First Coast News April 11, 2018 Edward Waters College picks new president "He's a very bright guy, with very good intellect and judgment. I think he will really be a strong president and will move the college forward in the right direction." A. Zachary Faison Jr. will become Edward Waters College's new president, replacing Nat Glover who is retiring and starting a motivational speaking business. Edward Waters, one of Florida's oldest historically black colleges, considered two finalists for the position with Faison, general legal counsel for the Tuskegee University in Alabama, edging out Said Sewell, a former provost at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Mo. Faison will be introduced to the public Monday. "He's a really great young man, but well-seasoned in higher education," said Bruce Taylor, chairman of the seven-member search committee. "He's a very bright guy, with very good intellect and judgment. I think he will really be a strong president and will move the college forward in the right direction." Edward Waters is an open enrollment school with about 900 full-time and 2,000 part-time or dual-enrollment students. The search committee went through 80 applications and resumes, Taylor said, bringing it down to four semifinalists and then two finalists. Faison and Sewell interviewed with the board and with groups of stakeholders during all-day sessions on campus two weeks ago. Faison said he has experience and expertise in fundraising, enrollment growth and student retention at historically black colleges. He vowed to fully staff the departments handling those functions, even if it means cuts elsewhere, because that will help the college the most in the long run. Before Faison became general counsel at Tuskegee in 2016, he had been vice president for enrollment management and student affairs at Virginia Union University in Richmond, Va., where he helped increase enrollment and retention and founded the VUU College for African-American Men. Prior to that he held leadership positions at Mississippi Valley State University and its foundation. A former state prosecutor and assistant district attorney in Georgia, Faison held undergraduate and graduate adjunct faculty positions at Mississippi Valley and at Albany State University in Georgia. He will be returning to Edward Waters, where he used to be director of external relations and leadership gifts. SANDRA M. PHOENIX HBCU Library Alliance Executive Director Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library 111 James P. Brawley Drive SW Atlanta, GA 30314 404-978-2118 (office) 404-702-5854 (cell) http://www.hbculibraries.org/ sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org%3cmailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org>> Honor the ancestors, honor the children. Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hbculibraryalliance1/ and Twitter https://twitter.com/HBCULibAlliance Check out "PULSE!" The HBCU Library Alliance's News Source! - https://hbculibraryalliance.wordpress.com/