Every Tuesday, D.J's Music Site HBCU Campaign Fund organization will highlight an HBCU Chancellor or President in its' Chancellor/President Spotlight.

This initiative is in the promotion of recognizing the significance of Historically Black Colleges and Universities, the outstanding achieving work of HBCU Chancellors/Presidents and our social media campaign in bringing awareness attention of Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

This Tuesday (12/1/15), we highlighted Dr. Haywood Strickland, (pictured on the right), President of Wiley College.

Dr. Haywood Strickland is the 16th president of Wiley College. As the President and CEO, he brings extensive higher education administration and fund-raising experience to Wiley College, where he hopes to create a new milieu and achieve excellence in the life of the college.

Dr. Strickland is a native of Memphis, Tennessee. He graduated from Stillman College in History and English and earned master's and Ph.D. degrees in American History from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Since 1981, Dr. Strickland has been President of the Associates for Institutional Development Inc., a consulting firm specializing in higher education governance, administration, management and evaluation. Previously, he was Senior Program Officer, Director of Student Services Institute, Director of Trustee Management and Administration Program and Black College Development/Southern Philanthropy Program and Director of the Academic Administration Program at the United Board for College Development (UBCD).

Prior to joining the UBCD, Dr. Strickland was President of Kittrell College; Director of Rural Community Assistance Consortium, Office for Advancement of Public Negro Colleges and Schools; Assistant Director of Special Studies and Assistant Executive Secretary, Commission on Colleges, Southern Association for Colleges and Schools.

He hopes to achieve true excellence at Wiley College as envisioned by its founders through his hands-on approach, visionary leadership, proactive planning, and prudent fiscal practices. Dr. Strickland is systematically putting in place mechanism that promote performance, accountability, and institutional effectiveness through sound management principles.

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For more information about Wiley College, visit www.wileyc.edu.