Appointments

• Atiya K. Stokes-Brown was appointed assistant professor of political science at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. She held a similar position at Florida State University.

Dr. Stokes-Brown is a graduate of Randolph College. She holds a master’s degree from Temple University and a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Maryland.

• Patricia Corey Bradley was named assistant university counsel at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. In 2007 she retired from the Judge Advocate General’s Corps of the U.S. Army.

Bradley holds bachelor’s and law degrees from Howard University.

• La Vondra Farquharson was appointed assistant director of public relations at Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, North Carolina. She was the public information officer for the city of Monroe, North Carolina.

Farquharson is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She holds a master’s degree in English from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

• Tracey Reeves was named director of news and information at Johns Hopkins University. She was a reporter and editor for the Washington Post.

Reeves is a graduate of Illinois State University.

• Rodell Lawrence was appointed assistant vice president for alumni relations at South Carolina State University. Lawrence, a graduate of South Carolina State University, was a senior executive at Xerox Corporation.

• Sylvia Turner was promoted to dean of fine and performing arts at Santa Ana College in California. She was the associate dean of fine and performing arts.

Dean Turner is a graduate of Antioch College. She holds a master’s degree from the University of Chicago.

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