|
Marie V. McDemmond is the first woman
to lead Norfolk State University, first
African-American woman to serve as president of a
four-year college in Virginia; initiated the student
ACCESS program and improved academic advising for
freshmen; implemented Position Flexibility Plan for
faculty and standardized the university’s tenure
policy; developed an evaluation mechanism to be used
statewide for institutional performance agreements
(IPA) by the State Council of Higher Education (SCHEV)
through participation in the Secretary of
Education’s IPA pilot program; led the most
successful Annual Fund campaign in the university’s
history by raising $1.4M; first college president to
be named as Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the
Army of Virginia; secured capital funding and
funding commitments for improvements to
infrastructure and the construction of the RISE
Center; named to President Bush’s Board of Advisors
on Historically Black Colleges and Universities;
first African-American woman to head any of the
National Association of Colleges and University
Business Officers regions. McDemmond has been
recognized by Outstanding Young Women of America,
Who’s Who Among Black Americans, Florida’s National
Association of Women Business Owner’s (NAWBO), Women
Who Make a Difference, and the Florida Federation of
Business and Professional Women’s “Glass Ceiling”
and “Women of Achievement” awards.
Degrees: Ed.D., University of
Massachusetts at Amherst MA., University of New
Orleans B.S., Xavier University
|