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Volume 2 Number 8


Spring 2019


FMU Celebrates 140 Years, Gets New President


Dr. Jaffus Hardrick BY FLORIDA MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY


Miami Gardens, FL – As Florida Memorial University (FMU) celebrates 140 years of service in higher education, FMU’s Board of Trustees appointed Dr. Jaffus Hardrick as its 14th president, effective immediately. The board originally tapped Hardrick to serve as interim president in July 2018. During the institution’s annual Founders’ Day observance, Miami Gardens Mayor Oliver G. Gilbert, III boldly declared, “Something is happening at Florida Memorial University. There is new energy and it is exciting.”


The same sentiments have been


shared by many key leaders throughout South Florida and the country. Many have expressed support for and have endorsed Hardrick as the right leader for FMU.


"Dr. Hardrick is an ambitious and


visionary leader who has demonstrated a commitment to student success and academic


excellence throughout his career," said Attorney JoLinda Herring,


chair of FMU’s Board of Trustees. "He brings a wealth of experience and we want to continue the momentum. It is truly a new day at FMU.”


executive, Hardrick comes to South Florida's only


of experience than


education. He worked for more FMU’s Board of Trustees appoints Dr. Jaffus Hardrick as the university‘s 14th president.


Florida International


university with more than twenty years


Black higher


ten years at University


(FIU) where he served as vice provost for Access and Success and vice president of Human Resources. Under Hardrick’s leadership, FIU earned national


recognition from


Forbes, Fortune, and the Chronicle of Higher Education, among other organizations. Prior to FMU, he worked at Baylor University for twelve


years serving as assistant


provost for Academic Affairs and vice president of Human Resources.


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An award-winning academic historically in


Photo courtesy of Florida Memorial University


400 years ago, the first Africans landed in English North America and helped to form


a multicultural nation. COMMEMORATE 400 YEARS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN IMPACT.


Plan to visit Hampton in 2019 to participate in the events, exhibitions, speaker series, performances, and reenactments that recognize the first Africans’ landing and examine our nation today.


Learn more at HamptonVA2019.com or call 800.800.2202


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