HPU honors two retired administrators

The High Point Enterprise, N.C.
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Mar. 5—HIGH POINT — High Point University has granted emeritus status to two recently retired longtime university administrators in recognition of their years of service.

Dennis Carroll was named provost emeritus and will be given an honorary doctorate degree, and Carole Stoneking was named emeritus dean of the David R. Hayworth College of Arts and Sciences.

Carroll came to HPU in 1988 to serve as the chair of the Education Department and director of teacher education. He led the efforts for HPU to receive accreditation from the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education in 1992. Carroll was named dean of the Stout School of Education in 1998, and then served as provost from 2005 until his retirement in spring 2020.

During his time at HPU, Carroll helped establish the Nido R. Qubein School of Communication; the School of Art and Design; the David R. Hayworth College of Arts and Sciences; the Fred Wilson School of Pharmacy; the Congdon School of Health Sciences; the Wanek School of Natural Sciences; and the Webb School of Engineering. He assisted deans in the accreditation of programs in physical therapy, physician assistant studies, pharmacy, athletic training, interior design and education.

Stoneking came to HPU in 1991 to serve as assistant professor of religion. She was appointed chair of the Department of Religion and Philosophy in 2001 and served as dean of the David R. Hayworth College of Arts and Sciences from 2006 until her retirement in spring 2020. During her tenure as dean, Stoneking oversaw significant changes in curriculum, including the expansion of existing programs and the development of interdisciplinary initiatives such as musical theater, forensic science, Latin American studies, East Asian studies, women and gender studies and environmental studies.

She led the search for founding deans of the Nido R. Qubein School of Communication; School of Art and Design; Wanek School of Natural Sciences; Congdon School of Health Sciences; and Webb School of Engineering. She identified and hired a consultant for pharmacy, eventually leading to the establishment of the Fred Wilson School of Pharmacy.

Stoneking oversaw the development and the establishment of free-standing departments of computer science, sociology and anthropology, and political science. She also oversaw the developments of new major programs including communication, graphic design, biochemistry, neuroscience, and statistics and data analytics.