Judy Nazirah Rashid, dean of students and associate vice chancellor for student affairs, has been appointed interim vice chancellor for student affairs, effective Monday, Feb. 8. Rashid will replace Vice Chancellor Sullivan A. Welborne Jr., who is retiring Friday, Feb. 5, until the search for a permanent replacement is completed.

For 36 years, Rashid has been involved in K-12 and higher education as a teacher, school principal, director and administrator. She is a senior student affairs officer with the Association for Student Conduct Administration (ASCA), and she is a member of the N.C. Bar Association (Dispute Resolution Section), the Association for the Study of Higher Education, College Student Educators International (ACPA), People to People International, and the Association for Conflict Resolution. 

Rashid has received many recognitions including the Greensboro Commission on the Status of Women's 2006 Educator of the Year Award (2006), Who's Who Among America's Teachers (2004 and 2005), the Carolina Peacemaker's Greensboro 100 List of Movers, Shakers, and Makers (2002) and N.C. A&T Outstanding Administrator of the Year (1998). Recently, she was selected as a Legacy Founding Board Member of ASCA and, in 2008, she was a member of the summer faculty for the Gehring Institute at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. 

Rashid received her B.S. and M.S. degrees from A&T and her Ph.D. in higher education administration from North Carolina State University. She has received mediation certification training in Superior Court Settlement Conferences and by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. She also holds certification in interaction management and performance management from the State of North Carolina. Rashid has advanced training in teaching negotiation from Harvard University, and she has completed course training in N.C. Law for Non-Attorney Mediators.