Marye Anne Payne Fox was an American physical organic chemist and university administrator. She was the first female chief executive of North Carolina State University in Raleigh,North Carolina. In April 2004,Fox was named chancellor of the University of California,San Diego. In 2010 Fox received the National Medal of Science.
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte is a public research university in Charlotte,North Carolina. UNC Charlotte offers 24 doctoral,66 master's,and 79 bachelor's degree programs through nine colleges. It is classified among "R2:Doctoral Universities –High research activity".
The University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) is an arts school in Winston-Salem,North Carolina. It grants a high school diploma,in addition to both undergraduate and graduate degrees. Founded in 1963 as the North Carolina School of the Arts by then-Governor Terry Sanford,it was the first public arts conservatory in the United States. The school owns and operates the Stevens Center in Downtown Winston-Salem and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
A provost is a senior academic administrator. At many institutions of higher education,the provost is the chief academic officer,a role that may be combined with being deputy to the chief executive officer. They may also be the chief executive officer of a university,of a branch campus of a university,or of a college within a university.
Deborah Anne Freund is an American university administrator and academic specializing in health economics. She was the president of Claremont Graduate University from 2010 to 2015.
Herbert Holden Thorp is an American chemist,professor and entrepreneur. He is a professor of chemistry at George Washington University. He was the tenth chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,assuming the position on July 1,2008,succeeding James Moeser,and,at age 43,was noted as being among the youngest leaders of a university in the United States. At the time of his selection as chancellor,Thorp was the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and a Kenan Professor of chemistry at the university. Thorp is a 1986 graduate of UNC;he later earned a Ph.D. in chemistry from California Institute of Technology,and was a postdoctoral associate at Yale University.
Lloyd Vincent "Vic" Hackley is an educational administrator in North Carolina who was named in July 2007 as the interim chancellor of Fayetteville State University. He was previously chancellor of FSU from 1988 to 1994.
Bonnie Ethel Cone was an American educator best known as the founder of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Timothy David Beckman is a former American football coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Toledo from 2009 to 2011 and at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign from 2012 to 2014,compiling a career college football coaching record of 33–41. Beckman was terminated by Illinois on August 28,2015,seven days prior to the Illini's scheduled season opener,after numerous allegations of abuse of players surfaced.
William Randolph Woodson is an American plant physiologist and university administrator. He is the fourteenth and current chancellor of North Carolina State University.
Carol Lynn Folt is an American academic administrator who is the 12th president of the University of Southern California. She is also the first female president in the university’s 142-year history. She assumed her duties on July 1,2019. She was previously the 11th chancellor,and the 29th chief executive,of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,the first woman to hold the post. Prior to that,she was provost and interim president of Dartmouth College. On January 14,2019,she announced her resignation as UNC chancellor.
Richard J. "Dick" Richardson is an American former political scientist,holding the Burton Craig Professorship at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Rosemary R. Haggett is an American academic who is the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Student Success for the University of North Texas System. She was the second woman to serve as a dean of a college of agriculture in the U.S.
Gretchen Ritter is an American political scientist and academic administrator who is the current vice chancellor,provost and chief academic officer of Syracuse University. She was previously the executive dean and vice provost of Ohio State University's College of Arts and Sciences from 2019 to 2021.
Sheri Everts is an American academic and educator serving as the chancellor of Appalachian State University in North Carolina.
JoAnn Haysbert is an American educator and academic administrator currently serving as Chancellor,Executive Vice-President and Provost of Hampton University in Hampton,Virginia. Previously,she served as Langston University's fifteenth and first female president,from 2005 to 2011,making her the first African-American female president of any institution of higher learning in the state of Oklahoma.
Susan Poser is the current and first female president of Hofstra University,having succeeded retiring president Stuart Rabinowitz on August 1,2021. Before being named to the Hofstra post,she was chief operating officer,provost,and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Sally Elaine McRorie is an American psychologist and painter. She is the provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at Florida State University and president of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design.
Robin Noelle Coger is an American biomedical engineer and academic administrator,the provost and senior vice chancellor for academic affairs at East Carolina University. Her research as a biomedical engineer has focused on artificial organs and particularly on liver support systems.
Philip L. Dubois is a retired American professor and academic administrator best known for his role as university president at the University of Wyoming from 1997-2005,and later his role as chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte from 2005-2020.
