President, Educator and Mother

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Zimpher became the twenty-fifth President of the University of Cincinnati and the first woman president.  Her list of accomplishments, prestigious positions and awards is a mile long, but not least among these is the title of mother.  President Zimpher is a longtime pro at juggling the demands of building a career and of motherhood as her son Fletcher, 21 is currently a senior majoring in communications at Ohio University.  </div> <bR> <div> It is difficult to sum up the career highlights on her way to the President's office as they are too innumerable.  Dr. Zimpher is a very busy woman.  Her former positions including being the first woman chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee while also holding a faculty position in the School of Education; at Ohio State she was a University Professor, Dean of the College of Education, and Executive Dean of Professional Colleges.  She also authored or co-authored over 15 books or monographs on higher education (including <I>University Leadership in Urban School Renewal</I> and <I>A Time for Boldness: A Story of Institutional Change</I>.)  Numerous national educational councils and commissions have benefited from her chairmanship or membership including the Executive Board of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education.  She even served as project director for a U.S. Department of Education Teacher Quality Grant.  </div> <bR> <div> A prevalent theme of hers, is that of the “urban university” as a part of the social and economic community as well as an integral part of the medical and business world.  In that vein, she has participated in numerous state and regional as well as civic and community commissions and boards.  Exemplifying her dedication to partnering with the community is her prestigious membership on the Cincinnati Business Committee, (CBC) the powerful organization of two-dozen top echelon CEO's including Kroger, P&G and Federated.  The woman is a real dynamo, with it all, a stellar career and a family, her husband Ken Howey whom she married in May of 1987, is a research professor at the University of Cincinnati, all done with style and energy.</div> <div>      </div> <div> EARLY INFLUENCES</div> <bR> <div> So, where does a regular educational dynamo like Nancy Zimpher come from?  Home for her is the rural town of Gallipolis in southeast Ohio, where both her parents Elsie and Aven Lusk were trained as teachers.  “My mom ultimately taught commercial skills typing and shorthand at my high school and was educated as a Latin teacher.  She also directed the “Cooperative Education Program,” wherein she placed her students in internships in the Gallipolis area.   Dad was principal of an elementary school early in his career,” said Zimpher in our recent interview from her office sitting high atop the UC campus, where she has a firsthand view of the Student Union and “Main Street,” which is the heart of the campus for most undergraduates. </div> <bR> <div> With her two siblings, a brother and a sister, they all grew up in this rural area though they did not live on a farm themselves.  “I was a good 4H member though,” said Zimpher.  “My brother raised black Angus Steer and I displayed my hand towel projects at the Gallia County Fair.”  </div> <bR> <div> When it came time to choose a career, Zimpher explains that the options for women of her generation were limited, “Young girls thought about being a nurse or a teacher.  Our choices then were pretty predictable.”</div> <bR> <div> The drive that<B> </b>Zimpher exhibits in her force of personality and long list of accomplishments, seems to have been influenced by the early role model of her mother who went to work every day and also exercised all domestic skills imaginable.  “She made clothes for my sister and me, made all our prom dresses and my bridesmaid dresses.  I don't know how many times I go home exhausted and think, `what if I had to make a dress tonight,' I couldn't do it.”</div> <bR> <div> Other influences include her sister Mary Ann who began her career as a teacher, went on to law school and had two children while in law school.  “My brother is also a physician, it's a lot of pressure on me,” Zimpher laughed.</div> <bR> <div> <B>PARENT AND CAREER WOMAN</b></div> <bR> <div> President Zimpher feels she came to motherhood “a bit late” as it was essential in her generation to complete the education cycle without a break and went all the way through to her doctorate married but without children.  “It was important to stay the course then.</div> <div> Today there is more flexibility for women and a world better prepared for working mothers.”</div> <bR> <div> When her son Fletcher did come along, Zimpher felt she had very little time off with 8 weeks.  She had agreed to teach a class which began at that time.  She used what time she had to find daycare, a lovely woman who had supported the child rearing of some friends.  </div> <bR> <div> <B>YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE AN IDEA</b></div> <bR> <div> Her philosophy on work/home balance is that quality time does matter, but it can't take the place of making family an important part of life.  Like all of us, she too feels she sometimes falls short.  “I run out of time and quality time, but I never lost sight of how important it is to just be together.” </div> <bR> <div> Much of her enviable personal energy comes from her focus concept of, “You've got to have an idea.”  She relates how this works for anything, from teaching in the classroom to the presidency.  “Things happened when you have  a good idea.  That's how you mover the dial.  Vision trumps everything.”</div> <bR> <div> Her vision for Cincinnati has a catchy title, “UC|21”  shorthand for UC leading in the 21<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >st</FONT> century, involving concentric circles of 6 elements with students in the middle surrounded by learning, discovery and engagement.    </div> <bR> <div> <B>AN OVERWHELMING WELCOME</b></div> <bR> <div> Her resume reads like an all-star list in the area of awards, such as the 2003 Chief Executive Leadership Award, CASE region, being named Milwaukee's most effective leader by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's survey in 2002, Member of the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame, and Coordinator for the U.S. Secretary of Education's National Summit on Teacher Quality in 2002.   </div> <bR> <div> When asked about her significant achievements of late, she turns outward to the University and its future.  “The overriding impression I have is of this incredible welcome that has been extended to my husband and me by the University and the Cincinnati community.  I interpret that to be that people want to see this university succeed, enthusiasm for new leadership to keep the flame going for the University and for Cincinnati.” </div> <div> As to advice for those of us who are motivated by this ball of fire woman and mother, she says, “I think the thing I would most want to say to Moms is to reinforce in both their daughters and sons that they can do anything they set their minds to.  There really are no constraints in life; only those we create ourselves.”  And this lady and mother certainly knows what she is talking about.</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>