2 The Hampton Roads Messenger


Volume 12 Number 1


October 2017


NSU President announces his retirement


On September 15, President


Eddie N. Moore, Jr. announced in writing to the Board of Visitors his retirement.


Te Board formally


accepted his retirement decision at a special call meeting on 25 September and is now working with him on a mutually agreeable transition date.


Te Board thanks Mr. Moore for


his timeless dedication and service as President & CEO of Norfolk State University.


President Moore was hired BY CHRIS PARKS Norfolk State University President


Eddie Moore, Jr. recently announced his retirement. While addressing his decision in a video, Moore stated, “Te energy that


is required to do a


presidency, I just don’t have.” A link to the video is available on the Hampton Roads Messenger’s


website, www.


hamptonroadsmessenger.com. Longtime Norfolk State supporter,


Sharon Johnson-Clayton, owner of Eddie's Chesapeake Bay Crabhouse said, “My family and I are alumni and our small businesses are grateful for President Moore and his contributions to NSU.


Since many of our readers are


Norfolk State supporters, the Hampton Roads Messenger has obtained a copy of a letter signed by the Rector of Norfolk State University’s Board of Visitors, Dr. Byron L. Cherry, Sr., concerning Moore’s retirement. Te letter is addressed to “Members of the Norfolk State Community” and dated September 25, 2017. Te letter contained the following contents:


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in Fall 2013 when Norfolk State University was going through very challenging times.


Most notably,


the University was placed on public sanction by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) for both serious


institutional governance


issues and a backlog of unperformed annual audits.


Drawing on his years of sterling


and outstanding service to the Commonwealth of Virginia, both as State Treasurer and President of Virginia State University, President Moore provided the necessary leadership to fully correct those deficiencies and restore the University’s good standing with SACSCOC within a two-year period.


Also under his leadership,


the University has seen promising improvement in its enrollment and retention and graduation rates.


It


has seen a welcome expansion to the University’s physical imprint with three new state-of-art academic


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