ASU names new academics leader

The next vice president for academic affairs at Augusta State University was announced recently, concluding a five-month national search.

Samuel Sullivan will replace outgoing vice president Bill Bompart, who is retiring after 35 years of service to ASU. His appointment, subject to confirmation by the Board of Regents at their June board meeting, begins July l.

“I am pleased by all that I have learned about Dr. Sullivan since his first visit here,” said Dr. William A Bloodworth, Jr., ASU president. “I think that he will bring to us a set of experiences and a style of leadership that fit extraordinarily well with our mission, our traditions of collegiality and faculty governance, and our institutional aspirations.”

A physics professor, Sullivan most recently served as interim provost and vice president for academic affairs at Morris Brown College in Atlanta. Previously he served as acting provost and vice president for academic affairs at the University of the District of Columbia, where, for eight
years, he was the associate vice president for academic personnel management. In that role, he headed the university’s Research Council, a body that promoted the University's programs to outside constituents, particularly to international institutions and agencies. In collaboration with organizations such as the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, the United States Agency for International Development and World Learning, Inc., and the National Science Foundation, the council increased grants, contract awards, and training agreements for the university by approximately $22 million.

Sullivan is a member of the board of directors of the Worcester Working Coalition for Latino Students, and a former member of the board of Long Island Self-Help Clearinghouse, Mohawk Valley Teachers Center, and Manhasset Teachers Center. He also is a former member of the Steering Committee for Middle States Self Study and the Old Westbury Chapter of American Association of University Professors. He was appointed by Richard W. Riley, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education, to serve on the United States-South Africa Binational Commission's Higher Education Forum.

Sullivan has published six articles in professional and scientific journals on topics relating to magnetic properties. He holds doctoral and master’s degrees in physics from Howard University
and a bachelor’s degree in physics and mathematics from North Carolina Central University. He also performed postdoctoral studies on lunar and terrestrial glasses, and tektites at Howard University through a research fellowship from the U.S. Geological Survey.