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www.nhregister.com/articles/2010/04/02/news/a3-nebattle.txt
By Mary E. O’Leary, Register Topics Editor
NEW HAVEN — A former president of universities in North Carolina and Maryland will serve as the interim head of Southern Connecticut State University.
Stanley F. Battle, one time president of Coppin State University in Baltimore and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, will come to SCSU next month to succeed Cheryl Norton.
Norton will be on sabbatical for the next year after serving six years as president of Southern, its first female president.
Faculty at Southern have said Norton was forced out by Connecticut State University Chancellor David Carter, after he was given the power last fall to terminate a president “without cause or explanation” with the concurrence of the chairman of the board of trustees.
Battle was president of North Carolina A&T from 2007-2009 and head of Coppin State University from 2003-2007.
Battle has a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Springfield College, a master’s in social work from the University of Connecticut, a master’s in public health from the University of Pittsburgh and a doctorate in social welfare policy from the University of Pittsburgh.
Battle was associate vice president of academic affairs at Eastern Connecticut State University from 1993-1998 and earlier in his career was a faculty member at UConn, Boston University and the University of Minnesota.
The interim appointment was made by Carter and endorsed by the executive committee of the Board of Trustees of CSUS.
“We are confident that Dr. Battle will be an effective interim leader at Southern, working closely with faculty, staff and the community in furthering the best interests of our students,” said CSUS Board Chairman Karl J. Krapek.
Southern has about 12,000 students and offers 116 graduate and undergraduate programs. It is the second largest of the four universities in the Connecticut State University System.
By Mary E. O’Leary, Register Topics Editor
NEW HAVEN — A former president of universities in North Carolina and Maryland will serve as the interim head of Southern Connecticut State University.
Stanley F. Battle, one time president of Coppin State University in Baltimore and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, will come to SCSU next month to succeed Cheryl Norton.
Norton will be on sabbatical for the next year after serving six years as president of Southern, its first female president.
Faculty at Southern have said Norton was forced out by Connecticut State University Chancellor David Carter, after he was given the power last fall to terminate a president “without cause or explanation” with the concurrence of the chairman of the board of trustees.
Battle was president of North Carolina A&T from 2007-2009 and head of Coppin State University from 2003-2007.
Battle has a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Springfield College, a master’s in social work from the University of Connecticut, a master’s in public health from the University of Pittsburgh and a doctorate in social welfare policy from the University of Pittsburgh.
Battle was associate vice president of academic affairs at Eastern Connecticut State University from 1993-1998 and earlier in his career was a faculty member at UConn, Boston University and the University of Minnesota.
The interim appointment was made by Carter and endorsed by the executive committee of the Board of Trustees of CSUS.
“We are confident that Dr. Battle will be an effective interim leader at Southern, working closely with faculty, staff and the community in furthering the best interests of our students,” said CSUS Board Chairman Karl J. Krapek.
Southern has about 12,000 students and offers 116 graduate and undergraduate programs. It is the second largest of the four universities in the Connecticut State University System.
