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Dartmouth Names Prez; AUC Appoints Interim in Quest to Win Back Degree Granting; Amherst Taps Its First Provost

John O. Harney — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 02:12:50 +0000

Among recent comings & goings:

Dartmouth College named mathematician and University of Michigan Provost Philip J. Hanlon to be its next president starting in July. Hanlon will succeed Jim Yong Kim, who resigned in April to become the president of the World Bank.

The Atlantic Union College Board of Trustees appointed general surgeon Duane M. Cady, M.D. as interim president of the Lancaster, Mass. college. The college has applied to the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education to reestablish its degree-granting authority after the New England Association of Schools and Colleges discontinued the college's accreditation in 2010 for financial reasons.

Amherst College named its first-ever provost: Belgium-native Peter Uvin, former academic dean and professor at Tufts University’s Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and an expert in development, conflict and human rights in Africa, will begin at Amherst this summer.

Patricia A. Ciccone, the superintendent of the state's Vocational-Technical High School System, announced she will leave the system in January to become superintendent of Westbrook Public Schools.

Quinebaug Valley Community College President Ross Tomlin submitted his resignation to the Board of Regents for Higher Education after three years leading the 2,500-student college. A spokeswoman for the Board of Regents said Tomlin's departure has nothing to do with the central office's controversial offer, since rescinded, of expedited separation for community college presidents.

NEBHE Announces 2011 Excellence Award Winners

NEBHE Admin — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 11:07:04 +0000

The New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) will hold its ninth annual New England Higher Education Excellence Awards on Friday, March 11, at the Boston Marriott Long Wharf Hotel.

Each year, NEBHE presents Regional Excellence Awards to individuals and organizations that have shown exceptional leadership on behalf of higher education and the advancement of educational opportunity, and State Merit Awards to honor the innovative work of organizations, institutions or individuals in each New England state.

Please click the links below for more information on the individual awards and their recipients.

The Hon. Patrick J. Leahy, U.S. Senator, Vermont (The Governor Walter R. Peterson Award for Leadership)
Terrence MacTaggart, Former Chancellor, University of Maine System (The Eleanor M. McMahon Award for Lifetime Achievement)
Eastern Connecticut State University & Quinebaug Valley Community College
Dual Enrollment Program (The Robert J. McKenna Award for Program Achievement)
Kimon Zachos, Trustee, Southern New Hampshire University (The David C. Knapp Award for Trusteeship)

The Hon. Denise Merrill, Connecticut Secretary of State and former member of the Connecticut House of Representatives (Connecticut State Merit Award)
The Bernard Osher Foundation (Maine State Merit Award)
The Hon. Steven C. Panagiotakos, former member of the Massachusetts Senate (Massachusetts State Merit Award)
NHHEAF’s Center for College Planning (New Hampshire State Merit Award)
Dennis Littky & Big Picture Learning (Rhode Island State Merit Award)
Vermont Dual Enrollment Program (Vermont State Merit Award)

For registration information, click here.

As Leaves Change, So Do College Officials

Shoshana Akins — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 17:35:00 +0000

College of the Atlantic President David F. Hales announced he will retire at the end of the academic year. During his tenure, the college became a carbon-neutral institution, expanded its faculty and diversified its academic programs. A search for a new president is underway for the 2011-12 academic year.

Suffolk University President David Sargent, whose high pay captured regional and national headlines, announced his immediate retirement after a special board meeting held Oct. 20.

Former Massachusetts state representative, champion of the state's Education Reform Act, and lead sponsor for its Gay Rights Bill, Mark Roosevelt will become president of Antioch College of Ohio.

Roger Williams University has not yet found a permanent president after the sudden resignation of its eighth president Roy Nirschel. An interim president has been named but the university is still looking for applicants.

Harvard University announced its newest vice president for capital planning and project management, Mark R. Johnson. Harvard says Johnson, with more than 20 years of experience in construction and architectural design, will be able to "balance the nature of academia with the practicalities of planning and budgets."

Boston University Provost David Campbell will be replaced by the University of Southern California's Jean Morrison at the end of the semester. Morrison, who is currently USC's executive vice provost for academic affairs and graduate programs, will succeed Campbell as BU's chief academic officer, overseeing educational and budget policies for the university's 14 schools and colleges.

The Connecticut State University System has experienced a slew of managerial rearrangements since the departure of Southern Connecticut State University President Cheryl J. Norton, the state attorney general's recent assertion of the board's misguided delegation of responsibility in this matter, and last month's surprise announcement by the chancellor of system Chancellor David Carter that he will retire next September.

The Chronicle of Higher Education noted that questions have been raised about whether the state system needs a major overhaul. (As former Quinebaug Valley Community College President Robert Miller wrote in NEJHE in Summer 1991 when the journal was called Connection: "The slogan that Connecticut seems to have embraced over the years as it contemplates the future of its higher education system is: 'If in doubt, reorganize.'"