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Dr. Willie L. Todd Jr. Named 22nd President of Talladega College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Before his tenure at DTC, Todd held leadership positions at several institutions, including roles as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Wiley College (now Wiley University), vice provost and associate vice provost at Norfolk State University, and various positions at Clark Atlanta University and Albany State University.

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HBCU Leaders Face the Future

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Although Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) played a pivotal role in expanding the Black middle class, contemporary HBCU leaders cannot rest on these institutional laurels. Bowman most recently served as dean of the University of Michigan School of Public Health. his successor at Talladega.

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Dr. Valerie Kinloch Appointed President of Johnson C. Smith University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Smith University (JCSU), effective Aug. Dr. Valerie Kinloch and Trustee Steven Boyd Kinloch is currently the Renée and Richard Goldman Dean of the University of Pittsburgh School of Education. We also have to encourage students to pursue even higher forms of education.” My years at JCSU were some of the best of my life.