The Winthrop University Board of Trustees unanimously re-elected Chairman Glenn McCall to lead the university’s governing body. Kathy Bigham ’73 was re-elected to serve as vice chair.
The Rock Hill residents will begin their second two-year terms beginning July 1.
ROCK HILL, SOUTH CAROLINA — The Winthrop University Board of Trustees unanimously re-elected Chairman Glenn McCall to lead the university’s governing body. Kathy Bigham ’73 was re-elected to serve as vice chair.
The Rock Hill residents will begin their second two-year terms beginning July 1.
With McCall as chair, Winthrop hired President Edward Serna ’02 last year to become the university’s 12th president.
A retired senior vice president of Bank of America, McCall led the consumer customer behavior analysis group. He was first appointed to the Winthrop board in 2011 as the education superintendent designee. He was then legislatively appointed to an at-large seat in 2014 and was re-elected for a six-year term ending in 2027.
As chair of Winthrop’s board, McCall serves as an ex-officio member to the Winthrop University Foundation Board of Directors.
McCall also is chair of the budget committee for the Republican National Committee and was co-chair for the Committee on Arrangements for the 2020 GOP convention.
Bigham is retired as well, having owned Rock Hill’s Thursdays Too restaurant with her late husband, Larry. First appointed to the Board of Trustees in 2003 as the governor's designee, she resigned from that position in 2006 and successfully ran for a legislatively elected seat in the same year.
Over the years, Bigham has served as chair, vice chair and committee chair.
In other board action, members:
*Announced that General Counsel Todd Hagins will assume the duties as secretary to the board as of July 1.
*Adopted the Campus Master Plan, which will help guide the university’s physical development in future years, along with the strategic planning process which is underway. The master plan includes proposals on new buildings, additions and/or renovations to existing buildings, landscape enhancements and more.
*Approved an agreement with West Virginia University to offer a 4+1 bachelor’s and Master of Business Administration degree program where students work for four years on an economics major at Winthrop and then spend a fifth year at WVU to complete the master’s degree.
*Directed President Serna to present to the Board of Trustees at its October 2023 meeting a plan to address disruptions at university events.
*Accepted the recommendations of the committees on various contracts.
For more information, contact Judy Longshaw, news and media services manager, at longshawj@winthrop.edu.
