Marylou Yam has been appointed as the 14th president of Notre Dame of Maryland University, effective July 1. Yam joins the school from Saint Peter’s University (N.J.), where she served as provost and vice president for academic affairs.
She worked to expand Saint Peter’s from a college to a university and helped established its first two doctoral programs and its schools of nursing and education. Yam will replace Interim President Joan Develin Coley.
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- The University of Phoenix has hired University of Michigan CFO Tim Slottow as its new president. Starting in June, Slottow will replace Bill Pepicello, who is retiring.
- MaryAnn Baenninger, president of the College of Saint Benedict (Minn.), will become president of Drew University (N.J.) on July 21. She replaces interim president Vivian Bull.
- Joseph L. Chillo Jr., executive vice president at Newbury College (Mass.), has been named its fifth president. Chillo will succeed Hannah M. McCarthy in June.
