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CHANCELLOR, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA’S COLLEGE AT WISE, WISE COUNTY
CHANCELLOR, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA’S COLLEGE AT WISE, WISE COUNTY
Virginia Business// August 29, 2024//
Henry is the college’s first female chancellor since its founding in 1954 as a junior college with two buildings. She presides over a four-year liberal arts college encompassing 396 acres with 26 main buildings, attended by more than 1,900 students.
Chancellor since 2013, Henry previously spent 16 years in a variety of positions at Florida Gulf Coast University, including as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
Henry is a trustee for the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center. In 2020, she received the Virginia Network for Women in Higher Education’s Outstanding Woman Leader in Virginia Higher Education award.
Henry holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a doctorate from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.
WHAT I WAS LIKE IN HIGH SCHOOL: I was very active in clubs and organizations. I was in the rifle squad of our marching band. I was class secretary. I enjoyed studying, particularly biology.
INTERESTING PLACE I’VE TRAVELED: Sevilla, Spain. I studied there as an undergraduate student. I lived with a family and was immersed in a new culture for the first time in my life.
