ROSEMARY DePAOLO
Chancellor
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Wilmington, North Carolina 28403-5931
910-962-3030
fax: 910-962-4050
depaolo@uncw.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1979
Specialization: Eighteenth-Century English Literature
Passed with distinction
M.A. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1974
Woodrow Wilson Fellow, 1970
B.A. Queens College, CUNY, Flushing, New York, 1970
Major: English
Minor: Education
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
Bryn Mawr/HERS Summer Institute for Women in Higher Education Administration,
Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, 1996
NEH Summer Seminar: Biography and Portraiture
Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1987
Director: Richard Wendorf
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Professor of English, Western Carolina University, 1993-1997
Professor of Humanities, Georgia Southern University, 1990-93
Professor of Humanities, Department of Fine Arts, Augusta College, 1989-1990
Associate Professor of English, Department of Languages and Literature, Augusta College, 1984-1989
Assistant Professor of English, Department of Languages and Literature, Augusta College, 1979-1984
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
Georgia College & State University
President
1997-2003
Chief Executive Officer, with oversight of 5,500 students, 300 faculty,
475 staff, $65 million budget
As president, have transformed the institution in the following ways:
- defined and led change to new mission designation as Georgia’s Public Liberal Arts University
- raised over $140 million of funding (details below) to implement new mission
- gained unprecedented approval from Board of Regents, governor, and students for tuition differential from other senior University System institutions
- lowered student-faculty ratio to 17:1 (with additional state and tuition funding)
- raised minimum admission standards by 320 points
- raised SAT average 113 points
- changed demographic mix of student body to statewide rather than regional
- altered program mix substantially to correspond with new mission
- sought and gained membership of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges (COPLAC), 2001; COPLAC president-elect, 2003
- moved from Tier 3 to Tier 2 in U.S. News & World Report ratings, 2000/2001, 2001/2002 listings
- recognized for first time as “outstanding” in Newsweek/Kaplan College Guide in two categories: “academically competitive,” and “offering a high level of individual attention from faculty,” 2001 listing
- transformed culture of university to one more student-oriented
- developed more open and participatory shared governance
- secured (late) U.S. Senator Paul Coverdell’s papers
- initiated Paul Coverdell Leadership Program
- established Summer Arts Academy
- established Artist-in-Residence program
- initiated freshman program: summer reading, “Circles,” Convocation, First-Year Experience
- USS Carl Vinson Project: GC&SU first campus to offer degree program (MPA) simultaneously on board the ship and on campus; first university to hold graduation ceremony with a naval facility
- initiated bench-marking study that became system model
- promoted university’s recognition as system leader in international programs
- promoted university’s recognition as system leader in technological innovation
- named to Georgia Trend’s “100 Most Influential Georgians, 2001”; “Notable Georgians,” 2002
- named to WMAZ “Top 10 Central Georgians,” 2002
Western Carolina University
Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
1993-1997
Chief administrator for the College of Arts and Sciences, with 150 full-time
faculty. Responsible for all curricular and student issues in the college.
Major Accomplishments: secured approval and funding for a $28 million fine and performing arts center; arranged summer residencies with the Atlanta Ballet and the Charleston Symphony; received first endowed professorship, in Music Performance; secured approval and funding for the inter-institutional Kellogg Center for Craft, Creativity, and Design; wrote National Endowment for the Humanities Challenge Grant, to found Center for Cherokee Studies; advanced technology throughout the College to full computerization for all faculty; worked with faculty to develop comprehensive salary equity studies; established, with the College of Business, the Freda Russell Rayburn Endowment for Women in Business.
Georgia Southern University
Assistant Dean, Curriculum and Student Services
1990-1993
Responsible for all curricular issues in the College as well as oversight
of the general education program university-wide.
As the [then] fastest growing university in the country (14,000 headcount), Georgia Southern University experienced extreme enrollment pressure; the assistant dean had responsibility for headcount data collection and generation, FTE, program growth, graduation figures, and enrollments; also shared responsibility for student registration procedures. Also administered the Botanical Garden, a major outreach and fundraising avenue.
Major accomplishments: secured AAC grant to strengthen liberal arts training of education majors; helped develop the Humanities Forum, a university-wide inter- disciplinary series; formalized advancement and governance at Botanical Garden.
Augusta College
Director, Center for Humanities, 1988-1990
Humanities Program Head, 1990
Served as founding director of center. Worked with the public schools
in region and with the medical, arts, and business communities. Helped
to establish the Morris Distinguished Professorship in Art. Coordinated
the Departments of Fine Arts and Languages and Literature in delivery
of an award-winning interdisciplinary Humanities program initiated with
National Endowment for the Humanities grant.
FUNDING INITIATIVES
At Georgia College & State University:
- received approval/ funding for $130 million of renovation and construction funding
- secured $3 million private gift for library; largest private gift in university’s history
- secured $1.5 million special state mission-related appropriation (unprecedented in state)
- secured Woodruff Foundation gift of $1.5 million for Old Governor’s Mansion, with matching state funds
- developed, with Woodruff Foundation funding, partnership with Georgia Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors to create mentoring program between students and top executives throughout Georgia
- developed innovative private funding mechanism through Foundation-sponsored Limited Liability Company to fund $58 million of new student housing (the cornerstone for a new freshman residency requirement)
- secured funding for the Robert E. Lee (former president) Convocation
- secured approval and funding for ICAPP (Intellectual Capital Partnership Program), working with ISP Alliance to educate workforce
- secured funding for endowed professorships in science and history
- established Center for Georgia Studies with NEH Challenge Grant
- Knight Foundation Grant, for Community Planning
At Western Carolina University:
- secured approval and initial funding for a $28 million Fine and Performing Arts Center
- secured National Endowment for the Humanities Challenge Grant, to found Center for Cherokee Studies
- secured approval and funding for the inter-institutional Kellogg Center for Craft, Creativity, and Design
At Georgia Southern University:
- wrote Association of American Colleges/National Endowment for the Humanities Grant, strengthening Humanities Foundations for Teachers (Project Director)
At Augusta College:
- wrote GTE Grant, Technology and Ethics (Project Director)
- wrote National Endowment for the Humanities Grant, to implement a three-course, humanities sequence, team taught by departments of Languages and Literature and Fine Arts (Project Director)
- wrote Columbus Quincentennial Project Grant, 1991
CONSULTANCIES
Georgia Perimeter College, Senior Administrators’ Retreat
Benchmarking, 2000
National Endowment for the Humanities
Peer Review Panels: 1985, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1997
Humanities Program Consultant:
- Aquinas College, Grand Rapids, Michigan
- 1987 Keynote Speaker and Consultant 1988, 1990, 1990, 1991
- Centre College, Danville, Kentucky, 1986
- Georgia College, Milledgeville, Georgia, 1990
- Augusta College, Columbus Quincentennial Project Grant, 1991
- Roosevelt University, Chicago, Illinois, 1991, 1994
ACADEMIC AND COMMUNITY SERVICE AND ADMINISTRATION
(Selected)
Georgia College & State University
- United Way of Central Georgia, Board of Directors, 1998-
- Chair of Central Georgia Campaign, 2002
- Peach Belt Athletic Conference, President, 2000-;
- Vice President, 1998-1990; Executive Board 2002-3
- Andalusia/Flannery O’Conner Foundation Board, 2002-
- Georgia Chamber of Commerce, Board of Directors, 1998-
- Georgia Humanities Council Board of Directors, 2000; Vice Chair, 2001-2; Chair, 2002-
- Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education, Board of Directors, 1998-
- Georgia Early Learning Initiative, Board of Directors, 1999-
- Professional Association of Georgia Educators Foundation, Board of Directors, 1999-
- Georgia Council for Economics Education, Board of Directors, 1998-
- Governor’s Commission on the New Georgia Encyclopedia, 2001-
- Georgia Regional Advisory Council, Region 6, Advisory Board, 1999-2001
- Central Georgia Regional Education Service Agency, Board of Control, 2000-
- WMAZ, From the Heart Board, 1997–2001
- American Association of Colleges & Universities, Commission on the Liberal Arts Agenda, Chair, 2001-2002
- American Association of Colleges & Universities, Committee on the Undergraduate Experience, 2001-
- ACE, Office of Women in Higher Education Board, 2001-
- Presidents’ Council, University System of Georgia, 1997-present
Western Carolina University
- Center for Craft, Creativity and Design, Policy Board, 1996-1997
- Cherokee Program, responsible for Cherokee resident credit center, 1996-1997
- General Education Review Task Force, Chair, 1996-1997
- Vice Chancellor for Advancement and External Affairs Search Committee, Chair, 1995-1996
- NCAA Steering Committee, 1994-1996
- NCAA Governance and Rules Compliance Committee, Chair
- College of Business Dean Search Committee, Chair, 1994-1996
- Executive Director of University Advancement Search Committee, 1994
- Sexual Harassment Task Force, 1994
- WCU Center for Mathematics and Science Education, Advisory Board, 1993-1997
- Highlands Biological Station, Board of Advisors, 1993-1997
- South Appalachian Science Group, 1993-1997
- School Tenure, Promotion, and Advisory Committee, Chair, 1993-1997
- Instructional Policy Committee Chair, 1993-1997
- Dean’s Faculty Advisory Board, Chair, 1993-1997
- Council of Deans, 1993-1997
- University Strategic Planning Committee, 1993-1995
- Council on Instruction and Curriculum, 1993-1997
- HandMade in America, Education Committee, Chair, 1994-1997
- HandMade in America, Governor’s Strategic Planning Committee, 1994
Georgia Southern University
- Arts and Sciences Deans Council, University System of Georgia, 1990-1993 (Chair-elect)
- Arts and Sciences Restructuring Committee, Chair, 1993
- Arts and Sciences Advisory Council, 1990-1993
- Arts and Sciences Curriculum Sub-Committee, Executive Representative, 1990-1993
- Vice Chair, Executive Board, Magnolia Gardens, Georgia Southern University Botanical Gardens, 1991-1994
- Chair, Associate Director of Libraries Search Committee, 1992
- Chair, Women’s and Gender Studies Program Director Search Committee, 1992
- Freshman Residential Learning Experience (Success in U) Committee, 1990-1993
- Women’s Studies Committee, 1991-1992
- Women’s and Gender Studies Advisory Board, 1992-1993
- Student Information Systems Advisory Board, 1992-1993
Augusta College
- Director, Augusta College Center for the Humanities, 1989-1990
- Originator, Director, Humanties Conference, an interdisciplinary conference on the Humanities, 1989
- Augusta College Interdepartmental Humanities Committee, Chair, 1980-1990
- Arts and Sciences Council, 1989-1990
- Arts and Sciences Deans Council, University System of Georgia, 1989-90
- Department of Fine Arts Chair Search Committee, 1990
- Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee, 1989-1990, 1984-1987
- Morris Distinguished Scholar Chair in Art Search Committee, Co-chair, 1988-1989
- Faculty Policies Committee, 1988-1989, 1982-1984
- Augusta College Regents Review Panel, Chair, 1984-1989
- Sexual Harassment Task Force, 1987-1990, initiated
- Vice President for Student Affairs Search Committee, 1987-1988
- General Education Committee, 1988-1990
- International Studies Advisory Group, 1987-1989
- Cultural Activities Committee, Chair, 1981-1982
- SACS Re-accreditation Steering Committee, Editor, 1979-1981
SCHOLARSHIP AND PRINCIPAL PRESENTATIONS
(Numerous addresses to groups throughout Georgia, 1997-2002)
“Citizenship and the Liberal Arts,” Georgia Council for the Humanities Leadership Forum, November, 2001. Published as “The Educator as Citizen.” In Good Citizenship as a Foundation for Leadership. Atlanta: Georgia Humanities Council, 2002. 53-60.
Invited Panelist, American Association of Governing Boards, AASCU, Naples, FL, November 2002.
Liberal Arts White paper, AASCU, Naples, FL, November 2002 (forthcoming).
“Reviving Civic Education.” The Reporter Summer/ Fall 2002: 26-7.
“Engaging the Faculty,” AASCU, Puerto Rico, November, 1999.
“Liberal Arts and the Georgia Workforce,” Georgia Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors Meeting,” Sea Island, Georgia, 1998.
Rev. of Winged, by George Held (Northport, New York, Birnham Wood: 1996), In Phase and Cycle, 9 (1996): 40-41.
“Workstations and Neighborhoods: An Alternative Vision of the University Survey.” Discussant, Southern Humanities Conference. Richmond, KY, February 1, 1996.
“A Status Report on Assessment of Institutional Effectiveness.” South Carolina Higher Education Assessment Conference, Myrtle Beach, SC, November 1994.
Rev. of Introduction to the Humanities. For McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1992.
“Battling the Human to Teach the Humanities.” In Curricular Reform: Narratives of Interdisciplinary Humanities Programs. Ed. Mark Clark and Roger Johnson. Chattanooga, TN: Southern Humanities Press, 1991. 34-42.
“The Poet’s Progress: Stolen Images in William Hogarth and Elisha Kirkhall.” Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture 20.4 (1990): 93-113.
“The Care and Feeding of a Humanities Program.” Southern Humanities Conference. Clearwater, FL, February 1990.
“The Augusta College Humanities Program: Strengthening an Introductory
Three-Course Sequence.” Resources in Education October 1989: 89.
Administering Interdisciplinary Humanities Programs. Moderator, Humanities Conference, Augusta, Ga, 1989.
Rev. of Norton Anthology of World Literature. Vols. I and II. For W.W. Norton and Co., 1989.
Rev. of Culture and Values. For Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1988.
“Scholastic Skullduggery.” Armchair Detective 21.3 (1988): 280-84.
“The Art of Administering and Teaching Interdisciplinary Courses.” Conference on the Interdisciplinary Humanities: Social, Scientific, and Artistic Contexts. Denton, TX, 1988.
“The Poet’s Progress: Stolen Images in William Hogarth and Elisha Kirkhall.” American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Conference. Knoxville, 1988.
“You Are What You Drink: Drink as in Indication of Class in the Novels of Barbara Pym.” The Barbara Pym Newsletter 2.2 (1987): 1-5.
Rev. of The Humanistic Tradition. For Harcourt Brace, 1986.
“Scholarly Sleuths: The Inevitability of the Academic Murder Mystery.” Southeastern Popular Culture Conference, Atlanta, GA 1982.
“Agatha Christie. A Questions of Antecedents.” Clues 26.1 (1982): 78-101.
“Agatha Christie and the Eighteenth-Century Tradition.” Popular Culture Association Conference. Cincinnati, Oh, 1981.
“Crazy Jane and the Novel.” Southeastern Modern Language Association Conference. Atlanta, GA 1980.
“Mothering and Madness.” Women: A Journal of Liberation 7.2 (1979): 24-37.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
Pi Kappa Phi Honor Society
Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society
Association of American Colleges &Universities
American Council on Education
Association of American State Colleges and Universities
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