Two African American Scholars Announce They Are Stepping Down From Top-Level Posts
Carolyn R. Hodges, vice provost and dean of the Graduate School at the University of Tennessee, will return to her faculty post and Mary H. Gresham, vice provost for educational collaboration and engagement at the University at Buffalo, is retiring at the end of the year.
Pamela Hammond to Step Down as Interim President of Virginia State University
Dr. Hammond has been serving as interim president since January 1, 2015. She is the first woman to serve as president of the university. Dr. Hammond is the former provost at Hampton University.
President of Voorhees College Announces He Will Step Down
Cleveland L. Sellers Jr., a celebrated leader of the civil rights movement and president of Voorhees College in Denmark, South Carolina, announced that he will step down at the end of the current academic year.
Two African Americans Step Down From High-Level University Posts
Cheryl Harrelson has stepped down as vice president for advancement at New Mexico State University and Elfred Anthony Pinkard has retired as executive vice president and chief operating officer at Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte.
Two African Americans Are Leaving Their High-Level Posts at Flagship State Universities
Linda Williams, associate chancellor and chief ethics, risk and compliance officer at the University of California Berkeley has retired and Maurice Daniels, dean of the School of Social Work at the University of Georgia, is returning to the faculty.
Two High-Ranking Black Academics Announce Their Retirements
Billy K. Cannaday Jr., dean of the School of Continuing and Professional Studies at the University of Virginia, and Amelia Ross-Hammond, a professor and director of service-learning and civic engagement at Norfolk State University, are retiring.
Two Black Leaders Are Leaving Their University Posts
Yaw D. Yeboah is stepping down as dean of the Florida A&M University/Florida State University College of Engineering and David A. Jones is leaving his post as vice president for human resources at Stanford University.
Four African Americans Announce They Are Leaving Their College and University Posts
Those who are stepping down are Clyde B. Jones III at the University of Pittsburgh, Valerie B. Lee at Ohio State University, Patience Essah at Auburn University, and Charles Meadows at Morehouse College.
Alecia A. DeCoudreaux Is Stepping Down as President of Mills College in June 2016
Alecia A. DeCoudreaux, president of Mills College in Oakland, California, has announced that she will step down in June 2016. She became president of the women's college on July 1, 2011 after a long career in the legal department of Eli Lilly and Company.
LeRoy Pernell Stepping Down as Dean of the College of Law at Florida A&M...
Professor Pernell became dean in 2008. Previously he served for 10 years as dean of the College of Law at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. He will now return to his full-time faculty position at the FAMU law school.
Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran, President of Kalamazoo College, to Retire
Dr. Wilson-Oyelaran has served as the 17th president of the college since July 2005. A native of Los Angeles, Dr. Wilson-Oyelaran taught at the University of Ife in Nigeria for 14 years before returning to the U.S. in 1988.
Helen Giles-Gee Leaves Presidency of the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
Dr. Giles-Gee became the 22nd president of the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia in July 2012. She was the first woman and the first African American president in the nearly 200-year history of the university.
Michael Young Retiring From the University of California, Santa Barbara
Michael Young , vice chancellor for student affairs at the University of California, Santa Barbara, has announced that he will retire on January 31, 2015. He has been on the staff at the university since 1990.
Howard College of Dentistry Dean Leo Rouse Announces His Retirement
Dr. Rouse will continue as dean of the Howard University College of Dentistry for the remainder of the current academic year and then take a one semester sabbatical before retiring next December.
University of Iowa’s Charles Green Is Stepping Down
Charles Green, director of public safety at the University of Iowa, has announced that he will retire on January 9, 2015. Green has been on the staff at the university for 29 years and has served in his current post for two decades.
President of Virginia State University to Step Down
After meeting in a three-hour closed-door session with the Virginia State University board of visitors, university president Keith T. Miller announced that he will step down on December 31.
Two African American Educators Announce Their Retirements
Hudlin Wagner vice president for student development and dean of students at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota is stepping down at the end of the academic year. Carl Prather was named professor emeritus of mathematics at Virginia Tech.
Alice Simpkins Retires After 42 Years at Paine College in Augusta, Georgia
In 1972, Simpkins was hired as a professional tutor at Paine College. She held the post of director of institutional research for more than a quarter century until her retirement this year.
Norman Francis Announces He Will Retire From the Presidency of Xavier University
An icon of American higher education, Norman C. Francis is the longest-tenured serving university president in the United States with nearly 47 years as head of the nation's only HBCU affiliated with the Catholic Church.
McKinley Boston Retiring as Athletics Director at New Mexico State University
Dr. Boston has served as athletics director at New Mexico State University for the past 10 years. Earlier in his academic career he was director of athletics at the University of Minnesota, where he also served as vice president for student affairs.
C. Dwight Lahr Is Retiring From Teaching at Dartmouth College
C. Dwight Lahr was named professor of mathematics emeritus at Dartmouth College. He first joined the Dartmouth faculty in 1975 as an assistant professor.
Two African American Leaders Are Stepping Down From Their University Posts
Linda R. Crump will soon step down as assistant to the chancellor for equity, access, and diversity programs at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln and Royal P. Walker Jr. has retired from his position as executive director of the Institute of Disability Studies at the University of Southern Mississippi.
Two High-Ranking African American University Administrators Announce Their Retirements
John F. Knight Jr. has announced that he will retire from his post as executive vice president at Alabama State University and Delores Taylor, associate vice provost for enrollment services at Virginia Commonwealth University, also is stepping down.
Wellesley College Philosopher and Poet Stepping Down After 41 Years
Ifeanyi Menkiti, a native of Nigeria, earned a Ph.D. at Harvard University, where philosopher John Rawls supervised his dissertation. Dr. Menkiti is the author of four collections of poetry.
Two African American Women Announce Their Retirements
Charlotte Pierce-Baker is retiring from teaching and was named professor emerita at Vanderbilt University. Lelia Crawford is retiring after 35 years as an administrator at Emory University.
Mary Evans Sias Is Leaving the Presidency of Kentucky State University
Dr. Silas has been president at Kentucky State since 2004. She is the only woman serving as president of any state-operated university in Kentucky. Before coming to Kentucky State, Dr. Sias was an administrator at the University of Texas at Dallas.
University of Louisville Dean to Take a Leave of Absence
Carolyn Callahan has announced that she will step down from her post as dean of the College of Business at the University of Louisville for "personal and family reasons." She is the first African American to hold the dean post.
Diane Boardley Suber Out as President of Saint Augustine’s University
President Suber's ouster comes on the heels of several difficult months at the university. Enrollments have dropped which has led to increased financial difficulties and turmoil among high-level administrators.
Grambling State University President to Step Down on June 30
Dr. Frank G. Pogue was named interim president of the university on December 15, 2009 and was elevated to job on a permanent basis in July 2010. He is the former president of Edinboro State University in Pennsylvania.
Huston-Tillotson President to Step Down in 2015
Larry L. Earvin has been president of the historically Black educational institution in Austin, Texas, since 2000. During his tenure as president, enrollments at the school have nearly doubled.
North Carolina Central University Official to Take County Manager Post
Wendell Davis, vice chancellor for administration and finance at North Carolina Central University in Durham, has announced that he will step down from his post in April to become Durham County Manager.
Alcorn State University President M. Christopher Brown II Resigns
Dr. Brown has led Alcorn State since 2010. Earlier in his career, he was provost at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennesee, and dean of education at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Mercile Lee Retires As Vice Provost at the University of Wisconsin
For the past 30 years, Lee's responsibilities have included overseeing the Chancellor's and Powers-Knapp Scholarship programs, which she founded in 1984 to help students from minority or disadvantaged backgrounds.
A Change in Leadership at Howard University
Sidney A. Ribeau has announced that he is stepping down as president of Howard University in Washington, D.C. President Ribeau has served as Howard's president for five years. Provost Wayne A.I. Frederick was named interim president.
Dorothy Yancy to Step Down From Presidency of Shaw University
Dr. Yancy, who has served as leader of Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, will stay on until a successor is found. Earlier in her career she served for 14 years as president of Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Mary Schmidt Campbell to Step Down as Dean of the Tisch School of the...
Mary Schmidt Campbell, dean of the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University for the past 22 years, will take a one-year sabbatical and then return to the Tisch School as a tenured professor in the department of art and public policy.
