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Rolita Flores Ezeonu

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Ezeonuserved as Highline's Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs from April 2017 to June 2018.Prior Prior to that, she was Dean of Instruction for Transfer and Pre-College Education at Highline, from July 2008 to March 2017.

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A generational mission: Benjamin Riley on the founding of Deans for Impact

Deans for Impact

“ True social transformations are measured in decades, not years ,” our founder Benjamin Riley wrote in 2017. It’s a maxim that has guided Deans for Impact (DFI) since its formation. Benjamin describes the origins of Deans for Impact. Listen to Benjamin reflect on what has made DFI a learning organization: [link].

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UPitt Dean Works to Advance Equity in Policy, Practice

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Valerie Kinloch Kinloch does the work in her leadership role as the Renée and Richard Goldman Endowed Dean of University of Pittsburgh’s (UPitt) School of Education, a position she has held since July 2017. “It is to understand who people are, people's dreams and hopes, [and] what people want.”

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Hoke’s Notes – The Plight of Small Colleges

Edu Alliance Journal

A 2017 study by the Southwestern Ohio Council for Higher Education estimated that Urbana contributed over $60 million annually to the economies of Champaign and Logan counties and employed 111 full-time staff during the 2015-2016 academic year. Dean currently resides in Bloomington, Indiana. Hoke has a B.A.

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Dr. John W. Miller Jr. Appointed Dean of the Raymond A. Kent School of Social Work and Family Science at the University of Louisville

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

will become dean of The University of Louisville’s Raymond A. Miller is dean of curriculum and senior diversity officer at St. He authored a textbook, “African American Perspectives: Matters of Consideration for Social Work Practice,” in 2017. Kent School of Social Work and Family Science, effective Jul. Dr. John W.

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On a Mission: Damon L. Williams Jr., Takes on the World

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As his reputation grew, Williams was recruited by Northwestern University, where he served as assistant dean of diversity and inclusion between 2017 and 2021, and then until 2022 as the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion lead of Northwestern’s Public Health Program. I needed them to speak the language [of diversity,]” says Williams.

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Dr. Kim Schatzel Named President of University of Louisville

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Kim Schatzel Schatzel – currently president of Towson University (TU) – previously served as provost of Eastern Michigan University and dean of the College of Business at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, A first-generation college student herself, she has been praised for making diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) a priority.