{"id":9841,"date":"2020-01-21T12:38:54","date_gmt":"2020-01-21T17:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/?p=9841"},"modified":"2020-07-14T13:41:22","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T17:41:22","slug":"transylvania-names-brien-lewis-as-its-27th-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2020\/01\/transylvania-names-brien-lewis-as-its-27th-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Transylvania names Brien Lewis as its 27th president"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/co-brienlewis.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9842\" width=\"359\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/01\/co-brienlewis.png 450w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/01\/co-brienlewis-350x222.png 350w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/01\/co-brienlewis-300x191.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 359px) 100vw, 359px\" \/><figcaption><em>Brien Lewis has been named Transylvania&#8217;s 27th president<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Brien Lewis has been\nselected to serve as the 27th president of Transylvania University. Board of\nTrustees Chairman William T. Young Jr. announced today that Lewis, the current president\nof Catawba College, will start on July 1, 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am delighted that Brien\nLewis will serve as Transylvania\u2019s next president. His selection comes with the\nunanimous approval of both the Presidential Search Committee and Board of\nTrustees after an extensive national search that included a large pool of\nhighly qualified and distinguished applicants,\u201d Young said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTransylvania\u2019s next president must be a catalyst, motivator and facilitator committed to the value and purpose of intellectual and personal development,\u201d Lewis said. \u201cTransy continues to serve as a pioneer in higher education, originating new lines of thought, activities and methods for a rapidly evolving 21st century.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lewis, 52, has served as\npresident of Catawba College, a private, liberal arts college in Salisbury,\nNorth Carolina, since April 2012. During his eight-year tenure, Lewis oversaw\nan increase in undergraduate enrollment and improved first-year student\nretention; led two ambitious and successful fundraising campaigns, while\nincreasing the college\u2019s endowment by 87%; and created new academic and\nathletic programs and improved the campus infrastructure to support them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A native of Toronto, Canada,\nLewis holds a bachelor\u2019s degree in political science from the University of\nNorth Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a Morehead Scholar and student body\npresident. He earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Toronto.&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lewis worked as an attorney\nand mediator in North Carolina before moving into higher education at Winthrop\nUniversity in South Carolina, where he was an associate professor of business\nadministration, the founding dean of University College, and vice president for\nuniversity development and alumni relations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Young said Lewis\u2019 20 years\nin higher education was a key factor in the selection process. \u201cHis\nexperience&nbsp;as a college president, his commitment to students\u2019 personal\nand intellectual development, and his passion for&nbsp;shaping, delivering and\nproviding access to the finest collegiate experience are all characteristics\nthat influenced our decision.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The strength of Transylvania\u2019s\nexisting culture, priorities and willingness to innovate drew Lewis to the 240-year-old\ninstitution. \u201cTransylvania should build on its enduring strengths: a highly\npersonal learning environment infused with its core commitment to academic\nexcellence and a powerful sense of community,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Outside academia, Lewis and\nhis wife, Laura, have invested in their local communities while raising two\nchildren: Josh, who is now in law school, and Anna Louise, who is a sophomore\nin college. Lewis joined the boards of the United Way, the Crosby Scholars and\nthe UNC Nutrition Research Institute, among other organizations. In Toronto and\nthroughout his career, he has also acted in a number of student and community\ntheater productions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Laura and I are deeply\nhonored and excited to join the Transylvania community of learners. Transylvania&#8217;s\nrich history and the vitality of the opportunities it offers to students today\nare both impressive and inspiring,\u201d Lewis said. \u201cWe look forward to engaging\nwith the campus and the greater Lexington community to build on the\nUniversity&#8217;s commitments to excellence and innovation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Transylvania Board of\nTrustees announced its presidential search in June of 2019. The search was\nmanaged by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imsearch.com\/\">Isaacson Miller<\/a>&nbsp;of\nBoston, who identified a deep and diverse pool of qualified candidates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI would like to thank the\nmembers of the&nbsp;Transylvania community who served on the Presidential\nSearch Committee and who participated in the&nbsp;interview process,\u201d Young\nsaid. \u201cThese trustees, faculty, staff, students and alumni had Transylvania&#8217;s\nlong and successful history in mind as they considered who was the best\ncandidate to lead us into the future. 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