Every Tuesday the D.J's Music Site HBCU Campaign Fund organization will highlight a HBCU Chancellor or President. This is in promotion of our social media campaign to bring awareness and support the excellence of historically black colleges and universities.

This Tuesday (9/22/15), we highlighted Dr. Glenda Baskin Glover, (pictured on the right), President of Tennessee State University.

Dr. Glenda Baskin Glover began serving as President of Tennessee State University on January 2, 2013.

Dr. Glover's educational development began as a student at Tennessee State University, where she majored in mathematics. After graduating with honors with honors with a Bachelor of Science degree, she pursued the Master of Business Administration at Clark Atlanta University. She then completed her doctorate in business from George Washington University, and later completed her law degree from Georgetown University.

Before serving as President at Tenn State, Dr. Glover was formerly the Dean of the College of Business at Jackson State University, where she led the college of Business throughout the accreditation process, and spearheaded the implementation of the nation's first Ph.D. in Business at an HBCU. She is a certified public accountant, an attorney, and is one of two African American women to hold the Ph.D.- CPA - JD combination in the nation.

Prior to joining Jackson State University, Dr. Glovers served as Chairperson of the Department of Accounting at Howard University. Her past employment also includes position as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of an engineering firm, a tax manager at a major public utility company, and an accountant with a Big-Four CPA Film.

Dr. Glover has been a corporate board member of three publicly traded corporations. These include Citigroup-Student Loan Corporation, Pinnacle Financial Partners and First Guaranty Bancshares. She served as a member or chair of the Audit Committee on each board, or as the board's financial expert.

She is married to Charles Glover, and they have two adult children, Attorney Candace Glover and Dr. Charles Glover II.

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For more information about Tennessee State University, visit www.tnstate.edu