scipio has been serving as vice president for academic affairs at Fort Valley State University in Georgia.

Bernard Oliver Is One of Four Finalists for Dean of Education at the University of Georgia

He is a professor in the School of Human Development and Organizational Studies in Education at the University of Florida.

New CEO for Howard University Hospital

Hebert C. Buchanan Jr. has been serving as the chief operating officer at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore.

Robert J. Jones Named President of the University at Albany

For the past eight years, Dr. Jones has been the senior vice president for academic administration for the University of Minnesota system.

Kenoye Eke Is the New Provost at Lincoln University of Pennsylvania

Since 2010 he has served as vice president for institutional advancement at Grambling State University in Louisiana.
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