Cheryl Evans Jones is Paine College’s 17th president. The board of trustees voted unanimously for Evans Jones, who most recently served as acting president of the Augusta, Georgia-based school. She has spent 26 years at Paine, holding the positions of provost and vice president of academic affairs, among others. Read more.
In other people news:
In a faith-oriented convocation at the end of Virginia Union University’s homecoming week, local leaders and clergy honored Hakim J. Lucas in a ceremony formally recognizing him as the university’s 13th president. Virginia Union hired Lucas in August 2017 following the retirement of former President Claude G. Perkins. Read more.
