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Kevin Howell
Kevin D. Howell is a law and political science graduate who has served in a number of leadership positions in the U.S. state of North Carolina. He was sworn in as the 15th Chancellor (education), chancellor of North Carolina State University (NCSU) on May 5, 2025, replacing the previous chancellor of fifteen years Randy Woodson. His assumption to the role marks the first black chancellor and first chancellor to not have served an academia career in the university's history. Howell was born in Shelby, North Carolina. He graduated NCSU with a bachelor's degree in political science in 1988, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Juris Doctor in law in 1992. After working as a liaison for the North Carolina General Assembly under the state governors Jim Hunt and Mike Easley, Howell returned to work for NCSU in 2006 as the Assistant to the Chancellor for External Affairs. After a brief departure from the university in 2024, Howell returned nearly a year later to as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shelby, North Carolina
Shelby is a city in and the county seat of Cleveland County, North Carolina. It lies near the western edge of the Charlotte, North Carolina, Charlotte-Concord, North Carolina, Concord, North Carolina, NC-South Carolina, SC Charlotte metropolitan area, Combined Statistical Area. The population was 21,918 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. History The area was originally inhabited by Catawba people, Catawba and Cherokee peoples and was later settled around 1760. The city was chartered in 1843 and named after Colonel Isaac Shelby, a hero of Battle of Kings Mountain, the battle of Kings Mountain (1780) during the American Revolution. Shelby was agricultural until the railways in the 1870s stimulated Shelby's development. In 1916, Thomas Dixon, Jr., the author of ''The Clansman: A Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan'', planned to erect a statue of his uncle Leroy McAfee on the courthouse square. The project was initially met with enthusiasm, until it was announced that D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
