J.D. Polk, D.O., M.S., M.M.M., CPE, FACOEP, has been named dean of the College of Osteopathic Medicine at Des Moines University after an extensive national search process. Dr. Polk will assume the role August 1.

Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi has announced the appointment of Dr. John E. Gamble as the new Dean of the College of Business.

Julie Hermann, executive senior associate director of athletics for the University of Louisville (U of L), has been named director of intercollegiate athletics at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

Joel Reeves, who has served as interim assistant vice chancellor for information technology and chief information officer for the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, since 2011, has been named permanently to the position, effective immediately.

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Chancellor-elect Dr. Steven Angle and Interim Chancellor Dr. Grady Bogue announce the appointment of Dr. Jerald Ainsworth as Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs for the campus.

Alice Taylor-Colbert has been named dean of the University of South Carolina Union, building on a nearly 30-year career in higher education administration that includes serving as a dean and then associate vice president for academic affairs at Lander University since 2010.

David Spalding, senior vice president and senior adviser to Dartmouth College's interim president Carol Folt, has been appointed the next Raisbeck Endowed Dean of the College of Business. He will begin on Aug. 1.

TAG Education Collaborative (TAG-Ed) is proud to announce that over 260,000 students and educators will join in a statewide celebration of science, technology, engineering, and math education on May 3, 2013.

Mike Brennan has been named the 17th head coach of the American University men's basketball program in an announcement made at a press conference on April 30, 2013.

Ken Paulson, a lawyer who combined his passions for journalism, free expression and popular music to become a national advocate for the First Amendment, will be the next dean of the College of Mass Communication at Middle Tennessee State University, officials announced Tuesday.