Hiring
Megan Coval – Butler County Community College (Penn.)
Megan Coval has been promoted to permanent leader of Butler County Community College.
President Coval has focused on reducing expenses since becoming interim president last May, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. She’s shuttered one campus and will be moving operations of another to a cheaper building, saving more than $500,000 dollars per year. Next, she plans on reducing the cost of dual enrollment.
David Douglass – College of Idaho
David Douglass, provost and executive vice president of College of Idaho, will become president of the private college on June 1.
Douglass has held a variety of leadership positions at the college, spanning academic affairs, student affairs, information technology and athletics, Idaho Education News reports.
Michael Hill – Randolph-Macon College (Va.)
Michael Hill will become the next president of Randolph-Macon College on Aug. 1. A first-generation graduate, Hill currently leads Chautauqua Institution, a liberal arts education center, where he’s credited for expanding partnerships and funding sources.
“My appointment at Randolph-Macon is the culmination of a career spent walking alongside young people as they discover who they are and as they dream of who they want to be,” Hill said in a college statement.
Marlene Tromp – University of Vermont
Marlene Tromp has been selected as the next president of the University of Vermont. She was the sole finalist selected following a six-month presidential search.
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In the past six year’s Tromp has served as the president of Boise State University. The first-generation college graduate has spearheaded record-highs in graduation rates, research funding and philanthropic support.
Tromp will assume the presidency sometime later this summer, according to an official statement.
Lori Ragland – Rend Lake College (Ill.)
Lori Ragland will make history when she becomes the first female president of Rend Lake College at the end of June.
Ragland joined in 2002 as an administrative assistant for The Foundation, a nonprofit associated with Rend Lake College responsible for fundraising and endowment management. She has since become the director of the college’s Community Education Department, WISU reports.
Retiring
Forrest E. Harris – American Baptist College (Tenn.)
American Baptist College will soon lose President Forrest Harris to retirement. Harris, who’s served as president since July 1999, has led the college through transformative change, including:
- Financial sustainability and expansion: Secured funding through multi-million-dollar grants and partnerships and increased funding initiatives and scholarships.
- Institutional growth and accreditation
- Social justice and public advocacy
The university will be launching an unrestricted endowment fund in his name to support the next generation of college leaders, according to the college.
Marcus Long – Mount Marty University (S.D.)
Marcus Long, South Dakota’s longest serving college president, announced his plans to retire at the end of 2025.
Since his tenure began July 2015, Long has led the institution through its transition from a college to a university and has increased enrollment by nearly 30% during eight consecutive years of enrollment growth.
The university also credits Long with more than doubling its endowment from $19 million to more than $41 million.
Stepping down
Ken Gormley – Duquesne University (Penn.)
Duquesne University announced that President Ken Gormley will step down in July 2026. He will be concluding 10 years at the helm of the Catholic institution, where he spearheaded a $333 million capital campaign and led efforts to improve student engagement.
However, he will remain a staple for the community after he accepted to stay on as chancellor, citybiz reports. He will work closely with the incoming president and cultivate relationships with key outside stakeholders such as alumni, foundation and community leaders and government officials.
Michael Hoggard – Coastal Bend College (Texas)
Michael Hoggard resigns from Coastal Bend College June 6 after five years as its president.
“The many achievements and accomplishments of the entire college team during Dr. Hoggard’s tenure as college president are too numerous to list, but it is safe to say that Dr. Hoggard has left Coastal Bend College a better place than it was when he got here,” read a statement from the college.
