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IHE graduate Kathy R. Pharr (EdD 2011) assumes the dual responsibility of chief of staff and interim vice president for marketing and communications on July 1, 2020. She has served in a variety of roles throughout her 27 years at UGA, and most recently as chief of staff and associate vice president for institutional affairs. “I am honored and humbled to be asked by President Morehead to serve the University of Georgia in this expanded role. I am…

Denisa Gandara (PhD 2016) and Amanda Rutherford find evidence that performance-based funding models lead to fewer first-generation enrollments. Their investigation of public 4-year institutions between 2001-2014 appears in Educational Researcher.  https://doi.org/10.3102%2F0013189X20927386

Twenty IHE graduates and faculty members from across the US met on Monday to talk through experiences and responses to the COVID-19 crisis. Dr. Knapp shared leadership insights and inspiration drawn from his career, including his tenure as UGA president in the 1990s. Graduates, currently serving in a variety of roles in public universities, private colleges, state systems offices, and professional associations, participated in the strong…

The Wilson College Board of Trustees announced on Monday, October 28 that they had unanimously selected Wes Fugate (PhD 2012) to serve as the college's 20th president. Board chairperson, Dr. Barbara L. Tenney, said, “Dr. Fugate’s multi-disciplined experience in higher education, as well as his passion for small, private liberal arts institutions, makes him the perfect candidate for Wilson’s presidency." In an…