As the tenth chancellor of North Carolina Central University, Dr. Charlie Nelms is committed to student success. As one of the University of North Carolina 16 campuses, NCCU is the fastest-growing campus and today enrolls more than 8,500 students.

Prior to joining North Carolina Central University, Charlie Nelms served as vice president for Institutional Development and Student Affairs for the Indiana University system. As vice president, Nelms was responsible for a combination of duties on the Bloomington campus and system-wide that spanned university planning, institutional research and effectiveness, enrollment management, student affairs, academic support services, K-12 outreach initiatives, student retention, honors programs, and diversity and equity. In September 2001, TIME magazine named IU’s Bloomington campus the number-one student-centered research university in the nation. Many of the programs cited by TIME were under Nelms’ oversight and direction.

A native of Crawfordsville, Arkansas, Nelms majored in agronomy and chemistry at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, graduating in 1968. He later earned a master’s degree in higher education and student affairs (1971) and a doctoral degree in higher education administration (1977) from Indiana University. Early in his career, Chancellor Nelms held teaching and administrative positions at Earlham College in Indiana, the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Indiana University Northwest in Gary and Sinclair Community College in Ohio. <Read More>

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