NORTHRIDGE : New Jersey Official Named CSUN Provost
A college dropout who at the age of 27 returned to school to eventually earn her doctorate in sociology has been named provost and vice president for academic affairs at Cal State Northridge, school officials said Monday.
Louanne Kennedy, academic vice president of Kean College of New Jersey, will head all of CSUN’s academic departments beginning in July. She is the second vice president appointed by CSUN President Blenda Wilson, who took over the campus in September.
The new CSUN provost--who will be paid $111,000 a year--will be in charge of the school when Wilson is absent, school officials said. She is one of three school vice presidents. Kennedy, 54, worked three years at Kean College, a public university of about 12,000 students with an academic budget of about $30 million. CSUN has an enrollment of 28,000 students and has a $100-million academic budget.
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