Movers and Shakers: Dean College, Ferrum College, Texas A

• Ryan C. Crocker, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, has been appointed as dean of the George Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University at College Station.
• Sheryl Culotta, interim director of continuing studies and graduate liberal studies at Wesleyan Unversity, in Connecticut, has been named to the job on a full-time basis.
• John Carlin, a former newscaster and public relations strategist, has been selected as director of public relations at Ferrum College, in Virginia.
• James Gordon, associate professor, associate dean and chair in the division of biokinesiology and physical therapy at the University of Southern California, has been promoted to full professor.
• John Marcus, senior vice president of The Education Resources Institute (TERI), has been chosen as vice president of enrollment services and marketing at Dean College, in Massachusetts.

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