Carolyn Meyers
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Carolyn Winstead Meyers is the president of Jackson State University
. Myers was previously the fourth president of the Norfolk State University
, a position she held from 2006 to 2010.
, earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Howard University
. She earned a master's degree in mechanical engineering from the Georgia Tech
in 1979, and a doctorate in chemical engineering from Georgia Tech in 1984. She completed post doctoral work at Harvard University
.
.
She has also held faculty and administrative positions at Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta University Center Corporation, and National Science Foundation.
She served as provost
, vice chancellor for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College of Engineering at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
, where she was also a tenured professor in the College of Engineering. She was the Associate Dean of Research for the Georgia Tech College of Engineering
.
, and she assumed her duties on July 1, 2006. As president, Meyers raised more funds than any previous president in the history of the institution, including an anonymous donation of $3.5 million just last year. Additionally, under her leadership, Norfolk conducted more research than at any other time in its history.
On November 3, 2009, Meyers was announced as one of three finalists as the president of Morgan State University
. Meyers resigned her position as president of Norfolk effective June 30, 2010.
On November 22, 2010, Meyers was named as the next president of Jackson State University
.
honor society, Phi Kappa Phi
honor society, and Tau Beta Pi
honor society. She is also the recipient of the NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award
, the Society of Automotive Engineers' Ralph A. Teetor
Award, and the National Society of Black Engineers
' Golden Torch Award.
Jackson State University
Jackson State University is a historically black university founded in 1877 in Natchez, MS by the American Baptist Home Mission Society of New York. The Society moved the school to Jackson in 1882, renaming it Jackson College, and developed its present campus in 1902. It became a state supported...
. Myers was previously the fourth president of the Norfolk State University
Norfolk State University
Norfolk State University is a four-year, state-supported, coed, liberal arts, historically black university located in Norfolk, Virginia. It is member school of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund and the Virginia High-Tech Partnership.-Academics:...
, a position she held from 2006 to 2010.
Education
Meyers, a native of Newport News, VirginiaNewport News, Virginia
Newport News is an independent city located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of Virginia. It is at the southeastern end of the Virginia Peninsula, on the north shore of the James River extending southeast from Skiffe's Creek along many miles of waterfront to the river's mouth at Newport News...
, earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Howard University
Howard University
Howard University is a federally chartered, non-profit, private, coeducational, nonsectarian, historically black university located in Washington, D.C., United States...
. She earned a master's degree in mechanical engineering from the Georgia Tech
Georgia Institute of Technology
The Georgia Institute of Technology is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States...
in 1979, and a doctorate in chemical engineering from Georgia Tech in 1984. She completed post doctoral work at Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
.
Early career
Meyers held the position of steam generator and systems analyst for General ElectricGeneral Electric
General Electric Company , or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States...
.
She has also held faculty and administrative positions at Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta University Center Corporation, and National Science Foundation.
She served as provost
Provost (education)
A provost is the senior academic administrator at many institutions of higher education in the United States, Canada and Australia, the equivalent of a pro-vice-chancellor at some institutions in the United Kingdom and Ireland....
, vice chancellor for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College of Engineering at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is a land-grant university located in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. It is the largest publicly funded historically black college in the state of North Carolina.NC A&T is a constituent institution of the University of North...
, where she was also a tenured professor in the College of Engineering. She was the Associate Dean of Research for the Georgia Tech College of Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology College of Engineering
The College of Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technologyprovides formal education and research in more than 10 fields of engineering, including:...
.
Later career
On February 3, 2006, Meyers was named as President of Norfolk State UniversityNorfolk State University
Norfolk State University is a four-year, state-supported, coed, liberal arts, historically black university located in Norfolk, Virginia. It is member school of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund and the Virginia High-Tech Partnership.-Academics:...
, and she assumed her duties on July 1, 2006. As president, Meyers raised more funds than any previous president in the history of the institution, including an anonymous donation of $3.5 million just last year. Additionally, under her leadership, Norfolk conducted more research than at any other time in its history.
On November 3, 2009, Meyers was announced as one of three finalists as the president of Morgan State University
Morgan State University
Morgan State University, formerly Centenary Biblical Institute , Morgan College and Morgan State College , is a historically black college in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Morgan is Maryland's designated public urban university and the largest HBCU in the state of Maryland...
. Meyers resigned her position as president of Norfolk effective June 30, 2010.
On November 22, 2010, Meyers was named as the next president of Jackson State University
Jackson State University
Jackson State University is a historically black university founded in 1877 in Natchez, MS by the American Baptist Home Mission Society of New York. The Society moved the school to Jackson in 1882, renaming it Jackson College, and developed its present campus in 1902. It became a state supported...
.
Awards and honors
Meyers has been inducted into the Georgia Tech Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni, Sigma XiSigma Xi
Sigma Xi: The Scientific Research Society is a non-profit honor society which was founded in 1886 at Cornell University by a junior faculty member and a handful of graduate students. Members elect others on the basis of their research achievements or potential...
honor society, Phi Kappa Phi
Phi Kappa Phi
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi is an honor society established 1897 to recognize and encourage superior scholarship without restriction as to area of study and to promote the "unity and democracy of education"...
honor society, and Tau Beta Pi
Tau Beta Pi
The Tau Beta Pi Association is the oldest engineering honor society in the United States and the second oldest collegiate honor society in America. It honors engineering students who have shown a history of academic achievement as well as a commitment to personal and professional integrity...
honor society. She is also the recipient of the NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award
Presidential Young Investigator Award
The Presidential Young Investigator Award was awarded by the National Science Foundation. The program operated from 1984 to 1991, and was replaced by the NSF Young Investigator Awards and Presidential Faculty Fellows Program...
, the Society of Automotive Engineers' Ralph A. Teetor
Ralph Teetor
Ralph Teetor was a prolific inventor who invented cruise control. He was the longtime president of the automotive parts manufacturer The Perfect Circle Co...
Award, and the National Society of Black Engineers
National Society of Black Engineers
National Society of Black Engineers , founded in 1975 at Purdue University, is one of the largest student-run organizations in the US, centered on improving the recruitment and retention of African-American engineering students.-History:...
' Golden Torch Award.