{"id":1873,"date":"2012-12-17T11:40:32","date_gmt":"2012-12-17T16:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2012\/12\/charles-l-shearer-president-emeritus-of-transylvania-university-receives-honorary-degree-from-university-of-kentucky-at-december-commencement-alumnus-david-lollis-also-honored\/"},"modified":"2020-07-14T13:57:32","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T17:57:32","slug":"charles-l-shearer-president-emeritus-of-transylvania-university-receives-honorary-degree-from-university-of-kentucky-at-december-commencement-alumnus-david-lollis-also-honored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2012\/12\/charles-l-shearer-president-emeritus-of-transylvania-university-receives-honorary-degree-from-university-of-kentucky-at-december-commencement-alumnus-david-lollis-also-honored\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles L. Shearer, president emeritus of Transylvania University, receives honorary degree from University of Kentucky at December commencement; alumnus David Lollis also honored"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\" width=\"200\" class=\"imgBordersLeft\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/news\/images\/illustrations\/shearerhonorarydegree.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"137\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Charles L. Shearer, right, receives his honorary degree from UK President Eli Capilouto. Photo by Matt Goins. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\nLEXINGTON, Ky.\u2014Charles L. Shearer, president emeritus of Transylvania University, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters degree at the December commencement ceremonies at the University of Kentucky for his lifetime service to higher education. Shearer was selected as president of Transylvania in 1983, beginning a distinguished 27-year tenure that is the longest in the university\u2019s history. A native of Louisville, Shearer earned a bachelor of science degree in accounting and a master\u2019s in diplomacy and international commerce, both from the University of Kentucky. He then earned a master\u2019s and a Ph.D. in economics from Michigan State University.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nShearer was named to the presidency of Transylvania at the age of 40, after serving four years as the university\u2019s vice president for finance. One of his first priorities was to increase enrollment, which stood at 655. By the next fall, the entering class had climbed 46 percent over the previous year, to 312, and overall enrollment climbed 19 percent to 785. By 2008, 1,153 students were enrolled, a 76 percent increase.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAcademic quality of the faculty and student body was another priority. The number of students receiving prestigious William T. Young Scholarships, which cover full tuition and fees for four years, grew from 10 to 25, and the innovative Bingham Program for Excellence in Teaching provided financial rewards to high achieving professors.<br \/>\nFurther bolstering the academic environment was the creation of two major endowed funds for faculty and student research, the David and Betty Jones Fund for Faculty Development and the Kenan Fund for Faculty and Student Enrichment. Working at the direction of the board, Shearer oversaw the completion of 13 new buildings, athletics fields and major renovations at a total cost of $53.5 million.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nDuring Shearer\u2019s tenure, the endowment climbed from $32.8 million in 1983 to $144 million in 2007, an increase of 339 percent.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nOverall progress may also be seen in the national rankings Transylvania has won during these years. After achieving No. 1 rankings in U.S. News &#038; World Report for 1989 and 1993 in the regional liberal arts colleges in the South category, the university moved to the national liberal arts category in 1994 and has enjoyed solid rankings in that section ever since.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nShearer retired in 2010.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"imgBordersRight\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/news\/images\/illustrations\/lollisdavid.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"179\" \/>Also receiving an honorary degree at UK\u2019s commencement was David L. Lollis, a 1959 graduate of Transylvania University who has worked for over 40 years in both the public and private sectors. Lollis is the past president of Appalbanc, an award-winning community development financial institution that promotes individual and community development in rural central Appalachia through the financial products developed by the Human\/Economic Appalachian Development Corporation, the Federation of Appalachian Housing Enterprises, Inc. and the Appalachian Federal Credit Union. He is also past president of the Federation of Appalachian Housing Enterprises.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nHis federal government experience includes positions in the commerce department\u2019s Office of Business Economics, in the labor department\u2019s Employment and Training Administration and in the Office of Economic Opportunity\/Community Services Administration. At the state government level, Lollis served in the Kentucky Governor\u2019s Office, the Office of Policy and Management and the Office of the Secretary of the Department for Human Resources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charles L. Shearer, right, receives his honorary degree from UK President Eli Capilouto. Photo by Matt Goins. LEXINGTON, Ky.\u2014Charles L. Shearer, president emeritus of Transylvania University, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters degree at the December commencement ceremonies at the University of Kentucky for his lifetime service to higher education. Shearer was selected as president of Transylvania in 1983, beginning a distinguished 27-year tenure that is the longest in the university\u2019s history. A native of Louisville, Shearer earned a bachelor of science degree in accounting and a master\u2019s in diplomacy and international commerce, both from the University of Kentucky. He then earned a master\u2019s and a Ph.D. in economics from Michigan State University. Shearer was named to the presidency of Transylvania at the age of 40, after serving four years as the university\u2019s vice president for finance. One of his first priorities was to increase enrollment, which stood at 655. By the next fall, the entering class had climbed 46 percent over the previous year, to 312, and overall enrollment climbed 19 percent to 785. By 2008, 1,153 students were enrolled, a 76 percent increase. Academic quality of the faculty and student body was another priority. The number of students receiving prestigious William T. Young Scholarships, which cover full tuition and fees for four years, grew from 10 to 25, and the innovative Bingham Program for Excellence in Teaching provided financial rewards to high achieving professors. Further bolstering the<\/p>\n<p class=\"continueLink\"><a class=\"btn btn-info\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2012\/12\/charles-l-shearer-president-emeritus-of-transylvania-university-receives-honorary-degree-from-university-of-kentucky-at-december-commencement-alumnus-david-lollis-also-honored\/\">Read &ldquo;Charles L. 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