Cheryl Norton, a nationally recognized academic leader and tireless advocate for student success, made history fall semester when she became the first woman president of Slippery Rock University. Norton was inaugurated as the University’s 16th president Sept. 28, 2012. Guido Pichini, chair of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education board of governors, Peter Garland, executive vice chancellor for PASSHE, and Eric Holmes, chair of the SRU Council of Trustees, participated in the formal investiture ceremonies. More than 400 delegates, faculty, staff and students participated in a procession from the upper portion of campus to the inaugural site in the Quad. In her address, Norton said SRU “is an institution with a tradition of excellence and a future of unlimited potential.”
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