Alvin J. Schexnider has been named interim executive vice president, effective July 9. In this new position, Schexnider will serve under the direction of President McDemmond as the university's number two person and chief operating officer. He will be responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the university including special initiatives that have a university-wide impact, working with vice presidents and other key personnel to ensure timely responsiveness to institutional objectives, coordinating all of the university's administrative and strategic planning processes, and convening meetings of the president's cabinet in her absence.

Prior to coming to Norfolk State, Schexnider served as the director of the Office of Health Policy Development at Wake Forest University's School of Medicine. With more than 30 years of higher education experience, Schexnider has also served as chancellor and professor of political science at Winston-Salem State University, acting vice president for academic affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University and a host of other administrative positions.

A published and well-respected political science expert, Schexnider is a member of the American Society for Public Administration and the National Academy of Public Administration. His fields of interest include urban politics, intergovernmental relations and civil-military relations.

Effective July 1, Elsie Barnes, former dean of the School of Liberal Arts, was named acting vice president for academic affairs. She succeeds Thelma Thompson-Deloatch, who resigned to become president of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. In her new position, Barnes, who began service to the university in 1973, will oversee the university's on and off-campus academic programs and some academic support services.

Effective July 1, Marilyn Broadus-Gay was named acting dean of the School of Liberal Arts. She will also continue serving as NSU director of the Virginia Beach Higher Education Center. Broadus-Gay, who has served at the university since 1999, will oversee all social science, humanities, ROTC, and fine and performing arts programs in the School of Liberal Arts.

Effective July 16, Edgar Williams, professor of management and decision science, has been named acting dean of the School of Business. Williams, who joined the university in 1984, has served in almost every administrative unit of the School of Business including director of the Center for Entrepreneurship (formerly called the Small Business Institute), assistant dean, and professor.

Williams will take over the duties of interim dean Francis Achampong, who has announced his resignation to join Penn State University's Mont Alto campus as a tenured professor of business and director of academic affairs.

Nuria Cuevas, director of institutional effectiveness and assessment, has been named acting associate vice president for academic affairs, effective Aug.1. She will be responsible for university assessment, curriculum management and institutional effectiveness.

A national search for all of the appointments will begin in Fall 2002.

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