HJ 705 — Commending Dr. Pamela R. Fox.

SESSION INTRODUCEDENROLLED 23105774D I HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO.

705 OfferedE February 15, 2023 N Commending Dr.

TN Patrons––Avoli,R Campbell,Agreed E.H.to by the House of Delegates, February 16, 2023 Agreed to by the Senate, February 21, 2023 O WHEREAS, Dr.

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Fox will retire as president of Mary Baldwin University in 2023 afterOafter L two decades of transformational student-focused leadership, the longest presidential tenure sinDesince the L school became a four-year college in 1923;

and WHEREAS, a trained pianist, Pamela Fox holds a doctorate in musicology from the University of Cincinnati'sE College Conservatory of Music and previously taught music at Miami University in OCio, where she also served as dean of the institution's art school and as an assistant vice president for strWHEREAS,D Pamelastrategic Foxplanning; was selected as the ninth president of what was then Mary Baldwin College in April 2003 and began her distinguished tenure on July 1 of that year;

sheand promptlyWHEREAS, developedPamela aFox 10-yearwas strategicselected plan,as Composingthe Ourninth Future,president whichof what was unanimouslythen endorsedMary byBaldwin theCollege Boardin ofApril Trustees2003 inand 2004;began her distinguished tenure on July 1 of that year;

andshe WHEREAS,promptly developed a 10-year strategic plan, Composing Our Future, which was unanimously endorsed by the Board of TruWHEREAS, Pamela Fox directed significant campus improvement projects through the Transforming Our Environment initiative and built a strong sense of community at Mary Baldwin College, H reinvigorating campus traditions like Apple Day and the Capstone Festival;

and 7 WHEREAS, during her tenure as president, Pamela Fox oversaw the creation of more than 30 and5 doctordegrees ofand nursingprograms, practiceincluding program,bachelor asof wellhealth assciences, themaster nationallyof accreditedbusiness bacheloradministration ofprogram, socialR workam, program, which is now one of the institution's most popular undergraduate majors, and the bachelor of autism studies and applied behavior analysis, which was the first program of its kind in the 0 Commonwealth;

and 5 WHEREAS, Pamela Fox developed new opportunities for students by guiding the creation of the Murphy Deming College of Health Sciences and the Palmer College of Professional Studies and working with the Heifetz International Music Institute to create a summer residency program for exceptional violin, viola, and cello students;

andandtute to create a summer residency program for WHEREAS, in 2014, Pamela Fox crafted a new strategic plan, Mary Baldwin 2020, which included months of collaborative input from the school community;

and WHEREAS,residential underundergraduate Pamelamen Fox'sin leadership,the Maryfall Baldwin University welcomed its first class of :2017;

35the residentialfollowing undergraduateyear, menthe inuniversity launched a men's soccer program as the fallfirst ofmen's 2017;athletics team in Mary Baldwin history, and has since expanded men's athletics to include track and field, cross country, baseball, basketball, and tennis;

theand followingWHEREAS, year,Pamela theFox universityhas launchedworked ato men'senhance 36diversity soccerand programequity ason campus, guiding the firstadoption men'sof athleticsan teaminclusivity inpledge Maryand Baldwincreating history,the Coalition for Racial and hasSocial sinceJustice expandedto men'selevate 37and athleticscooWHEREAS, thanks to includePamela trackFox's andvisionary field,strategies, crossMary country,Baldwin baseball,achieved basketball,record growth in enrollment and tennis;enrolled the largest incoming class in university history in 2019;

and 38 WHEREAS, Pamela Fox has worked to enhance diversity and equity on campus, guiding the coordinate such efforts;

andledge and creating the Coalition for Racial and Social Justice to elevate and WHEREAS, thanks to Pamela Fox's visionary strategies, Mary Baldwin achieved record growth in enrollment and enrolled the largest incoming class in university history in 2019;

the university was one of the first in the Commonwealth to require COVID-19 vaccinations and achieved a 94 percent vaccinationvacWHEREAS, ratePamela Fox has also offered her leadership to the board of directors of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities and the American Council on campus;Education;

andshe WHEREAS, Pamela Fox has also offered her leadership to the board of directors of the National served as past chair of the Council of Independent Colleges in Virginia and the Virginia Foundation of Independent Colleges, trustee of the Frontier Culture Museum and the American Shakespeare Center, and as a member of Rotary International;

and WHEREAS, Dan Layman, Pamela Fox's husband and current president and chief executive officer of the Community Foundation of the Central Blue Ridge, has made invaluable contributions to both Mary Baldwin University and the entire region through his devoted civic leadership, community support, and wide-ranging leadership;

and WHEREAS, among many awards and accolades, Pamela Fox was selected as the Greater Augusta Regional Chamber of Commerce 2011 Citizen of the Year and the Teaching and Instructional Wing at the Murphy Deming College of Health Sciences was named in her honor;

now, therefore, be itingit at HJ705 2 of 2 RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly hereby commend Dr.