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Biographical Sketch For
DR. DIANNE BOARDLEY SUBER
Dianne
Boardley Suber, 10th President of Saint
Augustine’s College, assumed the presidency of the
College on December 1, 1999. Under her presidency, the
College has experienced increased enrollment,
reinstituted the football program, fielded a marching
band, expanded the adult learners program, established
innovative degree granting programs to include
Biomedical and Scientific Communication, Criminal
Justice Forensic Science and the Center for Real Estate
Development and Property Management and reinstated the
dual degree program in Engineering with North Carolina
State University.
The first female to lead the institution, Dr. Suber is
an experienced educator and administrator with 24 years
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administrative experience in preschool and higher
education.
She has served as a classroom teacher; elementary and
middle school principal, university professor and
consultant to several national educational
organizations. Prior to assuming the helm at Saint
Augustine’s College, Dr. Suber held administrative
positions of increasing responsibility at Hampton
University in Hampton, Virginia, including: vice
president for administrative services; assistant provost
for academic affairs; assistant provost; dean of
administrative services; and adjunct professor of
Education in the Graduate College. Dr. Suber received a
bachelor of science degree in early childhood education
from Hampton (Institute) University, a master’s of
education degree in curriculum development from the
University of Illinois--Urbana and a doctorate of
education degree in educational administration from
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in
Blacksburg, Virginia.
Dr. Suber currently serves as the Cooperating Raleigh
Colleges (CRC), President. She also serves on the Board
of Directors of the Central Region of Wachovia Bank; the
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA); the
United Negro College Fund; the National Association of
Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU); the
Business and Technology Center; the Greater Raleigh
Chamber of Commerce; and the Communities In Schools of
Wake County. Dr. Suber is also a member of the United
Negro College Fund’s Executive, Bylaws and Nominating
Committees; the Association of Episcopal Colleges (AEC);
the North Carolina Independent Colleges and
Universities, Executive and Nominating Committees; The
Women’s Network of Wake County, Grants Committee; the
Consortium of Doctors, LTD; the Southeast Raleigh
Improvement Assembly; the Blue Ribbon Committee on the
Future of Wake County; the Rotary Club, and she is a
member of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. Dr. Suber
previously served on the former President’s Board of
Advisors to the White House Initiative on Historically
Black Colleges and Universities; and the American
Council on Education (ACE), as a Commissioner.
Dr. Suber was featured in the October 2005 issue of
Essence Magazine and in 2006, she was awarded The
Willie E. Gary “Making A Difference Award.” The
100 Black Men, Triangle East Chapter, awarded Dr. Suber
the Education Award at their 2008 Gala “A Tribute
to Women”, April 2008 and in 2010 Dr. Suber received the
Dr. Effie H. Jones Humanitarian Award from the American
Association of School Administrators (AASA).
Dr. Suber has two daughters - Nichole Reshan Lewis and
her daughter Taylor Marie, who reside in Raleigh, North
Carolina and Raegan LaTrese Thomas, who also lives in
Raleigh, North Carolina with her husband, Farah and
their children, Nyjil Brevard Saint Thomas, and Samantha
Ari Dianne Thomas. |
