Posts Categorized: Comings and Goings

Boston Names Its First African-American Police Commish as Top Cop Evans Heads to BC

Gross Comings and Goings ... William Gross will become Boston's first African-American police commissioner on Aug. 5, succeeding William B. Evans, who is leaving the department after 39 years to become executive director of public safety at Boston College. The Rhode Island Council on Postsecondary Education named Tim DelGiudice to be its new chair, succeeding William Folks. The manager of strat...

UMaine System Fills New Workforce Post; UMass Dartmouth Names First Senior Associate VC for Talent and Diversity

Sutton Comings and Goings ... The University of Maine System named Theresa Sutton, currently a vice president at Wex Inc., to be be the founding CEO of Maine Center Ventures, which was created to foster ties with outside interests to develop curriculum and programs tailored to Maine’s workforce needs. UMass Dartmouth appointed executive coaching and business consultant Angela M. Callahan ...

RWU President Donald Farish Passes Away; Changes at NHTI, Fletcher, Babson; New Super for Boston Schools

Comings and Goings ... Roger Williams University President Donald Farish passed away after a sudden illness. University trustees chose Provost Andrew Workman to serve as interim president. Farish worked in academia for 51 years and began leading the Bristol, R.I. university in 2011. He planned to retire in 2019. He was an active member of NEBHE's Commission on Higher Education & Employabili...

BU Law Names New Dean; Lesley U Prez, UConn Foundation Chair to Exit Posts

Onwuachi-Willig Comings and Goings ... University of California, Berkeley law professor Angela Onwuachi-Willig, a renowned expert in racial and gender inequality, was named dean of the Boston University School of Law. Lesley University President Jeff A. Weiss announced he'll step down Aug. 31 because of personal health reasons. Interim Provost Richard S. Hansen will serve as the interim preside...

NH’s Great Bay CC, Hampshire College, MassINC Think Tank Name New Leaders

Morrice Comings and Goings ... The Community College System of New Hampshire appointed Pelema I. Morrice to be president of Great Bay Community College, succeeding Wildolfo Arvelo, who left last fall to become New Hampshire’s director of economic development. Health and nutrition scientist and Tufts University scholar Miriam E. Nelson was named the seventh president of Hampshire College, e...

After Turmoil, UMass Boston Names Interim Chancellor; NH’s River Valley CC and Innovative New Grad School of Ed Tap Leaders

Newman Comings and Goings ... Katherine Newman, an expert on income inequality who has held posts at Columbia, Harvard, Princeton and Johns Hopkins universities, will become UMass Boston's  second interim chancellor in two years on July 1, replacing Barry Mills. Three finalists for permanent chancellor withdrew after faculty publicly criticized them as unqualified. The Community College Sy...

Endicott President Wylie Passes; Quincy College Prez Resigns After State Nixes Approval of Its Nursing Programs; Key Retirements Announced

Comings and Goings ... Endicott College President Richard E. Wylie passed away. Wylie was widely credited with spearheading the college’s transition from a small, two-year school for women to a coeducational institution with international reach offering undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees. Katie Barnes was named interim president. Quincy College President Peter Tsaffaras annou...

Kerry Healey to Leave Babson Presidency Next Year; Jane Oates Becomes Head of WorkingNation

Healey Comings and Goings ... Former Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healey, a member of NEBHE's Commission on Higher Education & Employability, announced she will step down as president of Babson College next year after leading the business college since 2013. Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training Jane Oates, who was a senior policy advisor to U.S. Se...

Bridget Terry Long to Lead Harvard Grad School of Ed; Mark Twain Scholar to Head U of Bridgeport

Long Comings and Goings ... Bridget Terry Long, Saris Professor of Education and Economics and former academic dean at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), will become the next dean of HGSE in July, succeeding James E. Ryan, who will become president of the University of Virginia. Long co-authored the article "As Student Debt Increases, Colleges Owe More in Performance" for NEJH...

NEBHE SARA Director Doran to Lead College in NC; Tufts, Smith Provosts Named Presidents of New York’s Union College, Virginia’s William & Mary; Mount Holyoke Acting Prez Becomes Permanent

Comings and Goings ... NEBHE's Sandra J. Doran, who in January 2014 became the first director of the New England State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA), was named interim president of Salem Academy and College, while the private women's school in Winston-Salem, N.C., seeks a new permanent leader. At Salem, Doran replaces Lorraine Sterritt, who in January was named president of S...