WASHINGTON, D.C. — F.
Javier Cevallos, president of Framingham State University (Mass.), assumed the
chair of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities’ (AASCU)
Board of Directors during the association’s Annual Meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 30,
2018.
Cevallos started his
tenure as president of Framingham State University on July 1, 2014. He is an
advocate for bringing a global perspective to the university, creating
partnerships with universities in Ecuador, Costa Rica and Brazil. He began his
career in education in 1981 as an assistant professor of Spanish at the
University of Maine at Orono and went on to serve as a professor, department
chair and vice chancellor for student affairs at the University of
Massachusetts at Amherst. He became president of Kutztown University (Pa.) in
2002.
Cevallos joined AASCU
when he became president of Kutztown University and has been actively involved
with AASCU since. He served on the Millennium Leadership Initiative (MLI)
Executive Board and as an MLI mentor for the last 12 years. He also served twice
on AASCU’s board and on many AASCU committees. Cevallos served as the immediate
past chairman of AASCU’s Council of State Representatives, which prepares the
association’s annual Public Policy Agenda,
and as the vice-chair of the Committee on Student Success.
Charles L. Welch, president
of the Arkansas State University System, was appointed chair-elect of the
board; he will serve as chair in 2020. As the head of the Arkansas State
University System, he oversees one four-year research institution, the first
comprehensive U.S. public university campus in Mexico, and four two-year
colleges. Welch graduated from AASCU’s New Presidents Academy in 2008, is a
member of AASCU’s Rural Coalition, and served as a key presenter during AASCU’s
2018 Spring Symposium on Strategic Planning.
The following
presidents and chancellors will serve on the AASCU Board of Directors in 2019:
Past Chair:
Dana Hoyt, president, Sam
Houston State University (Texas)
Secretary-Treasurer:
Cynthia Teniente-Matson, president, Texas A&M University-San Antonio
Newly elected
directors include:
Virginia Arthur, president,
Metropolitan State University (Minn.)
Susan E. Borrego, chancellor,
University of Michigan-Flint
Steve M. Dorman, president, Georgia
College & State University
Brian O. Hemphill, president,
Radford University (Va.)
Bonita Jacobs, president, University
of North Georgia
John Jasinski, president, Northwest
Missouri State University
Brian Noland, president, East
Tennessee State University
Linda Schott, president, Southern
Oregon University
David Wilson, president, Morgan
State University (Md.)
Those continuing
their terms as members of AASCU’s board:
Denise A. Battles, president, State University of New York at Geneseo
M. Christopher Brown, II, president, Kentucky State University
Dianne F. Harrison, president, California State University, Northridge
Sandra J. Jordan, chancellor, University of South Carolina Aiken
Jack Thomas, president, Western Illinois University
Ramon Torrecilha, president, Westfield State University (Mass.)
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AASCU is a Washington, D.C.-based higher
education association of 400 public colleges, universities, and systems whose
members share a learning- and teaching-centered culture, a historic commitment
to underserved student populations, and a dedication to research and creativity
that advances their regions’ economic progress and cultural development. These
are institutions Delivering America’s Promise of Opportunities for All.