Posts Categorized: Comings and Goings

Meehan to Take Reins of UMass System in Season of Farewells, Welcomes

Comings and Goings ... The University of Massachusetts board of trustees named UMass Lowell Chancellor and former U.S. Congressman Martin T. Meehan to be the next president of the five-campus state university system. Jackie Jenkins-Scott announced she will conclude her presidency of Wheelock College in June 2016, a position she has held since 2004. Association of American Colleges and Univer...

Harvard Health Dean Named to Lead University of Miami; Boston Chamber Pots New Chief

Comings and Goings ... The University of Miami appointed Dr. Julio Frenk, current dean of faculty at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Mexico's former minister of health, to be its next president, succeeding Donna E. Shalala, who led the university since 2001 and before that, was the longest-serving U.S. secretary of health and human services. The Greater Boston Chamber named Mas...

Lawyer Wool Chairs NEBHE, Entrepreneur Gabrieli Chairs Mass BHE, Former Maine Guv Candidate Cutler to Lead Merger at UMS

Comings and Goings ... Vermont lawyer Michael Wool became chair of the New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE), succeeding former Maine state Sen. Emily Cain, who stepped down as NEBHE chair to run for a seat in the U.S. Congress. Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker appointed Chris Gabrieli and Sheila Harrity to the Board of Higher Education, and designated Gabrieli as its new chair, succeedi...

From Malawi Leader to Guvs to Actor Redford, More Commencement Speakers at New England Colleges

Joyce Banda, former president of Malawi Naturalist and free-speech advocate Terry Tempest Williams will address the Unity College graduation on Saturday, May 9 at 1 p.m. in the Unity gym. Joyce Banda, president of the Republic of Malawi from 2012 to 2014, will deliver the Wheelock College undergraduate commencement address on Friday, May 15 at 10 a.m. Temple Israel. MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnel...

New Leaders Named at USM, USJ, Maine Technology Institute

Comings and Goings ... The University of Maine System announced that Harvey Kesselman will become the new president of the University of Southern Maine. Kesselman is currently provost and executive vice president of Stockton University in Pomona, N.J. The University of Saint Joseph Board of Trustees appointed Rhona Free, to be its next president, effective July 1. Free has had an extensive ...

New Leaders Named at Johnson State, MCLA, Mass State Ed Board, Boston Schools

Comings and Goings ...The Vermont State Colleges Board of Trustees named Elaine Collins to be the next president of Johnson State College, succeeding President Barbara Murphy when she retires June 30. Collins is currently dean and chief operating officer of the College of Education at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Mich., and served as interim vice president of academic affairs at Mas...

GSC Taps New Leader, Testing Goes Dutch, Palmer Raids

Comings and Goings ... The University System of New Hampshire selected UNH Vice President for Student and Academic Services Mark Rubinstein to be the next president of Granite State College, effective March 31. ACT named Cito leader Marten Roorda to be its next CEO, succeeding Jon Whitmore, who is retiring in the fall. Cito is a nonprofit test publishing company based in the Netherlands. Iris P...

Acting Leaders at RISD and Online Learning Consortium Get Permanent Posts; Wheaton’s Crutcher Heads South

Comings and Goings ... Rhode Island School of Design’s Board of Trustees appointed furniture designer and interim President Rosanne Somerson to be the college's 17th president. The board of directors of the Online Learning Consortium (OLC), formerly The Sloan Consortium, named acting chief operations officer Thomas Hargis to the post on a permanent basis, and Karen Pedersen, most recently ...

The Gist of It: Ed Changes in the Ocean State

Comings and Goings ... Rhode Island Education Commissioner Deborah A. Gist was chosen to be the new school superintendent in her native Tulsa, Oklahoma. Rhode Island Gov. Gina M. Raimondo announced she would nominate Citizens Financial Group Executive Vice President Barbara Cottam to chair the state Board of Education. She also planned to nominate First Bristol Corporation CEO and former ...

New Chair at UMass; Rose Rambles to Bowdoin; Changing Principals at Exeter

Woolridge Comings and Goings ... Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker appointed Victor Woolridge to chair the University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees. A vice president of Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers and current UMass trustee, Woolridge will succeed Henry M. Thomas III, as chair. Thomas, president of the Urban League of Springfield, will stay on the UMass board. Woolridge's first prio...