Mayor Kasim Reed today announced his appointment of Tim Keane as Commissioner for the Department of Planning and Community Development. Keane previously served as the Director of Planning, Preservation and Sustainability for the City of Charleston, S.C.

A long-time UCF professor and administrator has been named dean of the University of Central Florida’s College of Nursing after a national search for the position.

The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia (USG) today named Dr. Brooks Keel president of Georgia Regents University (GRU) in Augusta. Keel will assume his new position on July 20.

Emory & Henry College has named the founding chair and program director for its developing Physician Assistant Program, as part of its continued expansion of the School of Health Science in Marion, Va.

Roston Willis has joined LeasePlan USA as vice president of sales, national accounts.

The University of South Carolina has announced that Dr. Haemoon Oh has been appointed as dean of the College of Hospitality, Retail and Sport Management. He will begin his position on August 1, 2015.

Al M. Panu brings 15 years of higher education leadership at colleges in the University System of Georgia to his new role as chancellor of the University of South Carolina Beaufort.

Steve Prohm – the 2012 Basketball Times National Coach of the Year who compiled a 104-29 record in four seasons as the head coach at Murray State – has been named the 20th head coach in Iowa State men’s basketball history, announced today by Iowa State Athletics Director Jamie Pollard.

Steve J. Schwab, MD, chancellor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), has named Steven R. Goodman, PhD, vice chancellor for Research.

Dr. Cornelius Kerwin, the chair of the Patriot League's Council of Presidents and President at American University, announced Monday that Jennifer Heppel has been appointed as the League's fifth Executive Director.