The University of Central Arkansas has named Patricia S. Poulter as its new provost and executive vice president of Academic Affairs. The announcement was made Wednesday, March 14.

The Board of Regents of The Texas A&M University System unanimously voted Thursday to hire a nationally recognized leader in nutritional science and a member of the National Academy of Sciences to lead Texas A&M University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the System’s agriculture agencies.

Board of Regents Chairman Jim Hull and Chancellor Steve Wrigley announced today that the Board of Regents named Dr. Kirk Nooks as the sole finalist for the position of president of Gordon State College in Barnesville.

Washington State University President Kirk Schulz has selected Patrick Chun as the WSU Director of Athletics, it was announced Monday. Chun will be introduced at a press conference in the Rankich Club Room at Martin Stadium Tuesday, Jan. 23 at 11 a.m.

Allen Greene has been named the 15th Director of Athletics at Auburn University and will assume day-to-day responsibilities beginning in February. Greene has served as director of athletics at the University at Buffalo since November 2015.

It gives Touro University California great pleasure to announce that Sarah Sweitzer, PhD, will join the Touro University California family as Provost and Chief Academic Officer, beginning January 29, 2018.   

University of Washington President Ana Mari Cauce today named Mark Richards provost and executive vice president for academic affairs. The appointment is effective July 1, 2018.

Northeastern University has named Jeffrey Konya as its next director of athletics and recreation.

President Rita Cheng selected Mike Marlow to lead Northern Arizona University’s athletics program and introduced him to the Lumberjack family on Wednesday morning.

With a résumé that includes three national championships as both a student-athlete and coach and a career .750 winning percentage, Steve Campbell was named head football coach at the University of South Alabama on Thursday.  The announcement was made by Jaguar Director of Athletics Dr.