Tusculum Commencement ceremony to feature Dr. Ron May

Dr. Ron May, vice president of academic affairs at Tusculum College and a 1968 graduate, will be the speaker at Tusculum College’s winter commencement exercises on Saturday, Dec. 10.

Dr. May will deliver the address to students at both ceremonies in the Pioneer Arena in Niswonger Commons on the Greeneville campus. The morning ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. The afternoon ceremony will begin at 2 p.m.

Dr. Ron May

“Dr. Ron May joined Tusculum College in 2014 and has helped guide us through a significant period of change in the academic arena,” said Dr. Nancy B. Moody, president of Tusculum College. His leadership has been invaluable as we steer the college through difficult times in higher education. He will most certainly leave Tusculum in a better place.”

Dr. May has had a distinguished career in higher education, retiring in June 2014 as president of Ancilla College in Donaldson, Indiana. In his career he has taught public school, as well as served as a college professor, department head, dean, vice president and twice as a college president, at Ancilla and at Louisburg College in Louisburg, North Carolina. Dr. May also holds faculty rank as professor of education.

In his career, Dr. May has been recognized by numerous organizations, including by the Leadership Marshall County program with their Leader of the Year Award in 2011. He served Tusculum College as dean of faculty from 1985 to 1988. He also served for a time as the president of the Tusculum College Alumni Association.

Dr. May earned a Doctorate of Education from Indiana University, a Master of Arts in Teaching from East Tennessee State University and an Associate of Science from Vincennes University. He returned to serve as interim vice president of academic affairs in June 2014.