Northern Kentucky University welcomes 7th president in school history | Education [Video]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Northern Kentucky University installed its first female president on Friday.

Dr. Cady Short-Thompson is the seventh president in the university’s history. She was welcomed into office during an investiture ceremony in Truist Arena at NKU’s Highland Heights campus.

Dr. Cady Short-Thompson, our seventh and first woman president, has completed the three I’s of inauguration!Thank you to all the alumni, community partners, friends, faculty, staff and students who joined us for this inspiring university tradition. pic.twitter.com/ajAtG50VXk

— Northern Kentucky University (@nkuedu) April 26, 2024

“I am ecstatic to return home to NKU, where my professional journey began, and to give back to the people and place that invested so fully in me,” Short-Thompson said. “NKU’s values of excellence, engagement, student-centeredness and belonging are deep in me and I am eager to serve alongside NKU’s talent faculty, staff, students and alumni to lead this great institution.”

She was a professor of communication, graduate program director and department …