USC, Lewis, Shepherd, UW Madison and More

Richard Bierschbach, since September interim president of Wayne State University in Detroit, has been elected permanent president of the institution.

Bryan Cain, interim president of Endicott College in Massachusetts, has been appointed permanent president, effective this month.

Julius Edwards, a vice president at Ivy Tech Community College in Indianapolis, has been chosen as the next president of Eastern Maine Community College in Bangor, effective April 1.

Beong-Soo Kim, interim president of the University of Southern California since last July, has been named permanent president, effective immediately.

Romesh Kolluru, interim president of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, has been appointed the institution’s permanent president,

Michele Murray, senior vice president for student development and mission at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass., has been selected as president of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities, effective June 2.

Christopher Sindt, provost of Lewis University in Illinois, has been appointed president of the institution, effective July 1.

Cameron Wesson, provost and vice president for academic affairs at La Salle University in Philadelphia, has been named president of Shepherd University in West Virginia, starting July 1.

Eric Wilcots, dean of the University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Letters & Science, has been named interim chancellor of the university, effective May 17.