Academic

Theophilus Danzy will be the head football coach for the football program that is being reinstated at Stillman College (Ala.) in 1999, after nearly 50 years. Danzy has head-coaching experience at several colleges, most recently at Alcorn State University in Mississippi. Danzy earned a bachelor's and a master's degrees in health, physical education, and recreation, both from Tennessee State University.

Dr. Willie Hooker has joined the art department at North Carolina A&T University. Hooker, an internationally recognized artist whose work includes sculptures and drawings, comes from Dillard University in New Orleans, where he was coordinator of the art department. Hooker earned a bachelor's degree in art education from Tennessee State University; a master's degree in studio painting from Peabody Vanderbilt University; and a doctorate in art education from Illinois State University.

Kim Miles has been named assistant dean of financial aid at Pasadena City College in California. Most recently, she was the senior advisor for financial aid at California State University-Los Angeles. Miles earned an associate's in arts degree from Pasadena City College; a bachelor's degree in journalism, and a master's degree in counseling, both from California State University-Los Angeles.

Wanda L. Ochei has been appointed coordinator of Judicial Affairs and commuter student services at East Stroudsburg University in Pennsylvania. She comes from Cleveland State University, where she was assistant to the dean for Judicial Affairs. Ochei earned a bachelor's degree in business education from East Carolina University; and a master's degree in student personnel administration from Central Missouri State University.

Dr. Marian Gray Secundy has been named the director of the new Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care at Tuskegee University. The Center is one of the action steps launched following President Bill Clinton's apology to the nation for the infamous U.S. Public Health Syphilis Study. Previously, Secundy was a professor in the Howard University College of Medicine. Secundy earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Vasser College (N.Y.); a master's degree in community organization/social work from Bryn Mawr College (Pa.); and a doctorate in medical humanities/bioethics from the Union Graduate Institute (Ohio).
Dr. Louis Stokes, the former U.S. Congressman, will join the faculty of the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University as a senior visiting scholar in the practice of social policy and community revitalization. His three-year appointment begins in February. Stokes earned a bachelor's degree from Case Western Reserve University; and a law degree from Cleveland Marshall Law School. He has an honorary doctor of laws degree from Case Western Reserve University.