A Trio of African Americans Appointed to New Admnistrative Posts in Higher Education

Jonathan Solomon has been named the assistant director of the John B. Ervin Scholars Program at Washington University in St. Louis. He was the director of the Upward Bound program at Harris-Stowe State University in St. Louis.

Solomon holds a bachelor’s degree from Langston University in Oklahoma, a master’s degree from the University of Oklahoma, and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. from Indiana State University.

Doris Clark-Sarr was appointed senior director of development for Talladega College in Alabama. She is the former director of Upward Bound programs at Murray State University in Kentucky.

Dr. Clark-Sarr holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing, a master’s degree in organizational communication, and a master of public administration degree, all from Murray State University. She earned a Ph.D. in urban higher education from Jackson State University in Mississippi.

Jameia Tennie was promoted to director of undergraduate admissions at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in Greensboro. She had been serving in the position on an interim basis. Tennie joined the staff at the university in 2012 and served as assistant director of transfer admissions and later as senior associate director of admissions.

Tennie earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology at Hampton University in Virginia. She holds a master’s degree in adult education from North Carolina A&T State University.

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