H*4208 Session 125 (2023-2024) H 4208 Concurrent Resolution, By Sessions, Felder, Guffey, King, Ligon, Moss, O'Neal and Pope
A concurrent RESOLUTION
TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR DR.
Whereas, the members of the South
Carolina General Assembly are pleased to learn that Dr.
Whereas, Dr. Serna earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from Winthrop University in 2002, a master's degree in industrial management from Clemson University, a master's degree in management information systems from Auburn University, and a doctorate in higher education from the University of Alabama; and
Whereas, Dr. Serna worked as a senior business analyst and strategic management consultant in the private sector before he entered higher education as an assistant professor of management at Athens State University's College of Business; and
Whereas, he served as the chief of staff and associate vice chancellor for external funding and chief of staff and vice chancellor for strategic initiatives at the University of Arkansas Fort Smith (UAFS) before he became interim chancellor at UAFS, a public, four-year university with an enrollment of six thousand six hundred students and an annual budget of eighty million dollars. His work there included leading initiatives focused on student success, student retention, and data-driven innovation; and
Whereas, Dr. Serna began serving as the fifteenth president of the University of Maine at Farmington (UMF) in 2019, where he was a strategic consensus builder who successfully led the institution into its most significant academic transformation in nearly two decades; and
Whereas, the Winthrop Board of Trustees voted unanimously on February 18, 2022, to name Dr. Serna president of Winthrop University. He began serving as the twelfth president of Winthrop on July 1, 2022, and he brought with him strategies that include robust institutional planning, data-driven decision making, and a wide range of partnerships to help build on the success of Winthrop University, its students, and alumni; and
Whereas, because Dr. Serna feels that his experience as a student at Winthrop drove him to change careers to serve in public higher education, he values the opportunity to return to the campus community that made such a profound difference in his life; and
Whereas, he and his beloved wife Lauren, have two fine daughters, Anna Kate and Caroline, and the family resides in the President's House on the campus of Winthrop University; and
Whereas, the members of
the South Carolina General Assembly are delighted to have Dr.
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:
That the members of the
South Carolina General Assembly, by this resolution, recognize and honor
Be
it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to ----XX--- This web page was last updated on March 29, 2023 at 2:09 PM |