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Dr. Kristine Dillon Appointed Interim President of Whittier College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“I am grateful for the opportunity to give back to my alma mater by using the leadership and professional skills I’ve gained from a career in higher education.” Dillion is a senior adviser for Huron Consulting’s higher education practice. Dillon holds a Ph.D. in English from Whittier.

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JEN CIACCIO

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Jen Ciaccio Jen Ciaccio has been named executive director of college houses and academic services at the University of Pennsylvania. She serves as senior director for academic and residential programs. from Temple University in Philadelphia.

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What it Means to Sit at the Intersection of Blackness, Queerness

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Williams-Goliday has been helping guide students for decades, first as an academic adviser for Eastern Illinois University’s Office of Minority Affairs beginning in 1998. There, she worked with students academically underprepared for college, she says. And from 2002 to 2006, she served as academic adviser for Temple University.

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SUSANNA RINEHART

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She has served as chair of Theatre and Cinema Program for the first six years after the School of Performing Arts was formed, as the school's interim director, and as acting director of student academic services for theatre and cinema.

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Dr. Kristina Whalen Appointed President of Foothill College

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Dr. Kristina Whalen Whalen is currently vice president of academic services at Las Positas College and vice president of the California Community Colleges Chief Instructional Officers Association. Kristina Whalen will become president of Foothill College, effective Mar.

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University of Richmond to Receive $25 Million for New Student Learning Center

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The Carole and Marcus Weinstein Learning Center – in the Boatwright Memorial Library – will integrate and expand student academic services, including effective speaking, writing, and peer tutoring. “We The money – from UR alums Carole and Marcus Weinstein – comprises the second largest single gift in UR history.

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What could virtual reality mean for higher ed?

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Below are four key lessons from the experience, and three broad questions to consider as we all contemplate what VR and the ‘metaverse’ might mean for higher education: 1. Click on the image to open larger in a new window. appeared first on EAB.