Tag: Interim president

Leadership & Policy

An Open Letter to Trustees of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)

Although I have lost count of the number of HBCU presidential vacancies and recent appointments, suffice it to say I believe the number of vacancies is far too high in proportion to the number of HBCUs as a percent of the total number of colleges and universities. The situation is so dire that some presidents are not in office long enough to be officially inaugurated. This is unacceptable, and alumni and other institutional constituents become part of the problem when they refuse to speak out in a constructive manner.

August 6, 2021

African-American

Dr. Hiram Powell Named Interim President at Bethune-Cookman University

Dr. Hiram C. Powell has been named interim president of Bethune-Cookman University (B-CU), effective June 1, 2021. Powell is currently the dean of performing arts and communications. Having been at B-CU since 1977, Powell has served in leadership roles such as interim provost and vice president of institutional advancement, dean of graduate studies and associate […]

April 23, 2021

News Roundup

Dr. Ronnie Hopkins Appointed Interim President at Voorhees College

Dr. Ronnie Hopkins has been appointed interim president of Voorhees College after the departure of Dr. W. Franklin Evans, the school’s ninth president, The Times and Democrat reported. After four years as president, Evans took another job as the first African American president of West Virginia’s West Liberty University on Jan. 1. Previously, Hopkins was […]

January 6, 2021

News Roundup

Dr. Vann Newkirk Sr. Named Interim President at Fisk University

The Fisk University Board of Trustees has named Dr. Vann Newkirk Sr. as the interim president of the private historically Black university in Nashville, Tenn. Newkirk has more than 20 years of higher education leadership experience and “his expertise in accreditation matters and programmatic development is nationally recognized, and he has established himself as a […]

August 25, 2020

Home

Home-Grown Candidate Selected as Next President of CCNY

Interim President Dr. Vincent Boudreau has been tapped to fill the permanent position.

December 7, 2017

HBCUs

Howard-Vital Appointed Interim President at FMU

Dr. Michelle R. Howard-Vital, a seasoned university administrator who spent seven years as president of Cheyney University in Pennsylvania, has been tapped by the board of trustees at Florida Memorial University to serve as its interim president

August 6, 2017

Leadership & Policy

Morehouse Appoints Harold Martin as Interim President

The Morehouse College Board of Trustees has appointed alumnus Harold Martin Jr. as interim president. Martin takes on the day-to-day leadership of the college following the death of Interim President William J. Taggart earlier this month. “While these circumstances are certainly unprecedented, I am honored to step into the role of Interim President of Morehouse […]

June 26, 2017