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Kimberly Ballard-Washington was officially announced as Savannah State University president on Thursday, a week after being named the sole finalist for the post by the Georgia Board of Regents. Ballard-Washington had served as the school s interim president since June 2019.
Ballard-Washington shared insights about her next steps as SSU president and plans for the coming academic year in a recent interview.
What are your next steps as president? What are some of your goals that you would like to see happen at the school?
Kimberly Ballard-Washington: We re going to have to solidify the team that we have here. Because I was interim, we have a lot of people in interim positions. So we re going to have to finalize a lot of those positions. We ve already started posting positions. We re hiring right now for the chief business officer. We re also going to be looking for a chief information technology person and a provost. We have three interim deans right now. The vice president for
New Savannah State University President Kimberly Ballard-Washington, promoted this week from interim, stood at the podium and conferred the degrees for the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences Friday morning during a ceremony at Tiger Arena. By the end of the weekend 380 students will have received their diplomas during one of the three commencement ceremonies being held.
Sen. Raphael Warnock and Chatham County Board of Commissioners Chairman Chester A. Ellis will address the graduates with Warnock speaking at the Friday evening and Saturday morning ceremonies and Ellis at the Friday morning ceremony.
Savannah State University has promoted interim president Kimberly Ballard-Washington to the permanent position, the University System of Georgia announced Thursday.
Ballard-Washington is the sole finalist for the position she inherited after taking over for president Cheryl Dozier upon her retirement in 2019.
“Savannah State’s 130-year history could not be better served than with a candidate of Ms. Ballard-Washington’s leadership and determination to honor its legacy while helping students successfully complete their degrees in the 21st century,” said USG chancellor, Steve Wrigley in a statement Thursday. “Kimberly has invaluable experience gained from working at a number of public universities across the state, and understands the important role Savannah State plays as the oldest public HBCU in Georgia. She truly and deeply cares for SSU, its students and its mission.”