Mon, 02/27/2023 - 1:35pm
by Jewel Caruso
Jim Morrison (EdD, 2011) was recently named the new chief strategy officer for the University of Oklahoma. This role will involve overseeing the coordinated implementation of strategic plans to “ensure university-wide alignment and progress across all three OU campuses.”
President Joseph Harrox Jr spoke on Morrison’s career, “Morrison has focused his career on higher education strategy and improvement, and we are incredibly…
Tue, 02/07/2023 - 8:31am
by Jewel Caruso
A research paper co-authored by Amy Stich and Melissa Whatley in 2020 recently appeared in The Chronicle of Higher Education.
The new article, titled "Latitudes: To Improve Study-Abroad Rates, College Focus on the Missing Students" by Karin Fischer, discusses the obstacles underrepresented students experience with study abroad opportunities. When the topic of research is brought up, Fischer brings in Whatley and Stich's paper…
Wed, 02/01/2023 - 11:50am
by Jewel Caruso
Hee Jung Gong (PhD 2021) recently accepted a tenure-track assistant professor position in the department of educational leadership, policy and technology studies at the University of Alabama.
Hee Jung shared her excitement on her new position, "I am truly excited to join the Department of Educational Leadership, Policy and Technology studies at the University of Alabama as a tenure-track assistant professor in the higher…
Wed, 01/11/2023 - 9:29am
by Jewel Caruso
Danielle Buehrer (EdD, 2021) was elected to the Southern Association of College and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) Board of Trustees this past December.
In their annual meeting in December, Buehrer was voted in by the majority of the College Delegate Assembly. She started her three-year term on January 1st, along with the rest of the Class of 2025.
When asked about her goals for her new appointment, Buehrer said she…
Tue, 01/10/2023 - 3:46pm
by Jewel Caruso
John Mitchell (EdD 2011) recently wrote an opinion piece in ITProToday called "Take a Ridge on the Workforce Rollercoaster." Mitchell uses a rollercoaster as a metaphor for the ever-changing job seeking environment, and how companies should change their mindset to adapt and be "armed with the best tools and resources on the hiring front."
In the article, he also announced his upcoming Forbes book, Fire Your Hiring Habits, will…
Tue, 01/10/2023 - 10:52am
by Jewel Caruso
Ben Cecil (PhD 2022) and Justin Jeffery (PhD 2021) co-authored an article recently published in the Journal of Higher Education Policy and Leadership Studies. The paper, "International Student Engagement: Closing Gaps and Internationalizing Student Affairs," was released in the December 2022 issue.
International students experience many challenges at US Institutions; such as, language barriers, misunderstandings of their culture…
Mon, 01/09/2023 - 10:00am
by Jewel Caruso
Tracey Ford (EdD 2002) has been named the next associate vice chancellor for student affairs at The University of Texas System. She will assume this position in late March 2023.
In her role as associate vice chancellor, Ford "will serve as a resource to student affairs leaders across the right UT academic institutions and provide strategic direction in the support and expansion of programs addressing student affairs and campus…
Thu, 01/05/2023 - 9:27am
by Jewel Caruso
Kate Collier (doctoral student), Sondra Barringer (former post doc), and Karley Riffe (alumnus) appear in The International Journal of Higher Education Research. The paper, "University presidents as agents of connection: an exploratory study of elite presidential ties in the United States, 2005-2020," explores how university presidents form relations between their institutions and external organizations. Using data from elite…
Tue, 12/13/2022 - 11:48am
by Jewel Caruso
Lindsay Coco (PhD 2015) has been named the inaugural University Alliance Fellow for the University of Utah.
Coco currently serves at the special assistant to the Dean of Undergraduate Studies. In her 17 years of experience, she has built first-generation student programming, scholars' programs, rural student success programs, and an early start college program. Previously, she was the assistant director for initiatives at UGA.
In…
Tue, 12/06/2022 - 11:02am
by Jewel Caruso
Solomon Hughes (PhD 2013) was featured in UGAToday covering his Emmy-nominated HBO series Winning Time.
Hughes plays Kareem Abdul-Jabber, an iconic basketball player and social activist, who won a President Medal of Freedom. Hughes drew on personal experiences as a former player of the University of California-Berkeley, as a student and administrator in academic to hone his portrayal of Adbul-Jabber.
According to UGAToday, the "…