Campus News

New Chair and Vice Chair Named; Three Elected to Board of Trustees

Karl Folkens

Glenn McCall

Janet Rice Smalley

Trustees unanimously voted Karl Folkens ’78 and Glenn McCall to serve as chair and vice chair, respectively. A Florence attorney, Folkens has served 18 years on the Board of Trust- ees, with four terms as board chair and six terms as vice-chair. McCall, a retired senior vice president of Bank of America, was first appointed to the Winthrop board in 2011 as the Education Superintendent designee. He was then legislatively appointed to an at-large seat in 2014.

In other board news, S.C. legislators elected two Winthrop graduates to the institution’s Board of Trustees.

Janet Rice Smalley ’72 of Walhalla was re-elected to the Tird Congressional District seat, while Shane Duncan ’98 of Green- ville was elected to the Fourth Congressional District seat, replacing Scott Talley who chose not to run again. In addition, Winthrop alumni chose Jane Lawton LaRoche ’69, ’70 of Cam- den for a third term as the alumni representative for the board.

Teir six-year terms will expire on June 30, 2022.

Smalley has served as a Board of Trustees member since 2004 and now is an Executive Committee member and chair of the

Shane Duncan

Jane Lawton LaRoche

Committee on Compensation. Smalley is a former Walhalla High School curriculum coordinator and Oconee School Dis- trict instructional specialist, and has served as a U.S. Depart- ment of Education secondary school evaluator.

Duncan is the business development manager for M33 Inte- grated Solutions. Active at his alma mater, Duncan is a member of the Winthrop Alumni Executive Board and has served on the Rock Hill/York County Alumni Club Board, the Alumni Asso- ciation nominating committee and with the Winthrop Alumni in Admissions Volunteer group. He was recognized in 2006 by Winthrop with the Outstanding Young Alumni Award.

LaRoche works as an emergency room physician. She has served as a member of the Loyalty Fund Committee and an Executive Board member of the Kershaw County Alumni Chapter. Winthrop’s Department of Physical Education, Sport and Human Performance awarded her Distinguished Alumni honors in 2005. LaRoche previously established the Jane LaRo- che Endowed Award for Excellence in Graduate Instruction.

U.S. News, Money Magazine Recognize Winthrop for Quality, Veteran Services and Value

Winthrop continues its streak near the top of the South’s public regional universities that convey bachelor’s and master’s degrees in the 2017 U.S. News & World Report’s edition of “America’s Best Colleges.”

Ranking eighth among South- ern public universities, Win-

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throp also was recognized again as being among the Best Colleges for Veterans.

In addition, Money Magazine once again included Winthrop in its “best colleges” in terms of value ranking. Tis is the second year that Winthrop has made the list.

Over the past decade, Winthrop has consistently received third-party endorsements for its value, academic quality and sustainability efforts.