Peter Roby has been named athletic director at Northeastern University (Mass.). He becomes only the second Black AD at a New England Division I institution. Roby was previously director of Northeastern’s Center for the Study of Sport in Society. He earned a bachelor’s from Dartmouth College.
Dr. Maurice Apprey has been named dean of the Office of African-American Affairs at the University of Virginia. He had been serving in an interim role. Apprey earned a bachelor’s from the College of Emporia, a doctorate from the Saybrook Institute and Research Center in Germany and a doctorate from Case Western Reserve University.
Dr. Elizabeth Garcia has been appointed dean of multicultural affairs at Connecticut College. She had previously been director of the college’s Unity House. Garcia holds a bachelor’s from Brown University and a master’s and doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley.
Dr. Frank Hernandez has been named director of the Center for Excellence in Urban Teaching at Hamline University (Minn.). He holds a bachelor’s from Barclay College, a master’s from 
St. Mary’s University of Minnesota and a doctorate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
