Every Tuesday the D.J's Music Site HBCU Campaign organization will highlight a HBCU Chancellor or President. This is in promotion of our social media campaign to bring awareness and support the excellence of historically black colleges and universities.

This Tuesday (4/14/15), we highlighted Dr. Roslyn Artis, (pictured on the right soccer star David Beckham), President of Florida Memorial University.

Dr. Roslyn Artis was recently appointed unanimously by the Board as the 13th President of Florida Memorial University. She is the first woman president in the university's history. During her short stint as acting president at Florida Memorial University. Dr. Artis has provided immeasurable leadership and direction to the university family at all levels.

Dr. Artis is a Trustee Scholar graduate in Higher Education Leadership and Policy from Vander Built University in Nashville, Tennessee, where she earned her Doctorate in Higher Education Leadership and Policy. She received her Juris Doctorate degree from West Virginia University College of Law in Morgantown, West Virginia, and her Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from West Virginia State College Institute in West Virginia.

For nearly a decade, she served in numerous roles at Mountain State University; including Director of Legal Studies, Senior Academic Officer for Distance Education, Vice President of University Advancement, Executive Vice President & Chief Academic Officer, and the University's Provost.

Dr. Artist academic interest have included student retention, particularly as the relates to adult and non-traditional students, academic and co-curricular support structures in a alternative learning modalities, strategic planning, institutional effectiveness and student learning outcomes assessment.

Additionally, she served as an attorney at Wooten Law Firm, and as associate attorney at Brown & Levicoff PLLC, among other notable positions. She also is the Chair of Board of Law Examiners for the State and a past president of the Mountain State Bar Association - the oldest minority bar association in the country.

Dr. Artis is married to Selby Artis and is the mother of three: Christopher, Jayden, and Jocelyn.

For more information about Florida Memorial University, visit www.fmuniv.edu.