Sheri Everts is an American academic and educator serving as the chancellor of

Appalachian State University Appalachian State University (; Appalachian, App State, App, or ASU) is a public university in Boone, North Carolina. It was founded as a teachers college in 1899 by brothers B. B. and D. D. Dougherty and the latter's wife, Lillie Shull Dough ...

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Early life and education

Born and raised in

Nebraska Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the so ...

, Everts attended elementary school in a

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house. She completed her undergraduate education at the

University of Nebraska–Lincoln The University of Nebraska–Lincoln (Nebraska, NU, or UNL) is a public land-grant research university in Lincoln, Nebraska. Chartered in 1869 by the Nebraska Legislature as part of the Morrill Act of 1862, the school was known as the Univer ...

, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English in 1980. She worked as a high school English teacher in Nebraska and

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for several years, later returning to UNL to complete an Master of Arts in literacy education and

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Career

In 1994, Everts joined the

University of Nebraska Omaha The University of Nebraska Omaha (Omaha or UNO) is a public research university in Omaha, Nebraska. Founded in 1908 by faculty from the Omaha Presbyterian Theological Seminary as a private non-sectarian college, the university was originally kn ...

as an assistant professor in the Department of Teacher Education. She was made assistant vice-chancellor for academic and student affairs in 2000, associate vice-president in 2003, and interim senior vice-chancellor in 2006. Everts left UNO in 2008 to become provost and vice-president for academic affairs at

Illinois State University Illinois State University (ISU) is a public university in Normal, Illinois. Founded in 1857 as Illinois State Normal University, it is the oldest public university in Illinois. The university emphasizes teaching and is recognized as one of th ...

. She served as interim president from May to August 2013, following the resignation of

Alvin Bowman Clarence Alvin Bowman is an American academic and former President of Illinois State University (ISU). He was trained in, and still teaches upper-level classes in, speech pathology. Bowman, an African-American, received a bachelor's degree in ...

. In March 2014, Everts was announced as the new chancellor of Appalachian State University. She took office in July 2014, and was formally installed April 2015 as the university's first female chancellor.

Criticism

On August 17, 2020, the Appalachian State Faculty Senate voted no confidence in Chancellor's Everts' leadership because of concerns about teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic

Appalachian State was one of the largest UNC System schools to hold in-person classes throughout 2020, with 30 percent in-person classes, 30 percent hybrid classes and 40 percent remote/online classes.

References

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