Barnett, who impressed a campus selection committee with “her empathy and respect for everyone,” will become the Winter Park college’s 16th president in July. She will succeed Grant Cornwell ...

Yet before he became the 16th president of the United States, Lincoln, who had a long fascination with how things worked, invented a flotation system for lifting riverboats stuck on sandbars.

Averett University announced Friday it will install its next president, Thomas H. Powell, on May 1, after the sudden resignation of its previous president April 11, who cited his wife's serious ...

DANVILLE, Va. (WDBJ/Averett University Release) - Averett University in Danville has named its new president. Dr. Thomas H. Powell will begin May 1 as the university’s 16th president ...