Dr. Carolyn W. Meyers, Ph.D.
University President

Was named the fourth president of Norfolk State University in February 2006. She officially assumed her new duties on July 1, 2006. Meyers previously served as provost and vice chancellor for Academic Affairs and as a tenured professor in the College of Engineering at North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University. She holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Howard University, a master’s in mechanical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), and a Ph.D. in chemical engineering, also from Georgia Tech. She has done post doctoral work at Harvard University’s Institute for Educational Management. Highlights from her 30-plus years in education include serving as the first chair of the Board of Directors of the National Institute of Aerospace; serving a second term as a member-at-large of the ASME Committee on Honors; serving as a member of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia's 2007 Assessment Task Force; holding membership on the Board of Trustees of Norwich University, the Center for Advancement of Engineering Education, Board of Governors for RTI International, the Advisory Board for the Journal of Engineering Education Board of Directors of Riverside Health Foundation, Hampton Roads Partnership, and the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Capital Financing Advisory Board.