Excellence and Distinguished Professorships
Endowed
faculty positions for artists and scholars have assumed increasing importance
in the field of music. The best candidates for positions in the School of Music
will understandably be offered the highest salaries that our institution can
justify, but many prospective faculty appreciate the prestige that an endowed
faculty position provides. An Excellence Professorship allows the school to
search for artists and scholars who have widely distinguished themselves as
both performers and pedagogues. The monies provided by these professorships
allow us to compete in the marketplace of performance and academia, giving
us the opportunity to recruit the most talented and well-known faculty. An
Excellence Professorship can be established with a minimum gift of $350,000
to which the state adds $167,000, creating an endowment of over $500,000. Dr.
Donald Hodges is the Covington Distinguished Professor of Music Education and
director of the Music Research Institute. Additional endowment levels for named
professorships require gifts of $666,000; $1,000,000; or $1,333,000, all of
which include a partial match from the State of North Carolina’s Distinguished
Professors Endowment Trust Fund.
At right: Donald Hodges, PhD., Covington Distinguished Professor
