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Gomez Named Provost & VP for Academic Affairs at Cal Poly Pomona

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Terri Gomez has been appointed provost and vice president for academic affairs at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Gomez served as interim provost and vice president of academic affairs.

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Remembering Dr. Willis Braswell Sheftall Jr.

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a pioneering educator who served for more than a decade as provost of his alma mater, Morehouse College, and later acting president, died last week at the age of 80. Willis Braswell Sheftall Jr., Dr. Willis Braswell Sheftall Jr. F rom 1999 to 2013, he was the chief academic officer at Morehouse and served as acting president in 2013.

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Marist College Announces Historic Transition to University Status

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Department of State-sponsored report. According to Provost Dr. Catherine Gunther Kodat, the university designation will particularly benefit international recruitment efforts, as many countries associate the term "college" with secondary education. 1 among peer institutions by a U.S.

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Leading with Purpose: AABHE’s President Charts Path for Black Excellence

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She worked her way through the ranks as a professor, eventually landing at the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, and then an internship opportunity in the Office of the Provost came her way. Howard-Baptiste currently serves as the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Affairs at the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga.

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Nicole Sampson

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Nicole Sampson Nicole Sampson has been named the permanent provost and chief academic officer at the University of Rochester. Sampson had been serving as interim provost and was the Robert L. She will continue to hold her position as University Professor in the Department of Chemistry while serving as provost.

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New presidents or provosts: APUS LaSalle Northeast Saginaw Savannah

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Shivanthi Anandan , vice provost for undergraduate education at Drexel University, in Pennsylvania, has been selected as provost and vice president of academic affairs at LaSalle University, also in Pennsylvania.

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Georgetown University's President to Step Down, Following Health Challenges

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Groves, the school’s Executive Vice President and Provost has been named interim president. Professor in the Math and Statistics Department, with a secondary appointment in the Sociology department, has been Provost since 2012. “In Dr. Robert M. Groves, who also holds the Gerard J. Campbell, S.J.