Four African Americans Named to New Administrative Positions at State Universities

Isaac Moore was appointed director of alumni engagement at Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina. He was the senior assistant director of alumni relations at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.

Moore is a graduate of Cheyney University of Pennsylvania. He earned a master of public administration degree from Pennsylvania State University.

Keith Champagne was named vice chancellor for student affairs at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He has been serving as chief diversity officer for intercollegiate athletics at Central Washington University in Ellensburg. He served on the staff there for 27 years.

Dr. Champagne is a graduate of Loyola University, where he majored in communications. He holds a master’s degree from Clarion University of Pennsylvania and a doctorate in educational leadership and policy studies from the University of Washington.

Shondella Reed was assigned to the Office of General Counsel at the University of California, Davis. She is on loan from the general counsel’s office of the University of California System for the current academic year.

Reed holds a bachelor’s degree and a juris doctorate from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Allen Malone was named director of urban and nontraditional programs for the Alabama Cooperative Extension System at Alabama A&M University. Since 2012, he has been a county extension agent for agriculture and natural resources in Houston, Texas.

Dr. Malone holds bachelor’s and master’s degree in agricultural economics from Prairie View A&M University in Texas. He earned a doctorate in agricultural education in a joint program offered by Texas Tech University and Texas A&M University.

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