After a nationwide search, St. Augustine's finds its new president here in Raleigh
Martha Quillin and Kate Murphy, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
Feb. 23—St. Augustine's University has appointed Dr. Christine Johnson McPhail as the 13th president of the school in east Raleigh.
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Christine McPhail will step into the role as president Feb. 24.
In an announcement Tuesday, the university said it had conducted an extensive national search for a new president.
"We are excited and fortunate to have an innovative, proven credential leader of Dr. Christine McPhail's stature to lead St. Augustine's University to the next level of excellence as we reimagine a new model of the HBCU of the future," Justice James E. Perry, chairman of the Board of Trustees and a retired Florida Supreme Court Justice, said in the university's release.