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24 Facts About Judy Hample

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Judy Hample is the former chancellor of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education and the Florida Board of Regents.

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Judy Hample served as president of the University of Mary Washington, the university's first female president.

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Judy Hample attended David Lipscomb University, where she was a member of the debate team.

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Judy Hample earned a Bachelor of Arts from the university in 1969, majoring in communication and secondary education.

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Judy Hample went on to attend Ohio State University, where she earned a Master of Arts and Ph.

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Judy Hample has held tenured professorships during all of her administrative appointments, including her first administrative appointments which came while at Western Illinois University.

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Judy Hample was first made a department division director, later becoming assistant dean for the college of arts and sciences.

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Judy Hample served as dean of the college of liberal arts and sciences at Emporia State University before moving on as the dean of the college of arts and sciences at Indiana State University in 1986.

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From 1998 to 2001, Judy Hample served in various positions for the Florida Board of Regents.

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Judy Hample served at the vice chancellor for planning, budgeting and policy analysis from 1998 to 2001.

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Judy Hample was appointment as the chancellor of the Board in 2001, succeeding Adam Herbert for whom she served as the executive vice chancellor.

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Judy Hample's appointment came at the time when then Governor Jeb Bush's plans to overhaul the Florida educational system and allow each university to have its own board was approved by the Florida Legislature.

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Judy Hample worked with the regents and trustees to help with the transition.

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Judy Hample served as the liaison to the state task force that studied the implementation of the educational system overhaul.

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Judy Hample was the last chancellor for the Board, attending the last meeting at the University of South Florida campus in May 2001.

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Judy Hample joined the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education in 2001, becoming only the 2nd chancellor in its 34-year history.

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Judy Hample oversaw an annual operating budget of $1.8 billion with more than 12,000 faculty and staff for a system that oversaw the 109,000-student state university system.

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Judy Hample reported to an appointed Board of Governors and represented the system before the state capital.

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Judy Hample's system was later adopted by approximately a third of state legislatures.

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Judy Hample left her position in 2007 and later joined the University of Mary Washington as its eighth president.

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At the University of Mary Washington, Judy Hample was the first female president in the history of the school.

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Judy Hample became the third president in three years to leave the school's presidency.

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Judy Hample resigned in the second year of her presidency after a closed door meeting with the Board of Visitors in February 2010.

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Judy Hample's tenure was not without controversy, including a state investigation into money Hample spent on the president's residence and testing a security-alarm during a campus safety walk.