Dr. Braque Talley has been named Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management and Student Success at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. “I am confident that Dr. Talley’s leadership will help us continue our upward trajectory in Enrollment,” said UAPB Chancellor Laurence B. Alexander. “We look forward to working with him and the entire enrollment management...Read More

Dr. Tonjanita Johnson, an Alabama native and veteran academic leader, will succeed Dr. Charles Ray Nash as Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs for the University of Alabama System.  Dr. Johnson will join the UA System on December 2 and assume the title of Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs on...Read More

Stevie L. Lawrence II will join the Southern Regional Education Board September 4 as vice president for postsecondary education. In this role, he will lead SREB’s postsecondary programs, such as the Academic Common Market, Doctoral Scholars Program, education data services and state authorization reciprocity agreements. He will also be charged with developing additional initiatives to...Read More

Dr. John Young has been selected as a Regional Support Manager of the Office of Administration in the Regional Office at HUD in Kansas City, Kansas.   John has been with HUD for 14 years, including several years of service in the St. Louis Field Office.  He started with CPD and is currently with Multifamily here...Read More

Jerald Jones Woolfolk is Lincoln University's new president, the school announced Tuesday. She will begin serving as LU's 20th permanent president June 1 — although she's expected to attend the President's Gala on April 7. Woolfolk was on a business trip Tuesday and not available for an interview, but told the News Tribune she's looking...Read More

On Monday, July 1, Delgado Community College welcomed a new chancellor, Larissa Littleton-Steib, Ph.D. Littleton-Steib, who previously had been chancellor of Baton Rouge Community College, was selected for the Delgado position in April by the Louisiana Community and Technical College System (LCTCS) Board of Supervisors. The board made its selection after a comprehensive and competitive national...Read More

President William B. Bynum Jr., Ph.D. has named Dr. Daarel Burnette as the next Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Jackson State University. His effective date of employment is March 1. Burnette has previously served at Central State University (CSU) as vice president for administration and CFO, where he was able to increase CSU’s cash reserves from $500,000...Read More

If you ask Tara Dunn what her goals as dean of students for Northwest Mississippi Community College are, she will quickly tell you she wants to improve student development and success. Dunn hopes her own practical experience and desire will provoke positive influence on the students and the colleagues she works with daily. In her...Read More

A resident of Clinton, MS, Garrett serves as the alderwoman-at-large for the city. “I had previously served as executive director of the Mississippi Nurses Association and had founded the Mississippi Association of Nurse Practitioners,” she said. “I also manage the Mississippi-Speech-Language Hearing Association. I served a 12-year term on the Board of Trustees of State...Read More

APRIL 7, 2018 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that Latitia D. McCane has been named director of education for the Apprentice School at Newport News Shipbuilding. McCane is responsible for the overall leadership, vision and strategic direction of craft training, academic delivery, student services, accreditation and recruitment for the school, which provides high quality,...Read More