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Prior to joining TSU, Dr. Glover served in corporate leadership roles and as a board member on publicly traded corporations. She also served as Dean of the College of Business at Jackson State University where she implemented the nation’s only HBCU Ph.D. in Business, and she served as chairperson of the Department of Accounting at Howard University. Her expertise in business, academia and balance has allowed her to run TSU while holding a board position as Lead Director of Pinnacle Financial Partners, a publicly traded banking company serving Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia and Alabama. “In my house, education was a major emphasis,” said Dr. Glover of her childhood. “It was not ‘if you were going to college.’ It was ‘at what time and where.’ We talked about college at the dinner table, at church, the entire family talked about it. I came to TSU as a curious student not knowing much about college, but knowing there was something special about education.” What her family instilled, became a life-long commitment to education. As a mathematics major, she received her bachelor of science degree from TSU. She completed a doctorate in business from George Washington University,
and received a law degree from Georgetown University.
telling me about how the President worked with them and helped them get registered for class,” said second- generation junior Shaun A. Wimberly Jr., who also serves as the student trustee on the TSU Board of Trustees. Similarly, Board of Trustees member Dr. Deborah A. Cole said Dr. Glover is a giver. “I went to pay a short visit to Dr. Glover at approximately 10:00 one morning, and she asked me to walk with her. We ended up in the Student Center where she commenced to sitting on the stage and working with students one on one to make sure they could remain in school,” said Dr. Cole, who holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree from TSU, and serves as President and CEO of Citizens Savings Bank & Trust Co. “Dr. Glover is dedicated to the students and their success.” Rebranding a Legacy Included on the list of Dr. Glover’s accomplishments as president is increasing the national visibility of the school. She said branding TSU was an important piece of the puzzle, not only for the institution but for HBCUs as a whole. The school’s marching band, The Aristocrat of Bands, was invited to the White House this year to perform
Academia as a Business Mixing her thirst for education with her business acumen, Dr. Glover said she met all her goals as the first woman president of the university. She mentioned in a recent address that the institution is in its “best financial position ever in the history of this university,” with the budget being “millions in the black.” Her efforts doubled the school’s endowment from $45 million when she arrived, to more than $100 million, and fundraising has increased with an increase in companies that contributed $1 million or more. Corporate partnerships were formed in a two-fold plan to help TSU’s financial future, in addition to offering professional networking opportunities for students. Local and national partnerships include Amazon, Google, Apple, Boeing, Ford, Bank of America, Nike, and Western Express.
Dr. Glover also set out to be available to students to ensure they felt supported.
“I realized President Glover was a TSU champion when, for the second year in a row now, students came up to me
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