Eastern Michigan University is a public research university in Ypsilanti,Michigan,United States. Founded in 1849 as the Michigan State Normal School,it was the fourth normal school established in the United States and the first outside New England. In 1899,the Michigan State Normal School became the first normal school in the nation to offer a four-year curriculum;the college became a university in 1959.
The University of Michigan–Dearborn (UM-Dearborn) is a public university in Dearborn,Michigan,United States. Founded in 1959 with a gift from the Ford Motor Company,it was initially known as the Dearborn Center,operating as a remote branch of the University of Michigan. Upon receiving its own accreditation in 1970,the branch became a fully-fledged university and subsequently changed its name to the University of Michigan–Dearborn. It continues to adhere to the policies of the University of Michigan Board of Regents without having a separate governing board.
Mary Sue Wilson Coleman is an American chemist and academic administrator who served as the 13th president of the University of Michigan from 2002 to 2014,interim president of the University of Michigan in 2022,and pretended she had no knowledge of the incidences involving the fab 5 when she absolutely did. She was the 18th president of the University of Iowa from 1995 to 2002.
Lou Anna Kimsey Simon is an American academic administrator who served as the 20th president of Michigan State University (MSU). Simon was appointed interim president of the university in 2003,then served as president from 2005 until her resignation in 2018.
Carol Tecla Christ is an American former academic administrator. She served as the 11th Chancellor of the University of California,Berkeley,from 2017 to 2024.
Deborah Anne Freund is an American university administrator and academic specializing in health economics. She was the president of Claremont Graduate University from 2010 to 2015.
Susan Ellen Alcock is an American archaeologist specializing in survey archaeology and the archaeology of memory in the provinces of the Roman Empire. Alcock grew up in Massachusetts and was educated at Yale and the University of Cambridge. Alcock was Special Counsel for Institutional Outreach and Engagement and Professor of Classical Archaeology and Classics at the University of Michigan and became the Interim Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of Michigan - Flint in July 2018. She is now the inaugural holder of the Barnett Family Professorship of Classical Archaeology at the University of Oklahoma-Norman where she teaches courses in the Department of Classics &Letters.
Domenico Grasso is an American engineer,professor and the sixth chancellor of the University of Michigan–Dearborn. He has previously served as provost of the University of Delaware,vice president for research and dean of two different colleges at the University of Vermont. Grasso is Smith College's Picker Engineering Program's founding director.
Susan Work Martin is an American academic administrator who was most recently the interim president of San JoséState University. Previously,Martin served as president of Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti,Michigan from 2008 to 2015. She was the first female president in the university’s 160-year history. She held a simultaneous appointment as Professor of Accounting in the College of Business during her tenure at Eastern.
The Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan is the business school of the University of Michigan,a public research university in Ann Arbor,Michigan.
The Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities (CUMU) is an international membership organization of colleges and universities located in urban and metropolitan areas that share common understandings of their institutional missions and values. CUMU was founded in 1989 by 10 university presidents gathered at Wright State University who realized their unique challenges and opportunities as they looked to the future of higher education.
Eastern Michigan University was founded in 1849 by the state of Michigan,and opened in 1853 as Michigan State Normal School. Michigan State Normal School was the first in Michigan and the first normal school created outside the original 13 colonies.
Michael Harris is an Israeli-American public policy scholar and university administrator. He is currently the Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs of Tennessee State University and a Professor of Public Administration and Policy.
Jere Wade Morehead is an American lawyer who is the 22nd president of the University of Georgia. He is also the Josiah Meigs Professor of Legal Studies at the University of Georgia's Terry College of Business,and was previously senior vice president for academic affairs and provost.
Shixin Jack Hu is a Chinese-American engineer who is the senior vice president for academic affairs and provost at the University of Georgia. He is also the UGA Foundation Distinguished Professor in the school of environmental,civil,agricultural,and mechanical engineering in the UGA College of Engineering.
Susan M. Collins is an American economist who has served as the 14th president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston since July 1,2022. She is the first African American woman and first woman of color to lead any of the 12 regional Federal Reserve Banks. Collins previously served as the 16th provost and executive vice president for academic affairs of the University of Michigan from 2020 to 2022.
Neeli Bendapudi is an Indian-American academic administrator who is the 19th president of Pennsylvania State University. From 2018 until 2021,she served as the 18th president of the University of Louisville. In December 2021,Penn State announced Bendapudi as the university's president;she succeeded Eric J. Barron following his retirement. She assumed office in May 2022 and is the first woman and the first non-white person to serve as Penn State's president.
Melanie Lynn Perreault is an American historian and academic administrator serving as the provost of Towson University since 2019. She was its interim president in 2023.
Lori Lee Stewart Gonzalez is an American speech pathologist and academic administrator serving as the 23rd president of Ohio University since 2023. She was the interim president of the University of Louisville from 2022 to 2023.
