VIA: WRAL.COM The first female president of Shaw University is leaving her position after less than a year at the helm of one of the oldest historically black colleges in the South, WRAL News learned Tuesday. The university called Irma McClaurin’s resignation a “mutually agreed-upon decision,” but declined to elaborate on the reason for her departure. […]

VIA: WTVD.COM Shaw University announced its new president Thursday — the first female president in the school’s history. Irma McClaurin is the school’s 15th president since 1865. Shaw is the South’s first historically black college. Dorothy Yancy has served as interim president for over a year. She is the former president of Johnson C. Smith […]