Posts Categorized: People

New Hampshire College and University Council’s Horgan to Retire Next June

Horgan Comings and Goings ... Thomas R. Horgan announced he will leave his post as president and CEO of the New Hampshire College & University Council, effective June 2017. A NEBHE delegate since 2006, Horgan has played a key role advancing New England collaborations, including work on NEBHE's Higher Education Innovation Challenge. Also see Labor Day and Some Crumbs from the NEJHE Beat. Qui...

Replacing a Lost Card

Comings and Goings ... Kim Mooney, the provost and vice president for academic affairs of Franklin Pierce University, was named the sixth president of the university and the first alumna and first woman to lead the institution. She succeeds Andrew Card, the former chief of staff to U.S. President George W. Bush, who is stepping down at Franklin Pierce after less than two years as president. Ri...

Poet Laureate to be Interim Prez at MECA; Changing Watch at Naval War College

Kestenbaum Comings and Goings ... Maine’s poet laureate Stuart Kestenbaum, the former director of the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, was named interim president of the Maine College of Art, succeeding Don Tuski, who left the Portland, Maine college after six years in July to become president at Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, Oregon. Rear Adm. Jeffrey A. Harley became t...

Bertolino Moves from Lyndon State to SCSU; Fairfield U May Appoint Its First Non-Jesuit Prez; Unity Going the Distance

Bertolino Comings and Goings ... The Connecticut Board of Regents for Higher Education selected Lyndon State College President Joe Bertolino to be the 12th president of Southern Connecticut State University. A NEBHE delegate, Bertolino will succeed Mary Papazian who resigned as of July 1. The Rev. Jeffrey von Arx, president of Fairfield University since 2004, will leave the university for an as...

Rice Named Interim Head of UMPI; Antioch Presidents Let Go as System “Deeply” Consolidates

Rice Comings and Goings ... University of Maine at Presque Isle (UMPI) Provost Raymond J. Rice was appointed interim president of UMPI, where he will remain as provost. The appointment follows the announcement that outgoing President Linda Schott was chosen to lead Southern Oregon University. New Hampshire's Keene Sentinel newspaper reported that the Antioch University system "terminated the re...

Schott to Leave UMPI; Vt Smiths Change Roles

SchottComings and Goings ...University of Maine at Presque Isle President Linda Schott accepted an offer to serve as president of Southern Oregon University. Schott began her service in UMPI in 2012. NEBHE recognized UMPI’s achievements in personalized education with its 2016 Maine State Merit Award.Vermont Technical College President Dan Smith accepted the job of president and CEO of t...

NAICU’s Flanagan Speaks on Student Unit Records Debate in Radio Higher Ed Podcast

Through its partnership with RadioHigherEd.com, NEJHE is pleased to provide a conversation about the debate over federal unit records system in higher education with Sarah Flanagan, vice president for government relations & policy development with the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU). Radio Higher Ed’s entire podcast collection can be accessed b...

From Portland to Portland, Plus Salon Looks in the Mirror

Comings and Goings ... Don Tuski announced he is leaving the presidency of Maine College of Art in Portland, Maine, after six years to become president at the Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, Ore. David Daley, the editor-in-chief of Salon.com, was named  CEO/publisher of the Connecticut News Project, publisher of the CTMirror and its sister websites TrendCT and CT Viewpoints. ...

Zimpher to Step Down as SUNY Chancellor

Comings and Goings ... Nancy L. Zimpher, chancellor of the State University of New York system, will resign on June 30, 2017, after seven years leading the nation's largest comprehensive system of higher education. Zimpher forged notable cross-sector partnerships in areas ranging from early college high schools to transfer and research commercialization. She keynoted NEBHE's October 2015 confer...

Higher Ed and Intellectual Disabilities

Massachusetts state Rep. Tom Sannicandro is House Chair of the Joint Committee on Higher Education and a member of NEBHE's Legislative Advisory Committee. He is also the father of a child with Down syndrome. He chaired the Special Education Parent Advisory Council in Ashland, Mass., before becoming a school committee member in 2000 and state representative in 2005. In his time on Beacon Hil...