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Roderick L. Smothers
- Selected by the Philander Smith College Board of Trustees, Roderick L. Smothers, Ph.D., took office as the College's 14th president on January 5, 2015.
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Dr. Maurice D. Gipson was appointed Interim President and CEO of Philander Smith University effective August 1, 2024. Most recently, he served as the Vice Chancellor for Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity at the University of Missouri and was a faculty member in the Department of History and the Department of Black Studies.
- History Through The Years - Philander Smith University
In October 2004, the Board announced the selection of Dr....
- Dr. Maurice D. Gipson To Lead PSU as Interim President & CEO
Little Rock, Ark (July 25, 2024) — Philander Smith...
- History Through The Years - Philander Smith University
Walter Kimbrough, former president of Philander Smith College, joined the Education Conservancy in criticizing the annual U.S. News & World Report college rankings; he signed a letter circulating among college presidents that asks them to refrain from participating in the peer assessment portion of the survey.
In October 2004, the Board announced the selection of Dr. Walter M. Kimbrough as the 12th president. Kimbrough took office on Dec. 13, 2004 and served until spring 2012 when Dr. Johnny Moore, a 1989 graduate of Philander Smith College, was named as the 13th president.
Little Rock, Ark (July 25, 2024) — Philander Smith University has announced that effective August 1, Dr. Maurice D. Gipson will succeed Dr. Cynthia A. Bond Hopson as Interim President and CEO. Dr. Bond Hopson, who has led the university since July 2023, will be resuming her work for the United Methodist Church’s General Board of Higher ...
A Presidential Timeline. From its humble beginnings as Walden Seminary in 1877 to the “GREAT” Philander Smith College of the present, 1 principal, 14 presidents and several interim presidents have led the institution through flourishing and trying times.
May 12, 2023 · Roderick Smothers, president of Little Rock’s Philander Smith College since 2015, has resigned. In his resignation letter, Smothers said he’s leaving to pursue a new opportunity, KARK reported.
Sep 13, 2024 · George Collins Taylor, president of Philander Smith from 1924 to 1936, was a Philander Smith graduate. During his presidency, fewer than one in ten Black Southern youths attended high school, yet in 1932, Philander Smith College awarded twenty-two degrees, demonstrating its success as a four-year college.
