There are 9 article(s) tagged Carol Johnson-Dean:

• December 2020

  • LeMoyne-Owen College names new president

    LeMoyne-Owen College has named Vernell Bennett-Fairs its new president.

    By Linda A. Moore December 17, 2020

• July 2020

  • LeMoyne-Owen College to offer students free laptops, a new Methodist Le Bonheur clinic on campus

    The college will open for virtual classes Aug. 12, and will monitor coronavirus case numbers to decide whether to reopen the campus after Labor Day.

    By Linda A. Moore July 23, 2020

  • The impact of the $40 million gift to LeMoyne-Owen College

    Carol Johnson-Dean, president of LeMoyne-Owen College, discusses how the $40 million gift came to be.

    By Eric Barnes July 23, 2020

  • A $40M gift to LeMoyne-Owen was ‘the right thing at the right time’

    College President Carol Johnson-Dean took the call announcing the largest endowment the 158-year-old school had ever received: “I literally began to cry.”

    By Otis Sanford July 09, 2020

  • $40 million endowment ‘transformative’ for LeMoyne-Owen

    The endowment from the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis is the largest in LeMoyne-Owen College’s history.

    By Linda A. Moore July 05, 2020

• December 2019

  • Amid turmoil, LeMoyne-Owen receives interim accreditation review

    LeMoyne-Owen College’s interim president is pleased with feedback from the school's accreditation body.

    By Elle Perry December 13, 2019

  • LeMoyne-Owen students protest dismissal of administrator Strayhorn

    Student government association leads protest at LeMoyne-Owen College after learning vice president of academic & student affairs Dr. Terrell Strayhorn and other college administrators were fired by president Carol Johnson-Dean.

    By Elle Perry December 10, 2019

• September 2019

  • LeMoyne-Owen launches national campaign to raise $1.2 million

    The historically black college in South Memphis also plans to increase alumni giving from 8% to 30%.

    By Elle Perry September 28, 2019

• August 2019

  • LeMoyne-Owen interim president: ‘First we start by listening’

    Former Memphis City Schools Superintendent Carol Johnson-Dean said she plans to begin her tenure at LeMoyne-Owen College with a lot of listening.

    By Elle Perry August 02, 2019