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A&M provost named chancellor at N.C. Central
James
Ammons Jr.(left), provost at Florida
A&M University, was unanimously approved by the UNC
Board of Governors as the next chancellor at N.C. Central
University. Ammons, 48, will start June 1 at a salary of
$180,000. He will replace Julius Chambers, who is
retiring.
Ammons was responsible for a significant enrollment increase
at Florida A&M and raised academic standards, UNC
President Molly Broad said. "James Ammons brings to North
Carolina Central University great energy, enthusiasm, and more
than two decades of solid, progressive administrative
experience within a major public university system," she
said. "He also brings a proven commitment to sustaining
the special mission of historically black colleges and
universities. The proud product of an HBCU, a distinctive
signature of his leadership has been the ability to stimulate
and manage significant enrollment growth while simultaneously
raising academic quality and expectations. We are most
fortunate to gain a leader with this wealth of talent and
commitment."
He joined the A&M faculty in 1983 and moved into his first
administrative post in 1984. The school grew from 5,000
students to more than 12,000 over the past 15 years by adding
high-quality, high-demand degree programs, and marketing them,
he said. A native of Winter Haven, Fla., Ammons earned his
baccalaureate degree at FAMU, graduating in 1974 with a degree
in political science. He then enrolled at Florida State
University, earning a master's degree in public administration
in 1975 and a doctorate in government in 1977. He is married
to Judy Ammons, a second-grade teacher at the Florida State
University School. They have one son, James H. III, a junior
at FAMU majoring in building construction and a left-fielder
on the FAMU baseball team.
 Rick
Carlisle, who stayed on the job six weeks longer than he
planned to as secretary of the state Department of Commerce,
stepped down this week to begin work as head of the N.C.
Economic Opportunities Fund, created as part of the Rural
Prosperity Task Force. Jim Fain, a deputy commerce
secretary, will replace Carlisle as acting secretary. More
than a month after he was sworn in, Gov. Mike Easley still has
not appointed secretaries of two of the state's most important
departmetns -- Commerce and Revenue. Aides said Easley will
appoint a Revenue secretary soon and that Commerce is last on
his list of jobs to fill. Fain has been mentioned as a
candidate for the Commerce post.
Michael Williamson was appointed deputy state treasurer
for the Retirement Systems Division by State Treasurer Richard
Moore. Williamson, who is currently deputy secretary for
operations and chief of staff at the Department of Environment
and Natural Resources, will replace Jack Pruitt, who retires
at the end of the month. Moore also appointed Kenneth Wilkins,
a former deputy secretary in the Department of Administration,
as deputy treasurer for Administrative Services. He replaces
Charles Heatherly, who retired.
Bill Crabtree,
the former director of utilities for Rocky Mount, was name
strategic communications specialist at ElectriCities of N.C.
Kaye
Gattis was named chief of staff for Lt. Gov. Beverly
Perdue. Gattis, who managed Perdue's successful campaign last
fall, had been serving as interim chief of staff since Perdue
took office last month. She previously worked as chief of
staff for former Lt. Gov. Dennis Wicker.
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