JBHE: Latest News for 5/28/09

Appointments, Promotions, and Resignations

• Nina M. Moore, an associate professor of political science at Colgate University, was appointed to a four-year term on the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct.

Dr. Moore is a graduate of Knox College. She holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Chicago.

• Leo H. McWilliams, an instructor in engineering at the University of Notre Dame, was named director of the Minority Engineering Program at the university. He has taught at Notre Dame since 2002.

Dr. McWilliams holds bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees from Notre Dame.

• Abi Aghayere was appointed professor and associate dean for academic affairs at the College of Professional Studies at Drexel University in Philadelphia. He has served as chair of the department of civil engineering technology, environmental management, and safety at the Rochester Institute of Technology.

A graduate of the University of Lagos in Nigeria, Dr. Aghayere holds a master’s degree from MIT and a Ph.D. in structural engineering from the University of Alberta.

• William E. Spriggs, chair of the department of economics at Howard University, was nominated by President Obama as assistant secretary for policy at the U.S. Department of Labor.

Dr. Spriggs is a graduate of Williams College. He holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Wisconsin.

• A. Zachary Yamba, president of Essex County College in Newark, New Jersey, has announced that he is retiring at the end of this year. Yamba, a native of Ghana, has served as president of the college since 1980.

• S. James Gates Jr., the John S. Toll Professor of Physics and director of the Center for String and Particle Theory at the University of Maryland, was appointed by President Obama to the President’s Council of Advisers on Science and Technology.

• Shirley Ann Jackson, president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, and former director of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, was appointed by President Obama to the President’s Council of Advisers on Science and Technology.