Friday, July 11, 2003

Rosemary DePaolo, the third chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, began her new position on July 1. She previously served as president of Georgia College & State University. During her six-year tenure, she led Georgia College & State University through a period of unprecedented change, including a new mission and direction as Georgia’s designated public liberal arts university. Under her leadership, the university began nearly $100 million in construction and renovation projects on the Milledgeville campus.

DePaolo’s efforts have garnered attention across the state and nation. In January 2001, she was named one of the 100 Most Influential Georgians by Georgia Trend magazine, and a year later, she was named one of the magazine’s Most Notable Georgians. In April 2003, the Georgia Senate recognized her achievements with a resolution in her honor.

Prior to Georgia College & State University, DePaolo spent four years as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Western Carolina University. She previously spent 18 years as administrator at Georgia Southern University and as an English professor at Augusta State University.

As DePaolo assumes her new duties, she plans to tour the campus and meet members of the Wilmington and UNCW communities.

More information about Chancellor DePaolo—and how to contact her—is available at http://www.uncw.edu/chancellor.