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Phone (615) 366-4400 Fax (615) 366-4464
Press Release
PRESS RELEASE CONTACT:
Mary Morgan
615.366.4414
Dr. Sherry Hoppe Named
President of
Austin Peay State University
Community Support, Legislative Relations, Interim Role Cited
Nashville, Tennessee, January 30, 2001 - Chancellor Charles Manning of the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) today announced that the Board of Regents has approved his nomination of Dr. Sherry Hoppe as president of Austin Peay State University. Hoppe has served as interim president at Austin Peay since February of last year.
Manning described his decision as a difficult one, given the strengths of the final field of five candidates who made visits to the campus. "Certainly I want to thank all of the candidates for the presidency of Austin Peay," Manning said. "Each of them had his or her strong points, but in the end, Dr. Hoppe was my clear choice. She has done a superb job over the past year on an interim basis. The Clarksville community is solidly behind her, and she has demonstrated outstanding skills in working with the legislature as well as with many other constituent groups. I think she will do an outstanding job as president of Austin Peay, and I look forward to working with her."
Hoppe, who was president of Roane State Community College from July 1988 until taking a leave of absence to serve as interim president of Austin Peay, holds an Ed.D. from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and an M.S. and B.S. from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Prior to becoming president of Roane State, she was interim president of Nashville State Technical Institute and had spent over 10 years in a number of capacities, including dean of the college, at Chattanooga State Technical Community College.
In accepting the position, Hoppe said, ""I am honored Chancellor Manning and the Regents have confidence in my ability to lead Austin Peay at this time in its history. This is an exciting time to be here, since we will soon begin the celebration of the University's 75th anniversary. I look forward to working with all of Austin Peay's diverse constituencies in charting a course for this great University's future."
The Tennessee Board of Regents is the nation's sixth largest higher education system, governing 45 post-secondary educational institutions. The TBR system includes six universities, 13 two-year colleges and 26 technology centers, providing programs to over 180,000 students in 90 of Tennessee's 95 counties.
