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Monica T. Leach Senior Associate Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management and Academic Affairs Dr. Monica Terrell Leach has been named senior associate vice chancellor for the Division of Enrollment Management and Academic Affairs. In her new role, Leach will lead the division charged with executing key academic strategic initiatives. Leach joined NCCU as associate vice chancellor for enrollment management in 2014 after serving at North Carolina State University for almost 20 years in a variety of leadership roles. Leach is a 2003 graduate of the Harvard Institute Management Development Program and has completed the UNC system’s BRIDGES for Women Leadership Program. She holds a bachelor’s degree in science from Louisiana State University, as well as master’s and doctoral degrees in education from N.C. State University.
Toya Corbett Dean of Students
Toya Corbett, Ph.D., has been appointed to serve as dean of students for the Division of Student Affairs. Corbett, who joined NCCU in March 2015 as executive director for the Department of Student Engagement and Leadership, previously served at Morgan State University in the Office of Student Activities. She is a 2016 participant in the inaugural class of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) Emerging Leaders Program. Corbett holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, as well as a master’s and a doctorate in history from Morgan State University.
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Jon Gant Dean for the School of Library and Information Sciences Jon Gant, Ph.D., was named in August 2016 as dean of the School of Library and Information Sciences (SLIS). Gant received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Carnegie Mellon University and his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan. He previously held faculty positions at Syracuse University and Indiana University. He has conducted groundbreaking research in the areas of Internet access and use, broadband adoption, and new models for delivering digital literacy training in public libraries and community anchor institutions. His lifelong passion has been to improve digital inclusion in ways that help individuals, communities, public libraries and others to close the digital divide. He was formerly a faculty member at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he had been employed since 2007.