North Carolina Central University mourns the loss of its 11th chancellor, Debra Saunders-White, who passed away Nov. 26, after a battle with cancer.
According to the NCCU website, Saunders-White’s tenure was filled with a number of achievements and firsts during her three and a half years at the helm; she became chancellor on June 1, 2013.
The university’s first permanent female chancellor, Saunders-White made institutional history for NCCU with her appointment on Feb. 8, 2013. She quickly established and carried out her vision of “Eagle Excellence” that made delivering excellence in classrooms, excellence throughout campus and excellence in service to the community a focus.
Saunders-White, 59, began a medical leave of absence on Aug. 8, 2016. She was diagnosed with kidney cancer in 2015. Saunders-White came to NCCU from the U.S. Department of Education after working in higher education administration at Hampton University and the University of North Carolina Wilmington, as well as in corporate marketing for IBM.
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