Southern University System & Southern University
Dr. Ray L. Belton
Dr. Ray L. Belton’s retirement as Southern University (Baton Rouge, La.) System president and Southern University and A&M College chancellor is effective fall 2022. In 2015, he became the first individual to hold both the president and chancellor positions. Under his leadership there have been several new programs and strategic initiatives implemented systemwide to increase efficiency, boost enrollment, strengthen teaching and learning, enhance technology, improve student success, expand fundraising, and increase alumni engagement.
Eastern New Mexico University
Dr. Patrice Caldwell
With her retirement effective July 1, Dr. Patrice Caldwell concludes 42 years at Eastern New Mexico University (ENMU), where she led the launch of programs like ENMU's Freshman Seminar. “Above everything, a president must keep students first — their needs, their education and their success as the institution’s central, animating passion,” says Caldwell, who has been president of ENMU and chancellor of the ENMU System since 2020.
Spelman College
