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A glass ceiling was shattered on the campus of Missouri University of Science and Technology Thursday afternoon when University of Missouri System President Timothy Wolfe announced Dr. Cheryl Schrader as the next chancellor.
Schrader will be the first female chancellor of the university and the 21st leader in its 141-year history.
“I hope to provide a positive role model for people who might not have considered entering into the field of engineering or science or mathematics, or going to graduate school, or becoming a professor, or becoming a chancellor,” Schrader said. “I do understand that there is a responsibility.”
Schrader comes to Missouri S&T from Boise State University in Boise, Idaho where she served as Vice President for Strategic Research Initiatives since February, 2011. She also served as the dean of the school’s College of Engineering for seven years prior.
Her resume includes credentials from several other universities including Rice University, Notre Dame, Valparaiso University and the University of Texas at San Antonio.
“She has demonstrated leadership abilities everywhere she has gone,” Wolfe said.
According to Wolfe, Schrader’s leadership abilities combined with her drive to put the Missouri S&T brand name at the forethought of the science, technology and engineering world were prime reasons she floated to the top of a pool of 642 applicants, 60 of whom made the initial short list.
A glass ceiling was shattered on the campus of Missouri University of Science and Technology Thursday afternoon when University of Missouri System President Timothy Wolfe announced Dr. Cheryl Schrader as the next chancellor.
Schrader will be the first female chancellor of the university and the 21st leader in its 141-year history.
“I hope to provide a positive role model for people who might not have considered entering into the field of engineering or science or mathematics, or going to graduate school, or becoming a professor, or becoming a chancellor,” Schrader said. “I do understand that there is a responsibility.”
Schrader comes to Missouri S&T from Boise State University in Boise, Idaho where she served as Vice President for Strategic Research Initiatives since February, 2011. She also served as the dean of the school’s College of Engineering for seven years prior.
Her resume includes credentials from several other universities including Rice University, Notre Dame, Valparaiso University and the University of Texas at San Antonio.
“She has demonstrated leadership abilities everywhere she has gone,” Wolfe said.
According to Wolfe, Schrader’s leadership abilities combined with her drive to put the Missouri S&T brand name at the forethought of the science, technology and engineering world were prime reasons she floated to the top of a pool of 642 applicants, 60 of whom made the initial short list.
