Cynthia Warrick to Lead Stillman College in Alabama

The board of trustees of Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, has named Cynthia Warrick as interim president, effective January 3. She is expected to serve at least until the end of the academic year and is not considered to be a candidate for the position on a permanent basis.

In recent years, Dr. Warrick has twice filled the role of interim president at other historically Black universities; South Carolina State University and Grambling State University in Louisiana. Dr. Warrick has been serving as a senior fellow at the Thurgood Marshall College Fund and as president of the Society for Diversity in the Biomedical Sciences, based in Houston, Texas. Earlier in her career, Dr. Warrick taught at Elizabeth City State University in North Carolina, Howard University in Washington, D.C., Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, and the University of Texas School of Public Health in Houston.

Dr. Warrick is a graduate of Howard University, where she majored in pharmacy. She earned a master’s degree in public policy from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta and a doctorate in environmental science and public policy at George Mason University.

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  1. Fasten your seatbelts Stillman, you’re in for a bumpy ride. South Carolina State and Grambling Universities will like concur.

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