Leadership

Duke University President Addresses the Issue of Race

Each year Richard H. Brodhead, president of Duke University, addresses the annual meeting of the university faculty. This year, he chose to discuss the issue of race and its impact on the Duke University community.

Purdue University Trustee Named CEO of McDonalds

When Don Thompson takes office in July, he will be the first African American CEO of the world's largest restaurant chain.

Helen Giles-Gee Named New President of the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

Currently, president of Keene State University in New Hampshire, she will be the first woman president in the 191-year history of the University of the Sciences.

Coppin State President Confronts His Critics

Reginald Avery held a town hall meeting on campus to allow students, faculty, and staff to air their grievances and to open the lines of communication at the university.

The New Dean of the Business School at the University of Arkansas

Eli Jones is currently dean of the E.J. Curso College of Business at Louisiana State University.

The First Black President of Frederick Community College

Since 2005, Frederico Talley has served as vice president and dean of the Leonardtown campus of the College of Southern Maryland.

The Next President of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore

Currently, Juliette B. Bell is provost and vice president for academic affairs at Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio. She will assume her new post on July 1.

President of South Carolina State University Announces His Resignation

George W. Cooper will leave his post at the end of March. The campus has been embroiled in controversy for the past several weeks after Dr. Cooper fired eight administrators.

The New Leader of the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center at Howard University

For 27 years, Howard Dodson was the director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem.

Cirecie West-Olatunji Elected President of the American Counseling Association

The associate professor of counseling education at the University of Florida, will serve one year as president elect before assuming the leadership post in July 2013.

The First Black Woman to Chair the Southern Scholarship Foundation

Dhyana Ziegler is a professor of journalism at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee.

President Julianne Malveaux Announces She Is Leaving Bennett College in May

An economist, author, and educator, she has led Bennett College since 2007.

Three Finalists for Post at the Center for Black Culture & Research at West Virginia University

The three finalists vying for assistant director of the center are James Jackson, Curtis Proctor, and Maurice Gipson.

Faculty at Coppin State Approves No Confidence Resolution Regarding the University’s President

According to published reports, 55 faculty members voted for the no confidence motion and only 13 faculty members opposed the resolution.

The New Dean of the Florida A&M University and Florida State University College of Engineering

Yaw D. Yeboah is currently a professor of engineering at Penn State. From 1975 to 1979, he earned four degrees in four years at MIT.

Robert Franklin Stepping Down as President of Morehouse College

He will take a sabbatical leave from Morehouse and return as a Distinguished Professor and President Emeritus.

Fayetteville State University Administrator to Head HBCU Organization

Emily M. Dickens has been elected chair of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Community Development Action Coalition.

Tidewater Community College Names Two African American Provosts

Michelle Woodhouse and Marvin Bright will lead the Portsmouth and Norfolk campuses of the 46,000-student community college.

Bethune-Cookman President Announces Her Retirement

Trudie Kibbe Reed has served as president of the historically Black university since 2004.

Shenandoah University Selects a New Dean of Its Business School

Miles K. Davis is an associate professor of management at the university and the founding director of the business school's Institute for Entrepreneurship.
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