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The Iowa Wesleyan University search committee has appointed Michael Heaton to be the next Vice President for University Advancement. Mr. Heaton is currently the managing director of the Great Plains Regional Office of UNICEF USA.

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The Suffolk University Board of Trustees has elected Dr. Marisa Kelly to be the 11th president of the University. Dr. Kelly has been serving as the Acting President of the University since 2016.

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The Carroll College Board of Trustees has announced the appointment of John Cech, Ph.D. as the 18th president of the college. Dr. Cech currently serves as Deputy Commissioner of Higher Education for the Montana University System, where he is responsible for Academic, Research, and Student Affairs for the State.

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Hartford Seminary’s Board of Trustees named Dr. Joel N. Lohr as the Seminary’s next president. On July 16, he will succeed Dr. Heidi Hadsell, who is retiring after leading the Seminary for 18 years. 

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The Wheaton College search committee has successfully completed their search for the next Chief Intercultural Engagement Officer of the college. They have appointed Dr. Sheila Caldwell to lead the position. Dr. Caldwell, a diversity and student success champion with nearly two decades of experience in higher education, currently holds leadership roles at the University of North Georgia as Advisor to the President on Diversity, Director for Complete College Georgia, and Principal Investigator for an Upward Bound grant

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The Union Institute & University’s Board of Trustees has appointed Dr. Karen Schuster Webb as the university’s sixth president. Dr. Webb succeeds Dr. Roger H. Sublett, who is retiring after serving Union as president since April 2003, effective July 1, 2018. Dr. Webb brings more than 20 years of executive leadership and an impressive career in higher education, most recently as the Midwest campus president and senior advisor for Academic Innovation to the Chancellor at the Antioch University System.

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The Marshall University Dean of Pharmacy Search Committee has appointed Dr. Gayle Brazeau to be the new Dean of the School of Pharmacy at the University.

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The Saint Edward's University Provost Search Committee has concluded their search and appointed Dr. Andrew Prall to assume the position, effective July 1, 2018. Dr. Prall comes to St. Edward's having served as Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of Saint Francis in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

The Augustana College Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Search Committee has completed their search and appointed Dr. Monica Smith to assume the position, effective March 19. Dr. Smith is currently Director of the Office for Diversity and Inclusion at Elizabethtown College in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. Read more here

Dr. Lorraine Sterritt, a national leader in higher education with experience at some of America’s finest institutions, has been named the 17th president of Saint Michael's College in Vermont. Dr. Sterritt will be the first woman to hold the position in the College’s history. Read more here