Morgan announces finalists in search for new president
MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCES ITS FINALIST CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT
CONTACT: Dr. Clara Adams, clara.adams@morgan.edu, 443-885-3198
After an extensive national search process by a search committee appointed by Morgan State University's (MSU) Board of Regents, the University announces the selection of three candidates for the position of president. The candidates include:
Dr. Calvin Jamison who is presently the Vice President for Business Affairs at the University of Texas at Dallas and is a Clinical Professor in the School of Economics, Political, and Policy Sciences. He has over 25 years of experience in higher education, corporate America, and local government. Prior to assuming his current position, he was the Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer at Hampton University. He has also held faculty and administrative positions at Virginia Commonwealth University, an administrative position as city manager for the City of Richmond, Virginia, and as a director of human resource development at Ethyl Corporation, a Fortune 1,000 company. Dr. Jamison holds B.S., M.A. and Ed.D. degrees from Virginia Tech in education, student personnel/business, and higher education.
Dr. Carolyn Meyers who is presently president of Norfolk State University. She has over 40 years of experience in higher education, corporate America, and engineering organizations. Prior to assuming her current position, she was Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at North Carolina A&T State University. She has also held faculty and administrative positions at North Carolina A&T State University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta University Center Corporation, and National Science Foundation. In addition, she has held the position of steam generator and systems analyst for the General Electric Company. Dr. Meyers holds B.S in Mechanical Engineering from Howard University, M.S. in Mechanical Engineering and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology.
Dr. David Wilson who is chancellor of Wisconsin Colleges and University of Wisconsin Extension. He has over 31 years of experience in higher education. Prior to assuming his current position, he was Vice President for University Outreach and Associate Provost at Auburn University. He has also held faculty and administrative positions Rutgers University, Kentucky State University, Radcliffe College, and Tuskegee Institute. In addition, he has held research positions at the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, and Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Research and Development Institute of Philadelphia and has worked with several of the nation's leading foundations as a consultant, including the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, Ford Foundation, and Rockefeller Foundation. Dr. Wilson holds an Ed.D. in Administration, Planning, and Social Policy and a Ed.M. in Educational Planning and Administration from Harvard University, a Ed.M. in Student Personnel Administration and B.S. in Political Science from Tuskegee University.
The Board of Regents retained the services of Ayers & Associates, Inc., a national executive search firm to assist the Search Committee in recruiting and screening candidates for the position. The search process included the review of over 106 applications received in response to local and national advertisements as well as the search firm's contact with over 250 leaders in higher education, foundations, government, and the corporate community.
As stated by Dr. Shirley Malcom, chair of the Search Committee and a member of the MSU Board of Regents, "the Search Committee has done an excellent job in identifying three outstanding candidates for MSU's presidency. This was a distinct challenge in trying to identify someone to replace Dr. Earl Richardson who will be leaving the presidency in December after 25 years of service and transforming MSU into an urban doctoral research university of national stature."
The finalist candidates will visit the MSU campus during the month of November and will subsequently be interviewed by the Board of Regents. The Board will select a new president and name Dr. Richardson's successor no later than December 15th.
MSU is one of Maryland's four public research universities and is designated by the legislature as Maryland's Public Urban University. The University has operated for more than 140 years as a historically black institution (HBCU) in advancing high-quality teaching, research, and public service programs, and for the last three decades as Maryland's Public Urban University. It has an enrollment of 7,000 students, with approximately 900 at the graduate level. MSU has an annual operating budget of approximately $200 million and offers 44 baccalaureate programs in a comprehensive range of disciplines, 32 programs at the master's level, and 14 at the doctoral level.
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