Castell V. Bryant
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Castell Vaughn Bryant was the interim president of Florida A&M University
between January 2005 and May 2007. She is the first woman to hold this position at the university.
The Board of Trustees, upon her appointment, voted that Dr. Bryant would not be eligible to apply for or hold the permanent post of President of the University. R. B. Holmes, Co-Chairman of the Presidential Search Committee, announced that hed had hoped that a new permanent president will be appointed by the end of 2006. Castell Bryant resigned from her position as interim President of from FAMU on Friday May 11, 2007, leaving the university provost as acting president. Board of Trustees members are scheduled to meet and discuss the option of bringing James H. Ammons
, the university’s newly elected president, to the university one month earlier then planned after concerns were raised that the university provost does not have the experience needed to run the university.
Dr. Bryant currently serves as Interim Vice President of Academic Affairs at Bethune-Cookman University.
Florida A&M University
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, commonly known as Florida A&M or FAMU, is a historically black university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States, the state capital, and is one of eleven member institutions of the State University System of Florida...
between January 2005 and May 2007. She is the first woman to hold this position at the university.
The Board of Trustees, upon her appointment, voted that Dr. Bryant would not be eligible to apply for or hold the permanent post of President of the University. R. B. Holmes, Co-Chairman of the Presidential Search Committee, announced that hed had hoped that a new permanent president will be appointed by the end of 2006. Castell Bryant resigned from her position as interim President of from FAMU on Friday May 11, 2007, leaving the university provost as acting president. Board of Trustees members are scheduled to meet and discuss the option of bringing James H. Ammons
James H. Ammons
Dr. James H. Ammons, is currently the president of Florida A&M University . He is a native Floridian who grew up in the heart of Florida's citrus belt. He graduated from Winter Haven High School in 1970 and entered Florida A&M University on the Thirteen College Curriculum Program during the fall...
, the university’s newly elected president, to the university one month earlier then planned after concerns were raised that the university provost does not have the experience needed to run the university.
Dr. Bryant currently serves as Interim Vice President of Academic Affairs at Bethune-Cookman University.