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NEWS
Appointments:
K. Sean Kimbro
Director, BBRI K. Sean Kimbro has been named director of the Julius L. Chambers Biomedical/ Biotechnology Research Institute (BBRI). The Institute conducts research focused on health issues that disproportionately affect AfricanAmericans and other minority groups and trains NCCU students for careers in the biomedical sciences. Kimbro, 45, who will hold the additional title of associate professor of biology, comes to NCCU from the Winship Cancer Institute at the Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, where he has worked since 2004. A native of Dayton, Ohio, Kimbro earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in biology in 1987 from Washington University in St. Louis and a Ph.D. in molecular and microbiology from Indiana University in 1993. Before his tenure at Emory, he performed research at Harvard University Medical School and at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in Research Triangle Park. His first faculty position was in the Biology Department at Clark Atlanta University.
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Debbie G. Thomas
Associate Provost and Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Debbie G. Thomas has been appointed associate provost and associate vice chancellor for academic affairs. She reports to Provost Kwesi E. Aggrey. Thomas has spent more than 17 years in higher education as an academician and administrator. She served as associate provost for institutional effectiveness at Fisk University and as assistant to the vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Arkansas at Monticello. Her other administrative experiences include stints at the University of Central Florida and Indiana University Northwest. She holds a Ph.D. from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale in the field of curriculum and instruction.
Maria Arvelo Lumpkin
Director, Alfonso Elder Student Union Maria Arvelo Lumpkin is the new director of the Alfonso Elder Student Union. She comes to NCCU from Spelman College in Atlanta, where she was director of student life and engagement. She previously worked at two other schools in Georgia, Fort Valley State University and Mercer University. A native of Columbia, S.C., she received a bachelor’s degree in communications from Saint Augustine’s College in Raleigh; a master’s in urban studies from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, and a doctorate in educational leadership and policy from Clark Atlanta University. She is reorganizing the Student Union into a three-pronged department — Student Activities and Student Leadership, Training and Development, and Greek Life. She will oversee management of more than 100 student organizations.