Public Institution

The North Dakota State Board of Higher Education has named Dr. Alan LaFave as the next President of Valley City State University. Dr. LaFave currently serves as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Northern State University in Aberdeen, South Dakota.

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City University of New York Interim Chancellor Vita C. Rabinowitz has appointed Claudia V. Schrader president of Kingsborough Community College and made interim appointments for the top posts at Queensborough and Borough of Manhattan Community Colleges. Dr. Schrader is currently Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic and Student Success at Bronx Community College and previously served in senior positions at Medgar Evers College.

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The South Dakota Board of Regents has appointed Paul B. Beran as the new executive director and chief executive officer. Prior to his appointment, Dr. Beran comes from the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith as the chancellor of the university. Dr. Beran assumes the position on or before September 4th.

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Fairfield University is pleased to announce that Sean. M. Horan, PhD, has been appointed the new chair of the College of Arts and Sciences Communication Department. Dr. Horan, who was impressively identified as the fifth most published communication researcher between the years of 2012-2016, and the 21st most central communication scholar from 2007-2011, will begin his tenure in the fall of 2018.

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The University of Minnesota Crookston search committee has placed Dr. John Hoffman as the vice chancellor for academic and student affairs of the university, scheduled to begin July 30, 2018. Dr. Hoffman comes from California State University, Fullerton, where he has served as chair of the Department of Education Leadership since 2013 and as director of the Doctor of Educational Leadership Program since 2012.

The Henry Ford College (HFC) Board of Trustees announced the pending appointment of Russell A. Kavalhuna, J.D., A.T.P. as president of HFC.

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Michael Kingan has been named Southern’s new vice president for institutional advancement, effective July 9, 2018. Most recently, Kingan was the vice president for development and alumni relations at the University of Texas at Arlington, a Carnegie Research-1 institution that ranks among the top five most diverse student populations of all comprehensive public universities in the nation.

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The University of Guam Board of Regents voted for Thomas Krise, a retired Air Force officer who chaired the English department at a Florida university, as the UOG president-elect. Krise was the chairman of the English department at the University of Central Florida.

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The Board of Trustees of the City Colleges of Chicago recently approved the appointment of Dr. Ignacio Lopez as President of Harold Washington College. Dr. Lopez has served as Interim President of Harold Washington College since September 2017.

The Board of Trustees of the City Colleges of Chicago recently approved the appointment of David Sanders as President of Malcolm X College. Mr. Sanders has served as Interim President of Malcolm X College since July 2015, when he oversaw the successful transition of the college’s nearly 900 employees and 11,000 students into the new college building.