Warren Wilson College has named Dr. Damián J. Fernández as its 10th president. Dr. Fernández, a Cuban immigrant who grew up in Puerto Rico and is a first generation college student, will assume his new role on June 1, 2023. Fernández comes to Warren Wilson with more than 30 years of experience in teaching and leadership positions at both private and public institutions. Most recently, he served as president of Eckerd College. He is a National Science Foundation grant recipient and sat on the Board of the American Council on Education (ACE) and the Association of Governing Boards Council of Presidents. Fernández received his bachelor’s from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, master’s in Latin American Studies from the University of Florida, and Ph.D. in International Relations from the University of Miami.
Aurora University has appointed Dr. Susana Rivera-Mills as its 14th president. Rivera-Mills, who will be the first Latina to lead AU as president since the institution’s founding in 1893, most recently served as provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at Ball State University. Before becoming provost in 2018, she served in various academic roles at Oregon State University from 2007 to 2018, including vice provost of academic programs and learning innovation, dean of undergraduate studies, executive associate dean of the liberal arts college, and department chair of modern languages. Before that, she was a faculty member at Northern Arizona University for 13 years. Rivera-Mills earned a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and a Master of Arts in Spanish Linguistics from the University of Iowa. Her doctorate in Romance Languages is from the University of New Mexico.
Dr. Alfred McQuarters has been appointed the next president of LA Trade-Technical College, LACCD. Dr. Alfred McQuarters has broad experience in both college administrative and faculty roles as Vice President of Instruction at Mt. Hood Community College in Oregon; Dean of Career Technical Education-STEM at Portland Community College Southeast; tenured faculty member and chair at Malcolm X College, City Colleges of Chicago; and as an adjunct faculty member (Triton, Truman, Lansing Community, and Harold Washington Colleges). A first-generation college student, Dr. McQuarters holds a doctorate in education with a community college leadership emphasis from Oregon State University, an M.B.A. from Central Michigan University, an M.S. in molecular biology from Howard University, and a B.S. from Penn State University.
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