Monday, May 1, 2023 - 11am UGA Chapel Louise McBee Lectures President Garnett S. Stokes will deliver the 32nd Louise McBee Lecture in Higher Education, Our Public Flagship R1 University Mission: Are We Living Up To Expectations? The event is part of the 2023 Spring Signature Lecture series. Garnett S. Stokes is the 23rd president of the University of New Mexico (UNM) and the first woman to hold the post in the flagship university’s 134-year history. UNM is notably distinctive among flagship Research 1 institutions due to its status as a Hispanic-Serving and Minority-Serving institution with New Mexico’s only academic medical center situated in a state with a rich cultural heritage and highly diverse population. Under Stokes’ leadership UNM has received the Carnegie Community Engagement Classification and has pursued a transformative mission to stimulate innovation, promote excellence, celebrate diversity, and ensure New Mexico’s economic prosperity. A tireless advocate for a transformative student experience, an empowered faculty, and a campus culture of continuous improvement, Stokes brings to New Mexico’s premiere Research 1 university more than four decades of experience and enthusiasm—as well as the unflagging energy needed to ensure The University of New Mexico thrives as a great place to work, live, and learn. Prior to her arrival at UNM, Stokes served as interim chancellor, provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Missouri and was provost and executive vice president for academic affairs and interim president at Florida State University. She has also been a faculty member, chair of the department of psychology, and dean of the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Georgia. She earned her B.A. in psychology from Carson-Newman College in Jefferson City, Tennessee, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Georgia in industrial/organizational psychology. Graduates and friends, please click to let us know you are coming! Requests for accommodations for those with disabilities should be made as soon as possible but at least 7 days prior to the scheduled lecture. Please contact Suzanne Graham at the McBee Institute at (706) 542-0579 or srgraham@uga.edu to request accommodations.
