Holly Morgan Frye, of Shenandoah Junction, has been named assistant vice president for student affairs for student engagement. In her new role, she will provide leadership and supervision for student affairs programming and will oversee the Washington Gateway Program, crisis management and disaster preparedness, student affairs communications, and student engagement, in addition to overseeing the award-winning student community services and service learning program at Shepherd.

Frye holds a bachelor of arts degree in communications from Western Maryland College (now McDaniel College) and a master of arts degree in college student development and administration from Shepherd University. Frye has worked at Shepherd for 12 years, most recently as director of student community services and student learning for 10 years and as coordinator of alumni affairs for two years.