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Brooks Seay
Brooks Seay Named Interim President at Young Harris College

IHE alumna Brooks Seay (Ed.D. 2011) has been appointed interim president at Young Harris College, where she has been serving as vice president for finance and operations and chief financial officer. Young Harris Board of Trustees Chairman Brantley Barrow made the announcement this week and said she will begin serving at the conclusion of President Cathy Cox's term on July 1. "Dr. Seay has done an outstanding job in her current role,” said Barrow…

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Brajkovic Receives Honorable Mention in Best Dissertation Award Competition

IHE alumna Lucia Brajkovic has received Honorable Mention in the 2017 Best Dissertation Award competition established by the Comparative and International Education Society’s Higher Education Special Interest Group. She was presented with the award in March at the CIES HESIG business meeting in Atlanta. CIES is a scholarly association dedicated to increasing the understanding of educational issues, trends and policies through comparative, cross-…

Haixia Xu
IHE Welcomes Visiting Scholar from China

IHE welcomes visiting scholar and IHE alumna Haixia Xu. The Institute of Higher Education welcomes visiting scholar and IHE alumna Haixia Xu,  a Research Fellow at the National Center for Education Development Research (NCEDR) of the Chinese Ministry of Education. NCEDR is charged with providing consultancy to the leadership of the ministry and its various departments on macro-level education policies in China. Xu is currently on a…


IHE Students Honored at Awards Luncheon

Three doctoral students in the Institute of Higher Education were honored at an awards luncheon hosted by IHE on Dec. 12. Kristin Linthicum and Tiffanie Spencer were the inaugural recipients of awards honoring the memories of IHE faculty members Thomas G. Dyer and J. Douglas Toma. Rachel Burns was named the 11th recipient of the Zell and Shirley Miller Fellowship, established in 2005 to honor the former Georgia governor and his wife. Dyer,…

Houston Davis
IHE Fellow Houston Davis Named University of Central Arkansas President

The University of Central Arkansas Board of Trustees this week named Houston D. Davis as the school’s 11th president. Davis has served as an IHE Fellow since 2012. He joins UCA from Kennesaw State University, where he served as interim president. His additional higher education experience includes serving as the executive vice chancellor and chief academic officer for the University System of Georgia, vice chancellor for academic affairs at…


IHE Alumni Make News with ASHE

Three IHE alumni were recognized in the September 2016 newsletter of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), a scholarly society dedicated to higher education as a field of study. Denisa Gándara (Ph.D. 2016) and Dennis Kramer (Ph.D. 2014) were among those welcomed as the newest members of the ASHE Board of Directors and Councils, while Joy Blanchard (Ph.D. 2008) was listed in the ASHE “Notables” section.  Gándara and…

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Alumna Rebecca Sandidge Takes New Position at Emory University

As of Sept. 1, Sandidge became the special advisor to the dean of Emory University’s Goizueta Business School. IHE alumna Rebecca Sandidge (Ph.D. 2015) has taken a new position in Emory University’s Goizueta Business School. As of Sept. 1, she has moved from the MBA Admissions Office to the Office of the Dean, where she will be special advisor to Dean Erika James.        In this role, Sandidge will spearhead key projects for…

Jennifer Frum
Jennifer Frum on Georgia Trend’s ‘Most Influential’ list

IHE alumna Jennifer Frum (Ph.D., 2009) has been named to Georgia Trend’s newest list of the 100 Most Influential Georgians. She joins UGA President Jere Morehead, as well as a host of business and political leaders included in the annual list, published in the magazine’s January 2016 issue. At age 47, she is among the youngest of those selected by the magazine for “making an impact on the lives and livelihoods of people across the state.” Frum…


IHE Graduates 16 at December Commencement

Sixteen students in graduate programs with the Institute of Higher Education received their degrees at UGA Commencement ceremonies held on Dec. 18. Graduating from the M.Ed. program in Higher Education Administration were Kristen Drapela and Nikki Hon. Graduating from the Ph.D. program were Lucia Brajkovic, Lindsay Coco and Rebecca Sandidge. Earning degrees from the Executive Ed.D. program were members of the latest cohort: Moose Alperin,…
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Laura Meadows Among Inaugural Class of UGA Women’s Leadership Fellows

IHE alumna Laura Meadows (EdD 2013) was among nine women chosen for the inaugural class of the University of Georgia’s Women’s Leadership Fellows Program. The new program is designed to help the fellows hone their leadership skills and gain a deeper understanding of the challenges and opportunities confronting research universities. The members of the first cohort will attend monthly meetings with senior administrators on campus as well as…
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