Appointments

• Dana Terry is the new director of communications at Mississippi College School of Law in Clinton. She was an outreach specialist at the Education Services Foundation in Jackson, Mississippi.

Terry is a graduate of Dillard University. She holds a master’s degree in communication from Mississippi College.

• Elsie Burkhalter, president of the St. Tammany Federation of Teachers and School Employees and a vice president of the American Federation of Teachers, was reelected chair of the board of supervisors of the University of Louisiana system.

• Carol Ann Johnson, an associate professor of family and consumer sciences at Fort Valley State University in Georgia, retired this past week. She served on the university faculty for 22 years.

Professor Johnson is a graduate of South Carolina State University. She holds a master’s degree in institutional management from Kansas State University and a doctorate in home economics education from Florida State University.

• Eurmon Hervey was named chief executive officer of the newly formed community college at the University of the District of Columbia. He previously served as acting provost and vice president for academic affairs at the university.

Dr. Hervey is a graduate of Edward Waters College. He holds master’s degrees from Clark Atlanta University and Harvard University and an educational doctorate from Vanderbilt University.

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