A few calendar items ...
Antioch University New England will host "In Bloom in Keene: Promising Practices in Nature-based Early Childhood Education," featuring nationally recognized keynote speakers and workshops by local practitioners on the education and health benefits of being in the natural world with children, on Thursday, May 12 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Cartoonist, rapper and multimedia arti...
Rep. Roberta B. Willis
Comings and Goings ...
Connecticut state Rep. Roberta B. Willis (D-Salisbury), a stalwart NEBHE delegate and longtime co-chair of Connecticut's Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee, announced she will not seek re-election this November after 16 years in the General Assembly.
Robert (Bob) W. Allen, president and CEO of the Windham Foundation of Grafton, Vt...
We have tried to be fairly comprehensive in announcing New England college commencements in three posts: The Greatest Lecture Series on Earth? and The Show Goes On and Commencements … Last Call … Of course, with 250 or so higher ed institutions in the region, a few escaped. Among them ...
Basketball Hall of Famer Bill Walton will give the commencement address for New England Institute of ...
Comings and Goings ...
Marlene M. Johnson announced she will retire as president and CEO of NAFSA: Association of International Educators at the end of December 2016.
The Massachusetts Bay Community College Board of Trustees recommended David Podell, vice president for academic affairs and dean of faculty at Marymount Manhattan College in New York, to be the next president of MassBay.
Nancy T...
New England Commencements ...
University of Connecticut schools and colleges will hold separate commencements on Saturday, May 7 and Sunday, May 8. Speakers include: National Science Foundation Director France A. Córdova, School of Engineering; screenwriter Oliver Stone, Graduate School; Judge Christopher F. Droney, School of Law; commentator Charles Osgood, Schools of Medicine and Dental ...
More Commencements ...
Christine Keville, the first female national president and foundation chair of the Construction Management Association of America, will keynote Wentworth Institute of Technology’s commencement on Saturday, April 23, beginning at 10 a.m. at the Boston Marriott Copley.
Entrepreneur Frederick H. Kocher, the former president of the NH High Technology Council, will a...
Pulsipher
Comings and Goings ...
The Western Governors University (WGU) Board of Trustees named Scott D. Pulsipher to be its new president, effective April 11. The former president of Needle Inc. and general manager for Amazon Webstore, Pulsipher succeeds Robert Mendenhall, who led the nonprofit online WGU from its beginning in 1999, into a major university today with nearly 70,000 students and ...
Chard
Comings and Goings ...
David J. Chard, dean of the Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education and Human Development at Southern Methodist University, was named the 14th president of Wheelock College, effective July 1.
The Maine Community College System Board of Trustees appointed Lisa Larson, who currently serves as vice president for academic and student affairs at Minnesota&...
Williams
Comings and Goings ...
Epidemiologist Michelle A. Williams, a professor at the Harvard School of Public Health, will become the first black person to head a faculty at Harvard and the first female dean of the school, beginning in July.
Susan D. Stuebner, executive vice president and chief operating officer at Pennsylvania's Allegheny College, was named the ninth ...
O'Rourke
Comings and Goings ...
Syracuse University fundraising expert Elizabeth “Lil” Breul O’Rourke was named president of the University of Rhode Island Foundation.
Michael Gargano, former provost of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities system, was named president of St. Vincent's College in Bridgeport, Conn.
Colleen Fitzpatrick, an assistant vice presid...
A few calendar items ...
Antioch University New England will host "In Bloom in Keene: Promising Practices in Nature-based Early Childhood Education," featuring nationally recognized keynote speakers and workshops by local practitioners on the education and health benefits of being in the natural world with children, on Thursday, May 12 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Cartoonist, rapper and multimedia arti... 
Rep. Roberta B. Willis
Comings and Goings ...
Connecticut state Rep. Roberta B. Willis (D-Salisbury), a stalwart NEBHE delegate and longtime co-chair of Connecticut's Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee, announced she will not seek re-election this November after 16 years in the General Assembly.
Robert (Bob) W. Allen, president and CEO of the Windham Foundation of Grafton, Vt... 
We have tried to be fairly comprehensive in announcing New England college commencements in three posts: The Greatest Lecture Series on Earth? and The Show Goes On and Commencements … Last Call … Of course, with 250 or so higher ed institutions in the region, a few escaped. Among them ...
Basketball Hall of Famer Bill Walton will give the commencement address for New England Institute of ... 
Comings and Goings ...
Marlene M. Johnson announced she will retire as president and CEO of NAFSA: Association of International Educators at the end of December 2016.
The Massachusetts Bay Community College Board of Trustees recommended David Podell, vice president for academic affairs and dean of faculty at Marymount Manhattan College in New York, to be the next president of MassBay.
Nancy T... 
New England Commencements ...
University of Connecticut schools and colleges will hold separate commencements on Saturday, May 7 and Sunday, May 8. Speakers include: National Science Foundation Director France A. Córdova, School of Engineering; screenwriter Oliver Stone, Graduate School; Judge Christopher F. Droney, School of Law; commentator Charles Osgood, Schools of Medicine and Dental ... 
More Commencements ...
Christine Keville, the first female national president and foundation chair of the Construction Management Association of America, will keynote Wentworth Institute of Technology’s commencement on Saturday, April 23, beginning at 10 a.m. at the Boston Marriott Copley.
Entrepreneur Frederick H. Kocher, the former president of the NH High Technology Council, will a... 
Pulsipher
Comings and Goings ...
The Western Governors University (WGU) Board of Trustees named Scott D. Pulsipher to be its new president, effective April 11. The former president of Needle Inc. and general manager for Amazon Webstore, Pulsipher succeeds Robert Mendenhall, who led the nonprofit online WGU from its beginning in 1999, into a major university today with nearly 70,000 students and ... 
Chard
Comings and Goings ...
David J. Chard, dean of the Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education and Human Development at Southern Methodist University, was named the 14th president of Wheelock College, effective July 1.
The Maine Community College System Board of Trustees appointed Lisa Larson, who currently serves as vice president for academic and student affairs at Minnesota&... 
Williams
Comings and Goings ...
Epidemiologist Michelle A. Williams, a professor at the Harvard School of Public Health, will become the first black person to head a faculty at Harvard and the first female dean of the school, beginning in July.
Susan D. Stuebner, executive vice president and chief operating officer at Pennsylvania's Allegheny College, was named the ninth ... 
O'Rourke
Comings and Goings ...
Syracuse University fundraising expert Elizabeth “Lil” Breul O’Rourke was named president of the University of Rhode Island Foundation.
Michael Gargano, former provost of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities system, was named president of St. Vincent's College in Bridgeport, Conn.
Colleen Fitzpatrick, an assistant vice presid...