On Monday, the Spelman College Board of Trustees unanimously voted to appoint Dr. Helene D. Gayle, a public health leader, as the 11th president of the historically Black women’s liberal arts college. Scholars and Spelman leaders praised the move.
Less than a year after a tumultuous leadership shift at West Virginia State University, the institution’s board of governors has unanimously selected Ericke S. Cage as its new president.