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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=James Braswell "Jim" Henderson
|birth_date=January 28, 1970
|birth_place=[[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]]<br<
Resident of [[Baton Rouge]], Louisiana
|death_date=
|death_place=
|resting_place=
|religion=
|spouse=Tonia M. Henderson<br>
Children:<br>
Reagan, Nicholas, and Alexander Henderson
|party=
| office=President of the University of Louisiana System
| term_start=January 1, 2017
| preceded=Daniel Dugan Reneau, Jr. (interim for Sandra Woodley)
|office2=President of Northwestern State University in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana]]
|termstart2=January 1, 2015
|term_end2=December 31, 2016
|preceded2=[[Randall Webb]]
|succeeded=Chris A. Maggio
|office3=President of Bossier Parish Community College in [[Bossier City]]
|term_start3=2009
|term_end3=December 31, 2014
|succeeded3=Rick Bateman, Jr.
|alma_mater=Northwestern State University<br>
University of West Florida<br>
[[University of Maryland]]
}}
''James Braswell Henderson''', known as '''Jim Henderson''' (born January 28, 1970),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/james-henderson/e366162223392|title=James B. Henderson|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=February 18, 2018}}</ref> has been since January 1, 2017, the president of the [[Baton Rouge]]-based University of Louisiana System, which governs nine institutions of higher learning across [[Louisiana]] and is one of the twenty largest educational consortiums in the [[United States]].
A [[Shreveport]] native, Henderson graduated in 1994 with a bachelor's degree in English and journalism from Northwestern State University in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], Louisiana, one of the UL System schools which he would later serve as the president for two years. He earned a master’s degree in administration from the University of West Florida at Pensacola, [[Florida]], and a [[Ph.D.]] in management from the University College of the [[University of Maryland]] at College Park, [[Maryland]]. His wife, Tonia (born c. 1969), is also an NSU graduate and has been an executive in television advertising and sales. They have three children, Reagan, Nicholas and Alexander.<ref name=ulsystem/>
Henderson succeeded the late [[Randall Webb]] as the NSU president. Under his leadership, NSU established new and realigned academic programs that better serve students in finding jobs in the workforce. His tenure was highlighted by upgraded campus facilities, expanded marketing initiatives, innovative recruitment programs, and increases in alumni engagement and fund-raising.<ref name=ulsystem/>
Prior to the NSU presidency, Henderson was the chancellor of Bossier Parish Community College in [[Bossier City]] located across the Red River from Shreveport in northwestern Louisiana. Under Henderson's six years at BPCC, enrollment grew by 86 percent. He succeeded the late [[Randall Webb]] as the NSU president. Prior to his BPCC position, he was from 2005 to 2009 the senior vice president for career and technical education for the Louisiana Community and Technical College System; enrollment in that system grew by 98 percent while Henderson was the senior vice president. From 2001 to 2005, Henderson was the director of Administration and Workforce Development for the Louisiana Department of Labor in Baton Rouge. Prior to 2001, he was employed in hotel management.<ref name=ulsystem/>
After a national search, only Henderson's name was submitted for the UL System presidency, and the supervisors chose him in a unanimous vote.<ref name=lguidry/> He succeeded Daniel Reneau, the former president of [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]], who had been the interim system presidentsince Sandra Woodley resigned in 2015. Reneau said that Henderson's "career has uniquely prepared him for this role. Higher education in Louisiana is facing some of its most challenging times, and I think the board made an excellent selection to best position the system to combat the challenges ahead.”<ref name=ulsystem>{{cite web|url=https://natchitochesparishjournal.com/2016/10/06/henderson-named-president-of-university-of-louisiana-system/|title=Henderson named president of University of Louisiana|publisher=''Natchitoches Parish Journal''|date=October 6, 2016|accessdate=February 18, 2018}}</ref>
During his time as the NSU president, Henderson worked to increase enrollment. Upon his appointment as UL System president, he expressed "a deep sense of humility and appreciation...even though I obviously have some mixed emotions about leaving a university that has been such an important part of my life.”<ref name=ulsystem/>
Henderson described his educational philosophy as one that starts and ends with students," rather than the "policy environment" of higher education. He indicated that he will visit all nine campuses on a regular basis and will seeking ways to get students more involved in the universities. He proposed that a student advisory council be established on each campus to meet with board members. He promised to work to reduce the "spiraling increase in out-of-pocket costs on our students. We are making [college] unaffordable to a big population of the state."<ref name=lguidry>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/story/news/local/education/2016/10/06/henderson-named-ul-system-president/91618338/|title=Henderson named UL System president|author=Leigh Guidry|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|date=October 6, 2016|accessdate=February 18, 2018}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{CATEGORY:Henderson, James}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Educators]]
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=James Braswell "Jim" Henderson
|birth_date=January 28, 1970
|birth_place=[[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]]<br<
Resident of [[Baton Rouge]], Louisiana
|death_date=
|death_place=
|resting_place=
|religion=
|spouse=Tonia M. Henderson<br>
Children:<br>
Reagan, Nicholas, and Alexander Henderson
|party=
| office=President of the University of Louisiana System
| term_start=January 1, 2017
| preceded=Daniel Dugan Reneau, Jr. (interim for Sandra Woodley)
|office2=President of Northwestern State University in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana]]
|termstart2=January 1, 2015
|term_end2=December 31, 2016
|preceded2=[[Randall Webb]]
|succeeded=Chris A. Maggio
|office3=President of Bossier Parish Community College in [[Bossier City]]
|term_start3=2009
|term_end3=December 31, 2014
|succeeded3=Rick Bateman, Jr.
|alma_mater=Northwestern State University<br>
University of West Florida<br>
[[University of Maryland]]
}}
''James Braswell Henderson''', known as '''Jim Henderson''' (born January 28, 1970),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/james-henderson/e366162223392|title=James B. Henderson|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=February 18, 2018}}</ref> has been since January 1, 2017, the president of the [[Baton Rouge]]-based University of Louisiana System, which governs nine institutions of higher learning across [[Louisiana]] and is one of the twenty largest educational consortiums in the [[United States]].
A [[Shreveport]] native, Henderson graduated in 1994 with a bachelor's degree in English and journalism from Northwestern State University in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], Louisiana, one of the UL System schools which he would later serve as the president for two years. He earned a master’s degree in administration from the University of West Florida at Pensacola, [[Florida]], and a [[Ph.D.]] in management from the University College of the [[University of Maryland]] at College Park, [[Maryland]]. His wife, Tonia (born c. 1969), is also an NSU graduate and has been an executive in television advertising and sales. They have three children, Reagan, Nicholas and Alexander.<ref name=ulsystem/>
Henderson succeeded the late [[Randall Webb]] as the NSU president. Under his leadership, NSU established new and realigned academic programs that better serve students in finding jobs in the workforce. His tenure was highlighted by upgraded campus facilities, expanded marketing initiatives, innovative recruitment programs, and increases in alumni engagement and fund-raising.<ref name=ulsystem/>
Prior to the NSU presidency, Henderson was the chancellor of Bossier Parish Community College in [[Bossier City]] located across the Red River from Shreveport in northwestern Louisiana. Under Henderson's six years at BPCC, enrollment grew by 86 percent. He succeeded the late [[Randall Webb]] as the NSU president. Prior to his BPCC position, he was from 2005 to 2009 the senior vice president for career and technical education for the Louisiana Community and Technical College System; enrollment in that system grew by 98 percent while Henderson was the senior vice president. From 2001 to 2005, Henderson was the director of Administration and Workforce Development for the Louisiana Department of Labor in Baton Rouge. Prior to 2001, he was employed in hotel management.<ref name=ulsystem/>
After a national search, only Henderson's name was submitted for the UL System presidency, and the supervisors chose him in a unanimous vote.<ref name=lguidry/> He succeeded Daniel Reneau, the former president of [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]], who had been the interim system presidentsince Sandra Woodley resigned in 2015. Reneau said that Henderson's "career has uniquely prepared him for this role. Higher education in Louisiana is facing some of its most challenging times, and I think the board made an excellent selection to best position the system to combat the challenges ahead.”<ref name=ulsystem>{{cite web|url=https://natchitochesparishjournal.com/2016/10/06/henderson-named-president-of-university-of-louisiana-system/|title=Henderson named president of University of Louisiana|publisher=''Natchitoches Parish Journal''|date=October 6, 2016|accessdate=February 18, 2018}}</ref>
During his time as the NSU president, Henderson worked to increase enrollment. Upon his appointment as UL System president, he expressed "a deep sense of humility and appreciation...even though I obviously have some mixed emotions about leaving a university that has been such an important part of my life.”<ref name=ulsystem/>
Henderson described his educational philosophy as one that starts and ends with students," rather than the "policy environment" of higher education. He indicated that he will visit all nine campuses on a regular basis and will seeking ways to get students more involved in the universities. He proposed that a student advisory council be established on each campus to meet with board members. He promised to work to reduce the "spiraling increase in out-of-pocket costs on our students. We are making [college] unaffordable to a big population of the state."<ref name=lguidry>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/story/news/local/education/2016/10/06/henderson-named-ul-system-president/91618338/|title=Henderson named UL System president|author=Leigh Guidry|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|date=October 6, 2016|accessdate=February 18, 2018}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{CATEGORY:Henderson, James}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Educators]]