CUNY named Dr. Patricia Ramsey as the sixth president of Medgar Evers College on March 22. She will be the first woman to be president of the college.
Ramsey, whose appointment is effective May 1, is an educator with a record of experience as a leader at historically Black colleges and universities, known as HBCUs.
Previously, Ramsey served as provost and vice president for academic affairs at the oldest degree-granting HBCU in the United States, Pennsylvania’s Lincoln University.
Her career began as a biology professor and since then has obtained more than 30 years of experience as a scientist, scholar and student-focused leader at universities in Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina.