Shaowei Wu, Ph.D., has been appointed as Hood College’s director of institutional research and assessment. Wu officially joined the office of institutional research and assessment on April 29.
Karsonya “Kaye” Wise Whitehead, Ph.D., associate professor of communication and African American Studies at Loyola University Maryland, has been named a recipient of the Baltimore Business Journal’s 2021 Leaders in Diversity Award. Whitehead is also founding director of the Karson Institute for Race, Peace & Social Justice.
After the Rev. Brian F. Linnane, S.J., retires from the presidency of Loyola University Maryland on June 30, 2021, Amanda M. Thomas, Ph.D., will serve as the interim president until the next president assumes the role.
Karsonya “Kaye” Wise Whitehead, Ph.D., associate professor of communication and African American Studies at Loyola University Maryland, has been named a recipient of the Baltimore Business Journal’s 2021 Leaders in Diversity Award. Whitehead is also founding director of the Karson Institute for Race, Peace & Social Justice.
Each year Loyola’s career services team reports on the first destination after graduation for the previous year’s graduating class. This year, 96.1% of the Class of 2020 are employed, enrolled in graduate school, and/or engaged in post-graduate or military service. The full-time annual salary of the graduates averaged $57,915.
McDaniel College has named Eric Simon as the college's new vice president for administration and finance following a national search. He assumes the role at McDaniel effective June 1, 2021.
Laurent Heller has been selected from a highly competitive national search as Johns Hopkins University's next senior vice president for finance and administration. Heller brings to the role extensive experience in budget and financial management, higher education strategy, and business operations at leading universities.
Washington College recently announced the addition of a minor in Museum, Field, and Community Education. This minor is designed to prepare students from a range of disciplines to work as effective educators in settings other than schools.
This Earth Day, the Johns Hopkins Office of Sustainability is announcing plans to develop a new Sustainability Plan and roadmap, the first update to the university's environmental planning policy since the President's Task Force on Climate Change Implementation Plan was adopted in 2009.
After an examination by the Maryland Big Tree Program and the Baltimore City Forest Conservancy District Board, Loyola’s arboretum was found to have nine Champion Trees. Champion trees are among the largest of their species.
Four Johns Hopkins University students have been awarded Goldwater Scholarships for their research and achievements in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math.
Loyola University Maryland was ranked No. 2 for “Best College for Post-Grad Salary in Maryland” by GradReports, a product of Optimal—a leading higher education researcher and publisher. Optimal uses data to empower people to make better decisions about careers and education.
Mount St. Mary's University has named John Nauright the new dean of its school of business. Nauright will take over as the dean for the university's Richard J. Bolte Sr. School of Business on June 14, according to university officials.
Loyola University Maryland has recently earned high rankings at both the national and state levels from PLEXUSS, a global higher education database for prospective students.
The Sellinger School of Business and Management’s full-time MBA program and finance and management programs scored high rankings in the U.S. News & World Report’s “2022 Best Graduate Schools” list.
