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Joshua Baker, vice president of instructional services at Pikes Peak Community College, in Colorado, has been selected as president of Mountwest Community and Technical College, in West Virginia.
Wayne D. Lewis Jr., dean of the School of Education at Belmont University, in Tennessee, has been chosen as president of Houghton College, in New York.
Krista L. Newkirk, president of Converse College, in South Carolina, has been appointed president of the University of Redlands, in California.
DeRionne Pollard, president of Montgomery College, in Maryland, has been named president of Nevada State College.
Jennifer Taylor-Mendoza, vice president of instruction at Skyline College, in California, has been appointed president of the College of San Mateo, also in California.
Linda Thompson, dean of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at University of Massachusetts Boston, has been named president of Westfield State University, also in Massachusetts.
Antonio D. Tillis, interim president of the University of Houston Downtown, in Texas, has been selected as chancellor of Rutgers University Camden, in New Jersey.
Barbara J. Wilson, executive vice president and vice president for academic affairs at the University of Illinois system, has been appointed president of the University of Iowa.
André-Denis Wright, dean of the College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences at Washington State University, has been chosen as senior vice president and provost at the University of Oklahoma.

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