The New Provost at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke

The board of trustees has named Zoe Woodell Locklear as provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. She has been serving in the post on an interim basis since April.

Dr. Locklear joined the faculty at what is now the University of North Carolina at Pembroke in 1988. Eleven years later, she was appointed the inaugural dean of the university’s School of Education. In 2002, she stepped down to become an assistant superintendent of the Public Schools of Robeson County and later associate superintendent for the state Department of Public Instruction for leadership development and special services.

Dr. Locklear returned to the university in 2004 to teach and direct the Master of School Administration program. In 2005, she was named dean of the School of Education for a second time. In 2012, she was named dean for a third term.

Dr. Locklear is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Pembroke and holds a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.