Dr. Jessica Bailey, dean of the School of Business and Economics, has been appointed interim Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at Winston-Salem State University, effective March 1. Bailey will serve in this position through June 30.
Dr. Brenda Allen, associate Provost and Director of Institutional Diversity at Brown University in Providence, RI, was appointed in December 2008 to be Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and will begin her duties at WSSU July 1.
Bailey has served as the university’s dean of the School of Business and Economics since July 15, 2006. She joined WSSU after serving as dean and professor of Business at the Sydney Lewis School of Business at Virginia Union University. Prior to her tenure at Virginia Union she served as associate dean and assistant professor at American University.

