BLANCHE L.PREMO-HOPKINS, Ph.D.
E-Mail: blanchep@aiken.sc.edu
FAX: (803) 641-3382
Phone: (803) 641-3201
171 University Parkway
Aiken, SC 29801

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ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

• Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, University of South Carolina Aiken (July 1988 - Present)
• Deputy Director, Division of Research Programs, National Endowment for the Humanities Washington, DC (October 1984 - June 1988)
• Assistant Director, Division of Education Programs, National Endowment for the Humanities Washington, DC (January 1979 - October 1984)
• Vice President for Academic Affairs, Saint Mary’s University Winona, MN (October 1976 - December 1978)
• Associate Academic Dean, Saint Mary’s University Winona, MN (January 1976 - October 1976)

• Leadership in establishment of Faculty Technology Support Center (1998-99)
• Leadership in the process of accreditation for professional programs:
• Education (National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education), October 1999
• Nursing (National League for Nursing)
• Business Administration (American Association of Collegiate Schools of Business), February 28, 2000
• Leadership in successful approval of institution at Level III status (two graduate degrees) by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (1994 M.Ed. and 1998 M.S. in Applied Clinical Psychology)
• Leadership in the redesign of curriculum in general education, Mathematics, Business and Education (Implemented Fall 1995)
• Leadership in successful institutional reaffirmation by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (1991) (Undergraduate Programs only and four associate degrees)
• Manages academic budget (approximately $13.3 million currently, includes instruction and academic support)
• Leadership in the design and implementation of the institution's first two graduate programs through all levels of approval--both internal (USCA committees and Faculty Assembly) and external, including S.C. Commission on Higher Education's Advisory Committee on Academic Programs (preliminary review), and external consultant review of both programs (USC Graduate Council, USC Board of Trustees Committee on Academic Affairs and Faculty Liaison, USC Full Board of Trustees, and Full S.C. Commission on Higher Education)
• Gained approval at all levels (internal and external) for six new baccalaureate degree programs
• Eliminated unproductive programs, and reduced administrative costs in Academic Affairs by elimination of middle management structure (1993)
• Statewide leadership role in Academic Affairs--Advisory Committee of the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education
• Consultancy and membership on grants panels
• University of South Carolina Research Institute Grants (Vice Provost for Research, Dr. Stanley Fowler, Chairperson, Fall 1999)
• South Carolina Commission on Higher Education (Review Panel for the 1999 Center of Excellence Award Program, Dr. Nancy Healy-Williams, Chairperson)
• USC Bicentennial Commission (2001). Served as Co-chair with Dr. Blease Graham of Academic Events Planning Committee, including grant proposal reviews
• South Carolina Humanities Council. Reviewed statewide applications for six years
• National Science Foundation
• National Endowment for the Humanities
• Successfully worked to place the institution among the highest in expenditures for instruction and lowest in administrative costs (Statewide Performance Funding established by General Assembly Act 329, one of 37 indicators)
• Directed academic leadership at Department Chair/School Head level to gain "Exceeds" rating on  Statewide report card (Act 329, establishing performance funding, 1999 and 2000)
• Maintains effective relationship with faculty in the governance of the institution, working extensively with standing committees of the Faculty Assembly
• Leadership in academic policy formulation, including implementation of Post-tenure Review and revision of Tenure and Promotion and Grievance policies
• Directs annual performance review of all full-time faculty, and evaluation of department heads
• Reviews independently all candidates for promotion and tenure and the post-tenure review process
• Monitors four off-campus programs (Beaufort, SC; Sumter, SC, Allendale/Walterboro, SC)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• Associate Professor of Philosophy with tenure, University of South Carolina Aiken
• Continues to teach one course per academic year while full-time administrator, 1988 - present
• Conducts independent studies and Honors contracts (5)
• Professorial Lecturer, Georgetown University, Department of Philosophy, 1982 - 1984.
• Professorial Lecturer, The Catholic University of America, School of Philosophy, 1982 - 1987
• Associate Professor of Philosophy with tenure, Saint Mary’s University, Full-time teaching, 1972 - 1976

EDUCATIONAL PREPARATION

• Ph.D. Philosophy  Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI December 1974
• M.A. Philosophy  Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI December 1969
• A. B. English Literature  Marygrove College, Detroit, MI June 1967 (Magna Cum Laude)  Double Major: Philosophy

• Award for six years (two terms) of successful service on the S.C. Humanities Council Board of Directors, Columbia, SC, 1998
• Council on International Educational Exchange, Seminar on Northern Ireland Conflict, Interdisciplinary Faculty Seminar from the United States, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, January 1995
• Council for Philosophical Studies (Co-sponsor: American Studies Association), Institute on the History of American Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Conducted by Murray J. Murphy, 1976
• National Endowment for the Humanities, Summer Seminar on Continental Philosophy. Conducted by Marjorie Grene, University of California - Davis (conducted at University of California - Berkeley)
• Superior Achievement Awards (1975), National Endowment for the Humanities Presented by Chairperson Lynne V. Cheney (1988) and Chairman William J. Bennett (1985)
• Alfred J. Schmidt Doctoral Research Fellowship, 1971 - 1972
• National Defense Education Act Fellowship, 1969 - 1971

• Participant, Millennium Leadership Institute, "Preparing the Next Generation of Presidents and Chancellors," American Association of State Colleges and Universities, Washington, DC., August 12-16, 2000
• Reviewer/Consultant, Wadsworth/International Thomson Publishers, Inc., December 1998.
• Review (extensive commentary) current edition of The Voyage of Discovery (William Lawhead)
• Grant Recipient, Principal Investigator, "Conference on International Studies," USC Aiken, 1991.
• Funded by the Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE), $10,000.
• "Assessment as Information-Based Management," The Exchange, No. 2, Spring 1989
• "A Survey of Recent Changes in Humanities Education: General Education, Foreign Languages, English, History and Philosophy," Humanities, Vol. 5, #4, October 1984. Co-authored with Richard Ekman, currently Executive Secretary, Mellon Foundation, New York City
• NEH Policy Paper on the Review of Applications in the Discipline of Philosophy, Division of Education Programs, August 1984. Co-authored with Donald J. Schmeltekopf, currently at Baylor University, TX
• "Crossing the Philosophical Divide," Humanities, Vol. 3, #5, October 1982
• "Hermeneutics and the Humanities," Ultimate Reality and Meaning, Vol. 5, #1, March 1982
• "The Pathos of Annulment," Listening: A Journal of Culture and Religion, Vol. 15, #1, Winter, 1980
• "Wittgenstein’s Method," Paper Presentation , IV International Wittgenstein Symposium Kirchberg-am-Wechsel, Austria, 1979 (peer-reviewed presentation)
• "Heidegger’s Notion of Freedom in Being and Time," Paper Presentation, University of California-Berkeley/National Endowment for the Humanities Seminar, 1975 (peer-reviewed presentation)
• Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Notion of Description: From Logic to Grammar. (Dissertation)
• Marquette University, 1974. Ann Arbor: UMI
• "The Early Wittgenstein and Hermeneutics," Philosophy Today, Vol. 16, #1/4, Spring 1972
• (Cited in Marjorie Grene, Philosophy in and Out of Europe, University of California Press, Chapter 1, f.n.5, 1976 and second edition, 1987)
• George Berkeley’s Theory of Vision and its Relationship to his Immaterialism, (M.A. Thesis) Marquette University, 1969. Ann Arbor: UMI

• Panelist, "The Impact of Performance Funding on Faculty: Managing Realities," S.C. Conference on Performance Funding, FIPSE, September 2000
• Panelist, International at Noon, USC Aiken, April 2000
• Speaker, Aiken Kiwanis Club, April 2000
• Speaker, International at Noon, USC Aiken, March 2000
• Presentation, "The Impact of Performance Funding on Faculty," Annual Meeting of the Southern Association of Colleges & Schools, Atlanta, GA, December 1999 (Chair and presenter)
• Moderator, "Welfare: Power, Conflict and Contradictions in Women’s Lives," Women’s Studies Conference, USC-Columbia, March 1997
• Invited Presenter, "Downsizing the Institution: Reducing Middle Management," Academic Affairs Resource Center/American Association of State Colleges and Universities Conference, Monterey, CA, July 1996
• Invited Panelist, "The Future of CPB and the Humanities," Co-Panelists: Catherine Stimpson, Dean of the Graduate School, Rutgers University; Sharon Rockefeller, Former Director NPR
• Affiliate, WETA, Washington, DC; Humanities Council Annual State Meeting, Beaufort, SC, January 1995
• Invited Panelist, "Shaping the Forces of Change: Women as Leaders in Higher Education Administration," SCETV video program, (statewide broadcast), April 1994
• Invited Paper Presentation, Annual Meeting of the Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences, "Reconsideration of the Criteria for Promotion," Cincinnati, OH, November 1993
• Invited Keynote Presentation, "Critical Issues in American Higher Education," The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Annual Meeting of Chief Academic Officers of the Southern States, Dallas, TX, December 1992
• Participant, Leadership Aiken County, 1991-92
• Keynote Address to area professional business, education and health professionals in Leadership Aiken County Program, June 1996
• Numerous public presentations on the Humanities at major research institutions and at meetings of professional societies, representing National Endowment for the Humanities, 1978-88.
• Commencement Speaker, St. Mary's University, Winona, MN, Spring 1979
• Convocation Speaker, Benedictine College, Atchison, KS, Spring 1982

• Sponsor and Organizer, Faculty Workshop, "Academics and the Law," USCA, September 8, 2000
• External reviewer, Humanities Program, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, March 2000
• Visiting On-site Team Member for Institutional Reaffirmation of Accreditation, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Accreditation Site Visitation, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY, March 2000
• Member, Delegation to India to establish international exchange with Chharodi Guru Kul, Ahmedebed, India, January - February 2000
• Member, Delegation to National Conference on Teacher Quality, U.S. Department of Education, January 2000
• Instructor, Mini-course for the USCA Academy for Lifelong Learning, November 1999
• Sponsor and Organizer, Presentation and Workshop, "Use of Technology in the Teaching Environment," Fall 1999
• Member/consultant, Editorial Advisory Board, Collegiate Press, Fall 1999
• Reviewer, Centers of Excellence Grant Program, S.C. Commission on Higher Education, March - April, 1999
• USCA Coordinator of the Sixth Annual South Carolina Humanities Festival (statewide event), Aiken, SC, March 26-27, 1999
• Visiting On-Site Team Member for Institutional Reaffirmation of Accreditation, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Accreditation Site Visitation, Brescia University, Owensboro, KY, April 1999
• USCA Coordinator, Russian delegation visit, April 1999
• Member, Program Planning Committee, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, December 1998
• Member, Westinghouse Savannah River Site/Department of Energy Institutional Review Board, July 1998 - 1999
• Reviewer/Panelist (Chair), National Science Foundation, Undergraduate Course & Curriculum Development, July 1996
• Reviewer/Panelist, National Science Foundation, Institution-wide Reform Initiative, January 1996
• Presenter, South Carolina Higher Education Assessment Network, "Planning, Budgeting and Assessment," November 1995
• Sponsor and Organizer, Conference on Technology and Learning, USC Aiken, Fall 1995, Spring
• 1996, Spring 1997, Spring 1998, Fall 1999, Spring 2000
• Visiting On-site Team Member for Institutional Reaffirmation of Accreditation, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Visitation, Midway College, Lexington, KY, 1994
• Reviewer/Panelist, Challenge Grants Program, National Endowment for the Humanities, August 1993
• Visiting On-site Team Member for Institutional Reaffirmation of Accreditation, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Accreditation Site Visitation, Jarvis Christian College, Hawkins, TX, 1993
• Visiting On-site Team Member for Institutional Reaffirmation of Accreditation, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Accreditation Site Visitation, University of North Carolina - Asheville, NC, 1992
• Consultant/Panelist, Bicentennial Commission on the U.S. Constitution, 1989 - 1991. Served in all cycles of review, consulted on design of review process.
• Received Citation from Warren Berger, former U.S. Chief Justice
• Reviewer/Panelist, Editions Program, National Endowment for the Humanities, 1989

LOCAL MEDIA -- GUEST COLUMNIST for Aiken Standard (newspaper)

• "Ten years of Vibrant Growth," August 2, 1998
• "USCA Enhances Quality of Life," June 16, 1998
• "Research Aids Classroom Experience," December 30, 1997
• "Professor Compiles Nurse History," December 22, 1997
• "Professors are Enriched by Experience of Research," November 10, 1997
• "USCA Students Helping Coral Reefs," June 17, 1997
• "Teaching Helps Enliven Research," November 5, 1996
• "USCA Merges Academics with Business," February 27, 1996

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• The American Philosophical Association
• The American Association of University Professors
• The American Association of University Women
• American Association of State Colleges and Universities/Academic Affairs Resource Center
• The World Who’s Who of Women
• Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers
• Who’s Who in American Education

BOARD MEMBERSHIPS

• Co-Chair and Member, Hitchcock Rehabilitation Center Ethics Committee, August 1999 - present
• Co-Chair, Academic Events Committee, USC Bicentennial Commission, 1999 - present
• Chair and Member, SCETV Aiken Advisory Committee, 1997 - present
• Member, Graduate Course Credits Task Force, South Carolina Commission on Higher Education, 1997 - present
• Member, Research Advisory Council, University of South Carolina, 1996 - present
• Rotary International, Downtown Aiken Club, June 1998 - 99
• Executive Board, South Carolina Humanities Council, 1992 - 1998
• Board Member, Ethics Committee, Aiken Regional Medical Center, 1990 - present
• Board Member, Learning Styles Network, St. John's University, NY and selected South Carolina school districts, 1995 - present
• Vice Chair and Chair, Education Division, United Way of Aiken County, 1994 and 1995
• Member, Advisory Committee on Academic Programs, South Carolina Commission on Higher Education, 1988 - present

• International travel [Delegate to establish cooperative agreement in Ahmedebad, India (Chharodi)
• International travel [Peru - Lima, Arequipa, Cusco (Machu Picchu)]
• Paderewski Medal (10 year participation in annual performance competition, National Guild of Pianists
• Faculty Recital, University of South Carolina - Aiken (1989, 1990) Piano
• 10K Road Race, Hilton Head (December 1988, 1989); 8K Miracle Run, Aiken (April 1994)
• Continues to jog 4 miles per day x 6 days per week; tennis (intermediate skill); teaches piano/private; active in church community as Eucharistic Minister and Lector, St. Mary's, Aiken