|
BIOSKETCH
Carolyn Winstead Meyers, Ph.D.
Carolyn W. Meyers, Ph.D., the fourth president of Norfolk State University, previously served as provost and vice chancellor for Academic Affairs and a tenured professor in the College of Engineering at North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University. 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, also from Georgia Tech. She has completed 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.
Highlights from her career include the following:
- Served as the first chair of the Board of Directors of the National Institute of Aerospace.
- Held membership on several boards including the Board of Trustees of the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics and the Moses Cone Health Systems.
- Holds membership on the Board of Trustees of Norwich University, MentorNet, the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce, the Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education, the Board of Governors for RTI International, the Advisory Board for the Journal of Engineering Education, the Board of Directors of Riverside Health Foundation, Hampton Roads Partnership, the Greater Norfolk Corporation; Nauticus, the Innovative Technology Authority, and the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Capital Financing Advisory Board. Also serves on the Regional Board of Directors for the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce and as an Advisory Committee Member for the Extraordinary Women Engineers Project.
- Currently, is serving a second term as a member-at-large of the ASME Committee on Honors and is a member of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia’s 2007 Assessment Task Force.
- Appointed to the American Council on Education Commission on Effective Leadership beginning July 1, 2007.
- 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.
- Inducted into the Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni at Georgia Tech.
- Served as a program officer in two divisions of the National Science Foundation—the Division of Undergraduate Education and the Division of Human Resource Development.
- Received the NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award, Society of Automotive Engineers’ Ralph A. Teetor Award, and the National Society of Black Engineers’ Golden Torch Award.
Dr. Meyers is a native of Newport News, Va. She is the proud parent of three adult children and grandmother of two.
|
