Dr. William M. Downs Begins His Term as 13th President on July 1

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Office of University Communications

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The Gardner-Webb University Board of Trustees is pleased to announce Dr. William M. Downs has been named the institution’s 13th president. He currently serves at East Carolina University (ECU) as the dean of the Thomas Harriot College of Arts & Sciences in Greenville, N.C. Board members unanimously confirmed his appointment at a special meeting, capping a highly competitive one-year national search.

Publication Date

2-13-2019

Publisher

Gardner-Webb University

City

Boiling Springs

Keywords

Campus News, Coleman Lew + Associates, Community News, David Royster III, Dr. William M. Downs, East Carolina University (Greenville NC), Emory University (Atlanta), Georgia State University (Atlanta), GWU Board of Trustees, GWU Presidential Search Committee, Jennifer Marion Mills (GWU Board of Trustees Chair), journalism, Political Science, research fellow, Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences, W. Keats Sparrow Distinguished Chair in the Liberal Arts

Recommended Citation

Office of University Communications, "Dr. William M. Downs Begins His Term as 13th President on July 1" (2019). Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive. 281.
https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/gardner-webb-newscenter-archive/281