After eight years as Williams’ VP for strategic planning and institutional diversity, Mike Reed ’75 will be joining Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa., as the VP for institutional initiatives in the fall.

At Williams, Reed was a leader in important college initiatives such as the formation of the Diversity Action Research Team and the re-envisioning and rededication of the Multicultural Center as the Davis Center. He developed the position of associate dean for institutional diversity and was a leading force in launching the Creative Connections Consortium—a group of liberal arts colleges working to increase the presence of historically under-represented groups within the academy. Before joining the senior administration in 2006, he was a Williams trustee, among other volunteer positions, and worked in admission and alumni relations.