{"id":25175,"date":"2022-08-15T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/?p=25175"},"modified":"2022-09-27T18:22:46","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T23:22:46","slug":"warhawk-almanac-first-female-chancellor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/archives\/25175","title":{"rendered":"Warhawk Almanac: First Female Chancellor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In the beginning of 2005 the 13th<\/sup> chancellor of the University of Wisconsin \u2013 Whitewater, Jack Miller, stepped down from the position. The search for the next Chancellor began that spring. On May 21st<\/sup>, UW President Kevin P,. Reilly and the Board of Regents Special Committee for the UW-Whitewater Chancellor Search recommended Dr. Martha Dunagin Saunders for Chancellor. At the board meeting in June of 2005, the UW-Whitewater Chancellor Search committee unanimously voted Dr. Martha Dunagin Saunders as the 14th<\/sup> Chancellor. Dr. Saunders was also the first female chancellor at UW- Whitewater and her term officially began August 1, 2007.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Anderson Library Archives and Area Research, Anderson Library, University of Wisconsin \u2013 Whitewater, Whitewater, WI. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Martha Saunders earned her bachelor\u2019s degree in French from the University of Southern Mississippi, Master\u2019s degree from the Grady School of Journalism at the University of Georgia, and finally her doctorate in Communication Theory and Research from Florida State University. She has held multiple different positions in higher education in her career. Before coming to UW-Whitewater, Dr. Saunders was the vice president for Academic Affairs at Columbus State University of the University System of Georgia.[1]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Saunders leaving UW-Whitewater for alma mater, 2007, in 2007 Whitewater Register (Whitewater: University of Wisconsin Whitewater, 2007), 1<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Saunders served the Whitewater community for two years before departing campus. Her main accomplishments during her time as chancellor were updating the mission and goals statements of the university. She also finalized funding for building projects on campus. During her short time on campus, Dr. Saunders connected both with students and faculty as well as the Whitewater community as a whole. Dr. Saunders visited the Children\u2019s Center on campus multiple time throughout the school year. She also had a passion for supporting Whitewater\u2019s downtown economy and showing the business owners UW-Whitewater\u2019s support. On June 6, 2006, Dr. Saunders started a blog for this purpose, named \u201cAround Campus with Chancellor Saunders.\u201d Here she not only wrote about happenings around the campus but also the Whitewater community.[2]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On April 5, 2007, Dr. Saunders was named the next president of the University of Southern Mississippi.[3]<\/a> Dr. Martha Dunagin Saunders is now the current president at the University of West Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[1]<\/a> \u201cSaunders named UW-Whitewater chancellor,\u201d The Whitewater Register <\/em>(Whitewater, WI) August 25, 2005.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> \u201cChancellor Martha Saunders Launches Blog,\u201d The Whitewater Register <\/em>(Whitewater, WI) August 17, 2006.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> Doug Dalsing, \u201cSaunders leaving UW-Whitewater for alma mater, USM,\u201d The Whitewater Register <\/em>(Whitewater, WI) April 12, 2007.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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