Alabama A&M University Provost Dr. Beverly Edmond will be named interim President

Alabama A&M University Provost Dr. Beverly Edmond will be named interim president. Her appointment came during a debacle at trustees meeting in which the two leading candidates for the post withdrew and where Gov. Bob Riley's newest appointment to the board -- Leroy Richie of Detroit -- was introduced.

Prior to her interm appointment as President of the University, Dr. Beverly C. Edmond was appointed to the position of Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University on July 1, 2006. In this position she is responsible for providing leadership to the University's Academic and Instructional Support Programs. As Provost she serves as second in command to the President and acts in his absence and on his behalf. Prior to assuming this position, Dr. Edmond served as Vice Provost at Clark Atlanta University (CAU) in Atlanta, GA. She assumed this position in January 2004 after having served as Associate Provost since 2000. In her position as Vice Provost, Dr. Edmond was responsible for assisting in the overall management of the University's academic programs. She had specific responsibility for providing leadership for the Academic Program Review and Academic Strategic Planning Processes, faculty development and evaluation, student retention, integration of technology into the instructional program, and resolving academic grievances and appeals among other things. Dr. Edmond also served as Director of the University's $6.2 million dollar Title III Program. She held a tenured Associate Professor position in the Public Administration Department at CAU, and she served as Chair of that Department for seven years.

A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Dr. Edmond received a B.A. in Sociology from Albany State College (now University), a Master of Public Administration from the University of Pittsburgh and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Political Science, with a concentration in Public Administration from Georgia State University.
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See Office of Provost & Academic Affairs for further information on Dr. Edmonds