NAICU Members in the News

Here is a look into recent happenings that have taken place at our member institutions. To submit your campus news, email joyce@naicu.edu.

• Amherst College will appoint Carolyn A. Martin, chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, to become its next president. (New York Times)

• Aquinas College has chosen Sister Mary Sarah, O.P. as its new president as it marks its 50th year anniversary. (Business Wire)

• Starting this fall, Benedictine University’s new program, “Illinois Back to Work” will provide financial assistance to workers who have been unemployed for at least 18 months. (State Journal-Register)

• Carthage College’s president, Gregory Campbell, announced he will retire in August 2012. (Journal Times)

• Duke and Stanford Universities each announced a foundation-supported effort to further the study of humanities. (Inside Higher Ed)

• Franklin & Marshall’s new president, Dan Porterfield plans a new era for the college. (Lancaster Sunday News)

• Hampshire College has chosen Jonathan Lash, president of World Resources Institute, as its next president. (Hampshire College)

• Kettering University’s president, Stanley R. Liberty will end his tenure this summer. (Flint Journal)

• Landmark College has named Peter Eden, Dean of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Biotechnology at Endicott College, as the school’s fourth president. (WCAX-TV)

• McPherson College’s president, Michael Schneider shares efforts to foster entrepreneurship at the school. (Inside Higher Ed)

• New York University will partner with the University of the People, an online school, to further its higher education initiatives. (New York Times)

• Northland College has reduced their debt by more than half. (Ashland Current)

• Pine Manor College’s new president is Alane Karen Shanks who was previously vice president of administration and finance at Roxbury Community College. (Boston Globe)

• Private colleges in Ohio, including Baldwin-Wallace College, Hiram College, John Carroll University, Kenyon College, and Oberlin College, offer programs to help students graduate in four years. (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

• Rev. John Schlegel, recently retired president of Creighton University, discussed his future plans. (Omaha World-Herald)

• Saint Joseph’s College of Maine has entered into a new student transfer agreement with Northern Essex Community College. (Boston Globe)

• Stevenson University will start up a new football program this fall. (Owings Mill Patch)

• The University of Hartford will collaborate with Hartford’s public schools on new measures in education and research. (Boston Globe)

• Union College asks John Wagner to be its interim president for the third time. (Press Release)