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Armstrong Atlantic State University Armstrong Atlantic State University, abbreviated AASU, is a state university located in Savannah, Georgia. It is a unit of the University System of Georgia and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. : June Hopkins named head; Allison Belzer and Carey Shellman appointed full-time temporary faculty; Christopher E. Hendricks promoted to professor.

Auburn University: Anthony G. Carey named chair; Jennifer W. Brooks appointed associate professor; B. Mairead Pratschke appointed assistant professor; Kathryn H. Braund promoted to professor; Hines H. Hall has retired.

Berea College: Gordon B. McKinney named chair.

Berry, College: Matthew Stanard appointed assistant professor; Christy Jo Snider promoted to associate professor.

Catholic University of America Catholic University of America, at Washington, D.C.; the national university of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States; coeducational; founded 1887 and opened 1889. : Stephen A. West promoted to associate professor.

Centenary College of Louisiana: Melanie A. Bailey appointed assistant professor.

Christian Brothers University In addition to intercollegiate athletics, CBU offers intramural sports. Types of intramurals, such as volleyball, flag football, and bowling, vary from year to year. Greek life
Fraternity and sorority members comprise 21 - 24% of CBU students.
: Marius Carriere named dean of the School of Arts.

The Citadel: Christopher J. Wright appointed assistant professor; Peter Karsten appointed Mark W. Clark Visiting Assistant Professor.

Clemson University: Stephanie Barczewski named associate dean; H. Roger Grant named Kathryn and Calhoun Lemon Professor in History; Amit Bein, Rachel A. Chico, Jacob Hamblin, and Michael J. Silvestri appointed assistant professor; James B. Jeffries appointed visiting assistant professor; Megan Taylor Shockley promoted to associate professor.

Columbus State University Columbus State University is a four-year public liberal arts university located in Columbus, Georgia. The university was established and is administered by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, and is fully accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the ,: Pamela L. Baker and Gary S. Sprayberry appointed assistant professor.

Davidson College: John Wertheimer named interim chair and promoted to professor; Vika Gardner appointed visiting lecturer; Sally G. McMillen and Jonathan P. Berkey on leave.

University of Delaware [3] The student body at the University of Delaware is largely an undergraduate population. Delaware students have a great deal of access to work and internship opportunities. : Stuart Semmel promoted to associate professor; Rebecca L. Davis appointed assistant professor; Bryant F. Tolles Jr. has retired.

Duke University: Sarah J. Deutsch named chair and dean of Arts and Sciences; Dominic Sachsenmaier appointed assistant professor; Karin Shapiro promoted to visiting associate professor; Laura Edwards, Elizabeth A. Fenn, Malachi Haim Hacohen, Anna Krylova, Kristen Neuschel, Jocelyn H. Olcott, and Charles Payne on leave; Cynthia B. Herrup and Sydney Nathans have retired.

Emory and Henry College Emory & Henry College, which is affiliated with the United Methodist Church, is a small, private, liberal arts college located in the Southwestern portion of Virginia near Abingdon. : Michael O'Sullivan appointed assistant professor.

Georgia State University History
Georgia State University was founded in 1913 as the Georgia School of Technology's "School of Commerce." The school focused on what was called "the new science of business.
: Douglas Reynolds named Interim Director of the Asian Studies Center; Isa Blumi and Robert Baker appointed assistant professor; Wendy Venet promoted to professor.

University of Houston: R. Todd Romera and Steven Deyle appointed assistant professor; Susan Kellogg and Eric Walther promoted to professor.

Jacksonville State University Jacksonville State University is a public university serving Northeast Alabama on a 459 acre (0 km) campus with 58 buildings in Jacksonville, Alabama which is in the Appalachian foothills of northeast Alabama. : Tamara Jo Levi appointed assistant professor; George M. Lauderbaugh promoted to associate professor.

James Madison University “JMU” redirects here. For the university in Liverpool, England, see Liverpool John Moores University.

For the public-policy college at Michigan State University, see .
: H. Michael Gelfand, William Van Norman, Abigail Schweber, and Jennifer Connerley appointed assistant professor; Kevin L. Borg promoted to associate professor; Robert L. Lembright and Chong K. Yoon have retired.

Lamar University: Ralph A. Wooster has retired.

Louisiana State University Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, generally known as Louisiana State University or LSU, is a public, coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and the main campus of the Louisiana State University System. : Margherita Zanasi appointed associate professor; Gibril R. Cole appointed assistant professor; Charles J. Shindo and Katherine Benton-Cohen on leave fall 2006.

Louisiana Tech University Louisiana Tech University, at Ruston; coeducational; state supported; chartered 1894, opened 1895 as an industrial institute. It became Louisiana Polytechnic Institute in 1921 and attained university status in 1970. : C. Wade Meade has retired.

University of Louisville See also
  • The University of Louisville Cardinal Singers
  • The University of Louisville Collegiate Chorale
  • History of Louisville, Kentucky
  • McConnell Center
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: Yuxin Ma appointed assistant professor; Christine T. Ehrick promoted to associate professor.

Marshall University: Kevin Barksdale, Shuhua Fan, Greta Rensenbrink, Phillip Rutherford, and Christopher White appointed assistant professor; David C. Duke, Charles S. Gruber, and David R. Woodward have retired.

University of Miami This article is about the university in Coral Gables, Florida. For the university in Oxford, Ohio, see Miami University.

The University of Miami (also known as Miami of Florida,[2] UM,[3] or just The U
: Michael Bernath, Eduardo Elena, and Ashli White appointed assistant professor.

University of Mississippi The University of Mississippi, also known as Ole Miss, is a public, coeducational research university located in Oxford, Mississippi. Founded in 1848, the school is composed of the main campus in Oxford and three branch campuses located in Booneville, Tupelo, and Southaven. : Bashir Salau and Erin Chapman appointed assistant professor; Joseph P. Ward on leave fall 2006; James F. Payne has retired.

Mississippi State University Mississippi State University, at Mississippi State, near Starkville; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1878 as an agricultural and mechanical college, opened 1880. From 1932 to 1958 it was known as Mississippi State College. : Gregory Matthew Adkins, James C. Giesen, and Susan Rensing appointed assistant professor; Anne Hamilton appointed instructor and undergraduate advisor.

University of North Carolina at Charlotte: Jurgen Buchenau promoted to professor; Melissa D. Feinberg and Peter J. Thorsheim promoted to associate professor; Karen L. Cox, W. Jerry Davila, and Heather A. Thompson on leave 2006-2007; Lyman L. Johnson on leave spring 2007.

University of North Carolina at Greensboro Additionally, UNCG is home to a bevy of research institutes and centers including the Center for Applied Research, Center for Creating Writing in the Arts, Center for Global Business Education & Research, Center for Biotechnology, Genomics & Health Research, Center for Music Research and : Benjamin Filene appointed associate professor; Linda Rupert appointed assistant professor; Colleen Kriger promoted to professor; James A. Anderson James (Jim) A. Anderson is a Professor of Cognitive Science and Brain Science at Brown University. His multi-disciplinary background includes expertise in psychology, biology, physics, neuroscience and computer science. Anderson received his PhD from MIT.  and Thomas F. Jackson promoted to associate professor; Loren Schweninger on leave 2006-2007; Peter S. Carmichael on leave spring 2007; Frank T. Melton has retired.

University of North Carolina at Wilmington: Paul Gillingham, Monica Gisolfi, David Sepkoski, and Tammrah Stone-Gordon appointed assistant professor.

Oklahoma State University Oklahoma State University, at Stillwater; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1890, opened 1891 as Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College, renamed 1957. : Amilcar Shabazz appointed associate professor; Brian Frehner, Tonia Sharlach Nash, and Andrew Rosa appointed assistant professor; DeAnna Reese appointed visiting professor.

Old Dominion University: Jonathan F. Phillips appointed assistant professor.

Radford University: Mark R. Munzinger appointed assistant professor; Richard Straw on leave fall 2006.

Randolph-Macon College: Mathias D. Bergmann appointed assistant professor.

Rice University: Rebecca A. Goetz appointed assistant professor; Carl Pearson appointed lecturer; Peter C. Caldwell, G. Daniel Cohen, and Eva Haverkamp on leave fall 2006; Ussama Makdisi on leave spring 2007; Joel Wolfe on leave 2006-2007.

Rockhurst University: Faith Childress promoted to associate professor. Shepherd University: Robert Parkinson appointed assistant professor. University of the South: Elizabeth M. McCahill appointed assistant professor; Samuel R. Williamson has retired.

University of South Alabama The University of South Alabama is a public, doctoral-level university in Mobile, Alabama, USA. It was created by the Alabama Legislature in 1963, and replaced existing extension programs operated in Mobile by the University of Alabama. : Donald E. DeVore appointed associate professor; John G. Turner appointed assistant professor; Rebecca R. Williams appointed instructor; Betty J. Brandon and Michael V. R. Thomason have retired and been named emeritus.

University of Tennessee at Martin: Nathan D. Howard appointed assistant professor.

Texas A & M University: Glenn Chambers and Jason Parker appointed assistant professor.

Texas Christian University: Benjamin Tillman and Juan Floyd-Thomas promoted to associate professor.

Tulane University: Douglas G. Brinkley appointed professor; Emily J. Clark, Neeti Nair, Jennifer M. Neighbors, and George R. Trumbull IV appointed assistant professor; Randy J. Sparks promoted to professor; F. Thomas Luongo promoted to associate professor.

Virginia Military Institute: Rose Mary Sheldon named department head.

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, at Blacksburg; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered and opened 1872 as an agricultural and mechanical college. : Marian Mollin promoted to associate professor; A. Roger Ekirch and E. Thomas Ewing on leave fall 2006; Kathleen W. Jones and Brett L. Shadle on leave spring 2007.

Washington College: Kenneth J. Miller appointed assistant professor; W. Robert Fallaw has retired.

Western Carolina University: Victoria Clements appointed assistant professor; Daryl Black appointed visiting assistant professor; Gael N. Graham promoted to professor; Richard D. Starnes on leave.

Westminster College: David C. Twining and Patricia C. Clark on leave fall 2006.

West Virginia University: Tyler W. Boulware and Katherine K. Staples appointed assistant professor; Elizabeth Fones-Wolf and Steven M. Zdatny promoted to professor; Kenneth Fones-Wolf promoted to professor and is on leave fall 2006; Matthew A. Vester promoted to associate professor and is on leave 2006-2007; Gregory A. Good and Ronald Lewis on leave fall 2006; Jason Parker on leave 2006-2007; Mary Lou Lustig and Stephen C. McCluskey have retired and been named emeritus.

College of William and Mary: Ronald B. Schechter named Margaret Hamilton Professor; James D. La Fleur and Kathrin H. Levitan appointed assistant professor; Lorena S. Walsh and Beatriz Betancourt Hardy appointed lecturer; Frederick C. Corney promoted to associate professor.
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Title Annotation:Historical News and Notices; appointments and promotions at Auburn University, Berea College and Catholic University of America
Publication:Journal of Southern History
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Date:Aug 1, 2006
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