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• José Luis Alvarado, founding dean of the college of education at California State University at Monterey Bay, has been chosen as provost and vice president for academic affairs at California State University at Los Angeles.

• California Lutheran University is starting a minor in public health.
• Emerson College and the International College of Management, in Australia, are launching a bachelor of arts in the business of creative enterprises.

Bates College

• Brett Huggett, biology
• Geneviève Robert, earth and climate sciences

Trinity University, in Texas

• Lincoln Memorial University is starting a master of veterinary education program.
• Mount Aloysius College is starting a major in marketing.
• Nossi College of Art, in Tennessee, is starting an associate degree in culinary arts.

• Susan M. Collins, interim provost and former dean of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan, has been appointed provost and executive vice president for academic affairs there.
• Michael V. Drake, president of Ohio State University, has been named president of the University of California system.

• Albany Law School announced a new suite of online graduate programs for professionals seeking to advance their careers in human resources. The program is called Human Resources: Law, Leadership, and Policy, and it is offered in three tracks: as a master of science in legal studies concentration; as an LL.M. concentration; or as an advanced professional certificate.

• Sunil Ahuja, associate provost for academic affairs at the University of Scranton, in Pennsylvania, has been appointed provost and vice president for academic and student affairs at Shawnee State University, in Ohio.
• Glenn Cerny, vice president and chief financial officer at Schoolcraft College, in Michigan, has been appointed president there.

Howard University

• Kenneth Adams, dean of workforce and economic development at Bronx Community College, part of the City University of New York system, has been selected as president of LaGuardia Community College, also part of CUNY.
• Berenecea Johnson Eanes, interim president of York College, part of the City University of New York system, has been appointed to the job on a permanent basis.

• Adelphi University is starting a B.A. in international relations.
• Mount Mary University, in Wisconsin, is starting a four-year bachelor of science in nursing.
• Roberts Wesleyan College is starting a bachelor of science in accounting.