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Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Teresa Sullivan is the first female president to lead University of Virginia - washingtonpost.com

Teresa Sullivan is the first female president to lead University of Virginia - washingtonpost.com:


"The University of Virginia's first female president got an early look at how to run a school as a college senior when she won a coveted internship in the president's office at Michigan State University.

Teresa A. Sullivan, chosen Jan. 11 to lead Virginia's flagship public university, has punched her ticket at some of the nation's top public and private institutions. But it was that first step observing the inner workings of a major state school that launched her career as a highly regarded scholar-administrator, capable of juggling senior administrative posts while pursuing research on the sociology of financial ruin."