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The Norfolk State University Board of Visitors,
in a called special meeting held on February 2, has selected Dr. Carolyn
Winstead Meyers, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at
North Carolina A&T University, to be NSU's next present.
Meyers, a native of Newport News, Virginia, participated in campus
forums with diverse constituencies. She was one of two finalists
chosen by the Presidential Search Committee to interview on campus.
Meyers succeeds Dr. Marie V. McDemmond, who served as NSU's president
for eight years before resigning for health reasons. Dr. Avlvin J.
Schexnider, served as NSU interim president until Meyers assumes her
duties as president. |
A tenured professor in the College of Engineering
at A&T, Meyers holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from
Howard University; a master's in mechanical engineering from the Georgia
Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) and a Ph.D. in chemical
engineering from Georgia Tech. She has done post doctoral work at
Harvard University's Institute for Educational Management. Her
career in higher education spans more than 30 years and includes both
academic and administrative experiences. While Meyers was serving
as an associate professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical
Engineering at Georgia Tech, she received her first administrative
appointment as the Director of the Center for Success of the
Southeastern Universities and Colleges Coalition in Engineering
Education (SUCCEED), an engineering education coalition of eight
universities in the southeastern United States funded by the National
Science Foundation (NSF). Meyers currently
serves as chair of the board of directors of the National Institute of
Aerospace, which is based in Hampton, Virginia and holds numerous
professional memberships on several boards including the Board of
Trustees of the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, the
Advisory Board for the Journal of Engineering Education and the Board of
Trustees of the Moses Cone Health Systems. She also served as the
first associate dean of research for the College of Engineering at
Georgia Tech and was later appointed professor and dean of the College
of Engineering at North Carolina A&T State University.
Prior to her current position, Meyers served
as a program officer in two divisions of the NSF - the Division of
Undergraduate Education and the Division of Human Resource Development.
Among her many awards and honors include the NSF Presidential Young
Investigator Award, Society of Automotive Engineers Ralph A. Teetor
Award and the National Society of Black Engineers' Golden Torch Award.
Meyers has also been inducted into the Academy of Distinguished
Engineering Alumni at Georgia Tech.
Both finalists for the position of president
at NSU were highly qualified. After two days of discussion, review
of comments from alumni, faculty, staff, and students, the presidential
search committee strongly felt that Dr. Meyers' background in science
and technology was the right fit to position Norfolk State as a major
player in the areas of scientific research, "Jack Ezzell, NSU's recctor."
"Her extensive academic career, ties to the Hampton Roads region, and
her deep appreciation on a strong liberal arts program, and HBCU
tradition put her over the top." |
