Faculty Vita

Charlie Nelms, Ed.D.

Academic Degrees

Professional Experience

Selected Publications

Nelms, Charlie, "The Prerequisites for Acadmic Leadership", Black Men and the Culture of Education: Perspecitive from Leading African American Scholars, Lee Jones, (ed), Stylus Publishing, LLC, Sterling, Virginia, April 2002.

Nelms, Charlie, "Serving the Common Good in a Diverse Society", Synthesis, 2001, An Annual Publication of The Higher Learning Commission, Chicago, Illinois

Nelms, Charlie, "From Cotton Picker to University CEO", On the Inside Looking Out: Observations from African American Administrators in Predominantly White Colleges and Universities, William B. Harvey (ed.), SUNY Press: Albany, New York, Spring, 1995

Nelms, Charlie, "Minorities and the Professions", Journal for the Association of Teacher Educators, Volume 4, No. 2, Fall 1982, pp.47-52.

Nelms, Charlie, Pentecoste, Joseph, and Lowe, William F., "Job Choice as a Function of SES and Achievement Scores for High School Student", Education", Volume 103, No. 1, Fall, 1982, pp. 64-68.

Nelms, Charlie and Pentecoste, Joseph, "The Implications of Labor Market Orientation Programs for Black Teenage Job Entry", The Negro Educational Review, Volume 33, January 1982, pp.45-49.

Pentecoste, Joseph and Nelms, Charlie, "The Effect of a Job Training Program on Reading Achievement", Reading Improvement, Chula Vista, California, Volume 20, No. 1, Spring, 1983, pp. 58-59.

Nelms, Charlie, "Beyond Institutional Access: Minorities in Higher Education", Conference Proceedings: Seventh National Conference on Blacks in Higher Education, National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education, Washington, D.C., Summer, 1983.

Nelms, Charlie, "The Current Political Mood: Implications for Minority Participation in Higher Education", Proceedings of the Second National Minority Planning Conference, Gary, Indiana, December, 1978, pp. 1-6.

Nelms, Charlie, "The Ombudsman: Who Is He?", Journal of the Indiana University Student Personnel Association, Volume 12, Spring, 1971, pp. 11-14.

Conference Presentations

Presenter, "How Do We Measure the Success of a Changing Student Body in a Changing World?", Eighty-eighth Annual Meeting of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, Washington, DC, January 25, 2002.

Presenter, "Institutional Accountability", ACE Educating All of One Nation Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio, October 18, 2001.

Session Chair, "Reflections on the Ideal Campus in a Plural Society", Eleventh Annual University of Wisconsin System Colloquium on Ethnicity and Public Policy, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, June 12, 1990.

Presenter, "Now that you have diversity . . . What do you do with it?", The College Board Midwest Regional Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, February 19, 1990.

Keynote Speaker, "Prerequisites for Leadership", Ohio Association of Student Personnel Workers, Columbus, Ohio, 1989.

Presenter, NASPA Symposium for Women Who Aspire to Become Chief Student Personnel Officers, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1989.

Presenter, "A Comprehensive Admission and Retention Model for Minority Students", National Association for Developmental Education, Cincinnati, Ohio, March 1, 1989.

Keynote Speaker, I-CASE Annual Meeting, DePauw University, October 12, 1989.

Presenter, "The Community College as a Transition Agent to a Four-year College and the World of Work", Forty-first National Conference of the National Association of College Admissions Counselors (NACAC), Cincinnati, Ohio, October 8-11, 1985.

Presenter, "American Education: A Report Card", The Antioch Review Education Conference, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio, April 19, 1985.

Panelist, "Inter-Institutional Networking: Strategies for Reducing Minority Student Attrition", First Annual Conference of the Illinois Committee on Black Concerns in Higher Education, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, May 19-22, 1983.

Panelist, "Networking: A Strategy for Survival", Seventh National Conference, National Council for Black Studies, University of California at Berkley, April 20-22, 1983.

Presenter, "Mechanisms of Networking & Implementation of Networks", Midwest Regional Meeting, National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers, Chicago, Illinois, January 29, 1983.

Responder, "Toward Equal Results in Education, Jobs and Training", Indiana Black Expo 1982, Indianapolis, Indiana, July 9-11, 1982.

Presenter, "Academic Advising: An Instructional Model", Mid-American Association of Educational Opportunity Program Personnel (MAEOPP), McCormick Inn, Chicago, Illinois, May 27, 1982.

Panelist, "Developing Linkages and Networks for Blacks in Higher Education with Elementary, Secondary Schools and Community Colleges", Seventh National Conference on Blacks in Higher Education, Washington, D.C., March 26-28, 1982.

Session Chair, "Causes and Consequences of Student Progression and Retention", 1982 National Conference on Higher Education, Washington, D. C., March 3-5 1982, (AAHE).

Panelist, "The Role of Student Affairs on the Urban Commuter Campus", American College Personnel Commission Association, XVII, Indianapolis, Indiana, June 19-20, 1981.

Presenter, "Student Development In Higher Education: Theories & Practices", American Council on Education Fellows Annual Seminar, Washington, D.C., May 1981.

Presenter, "Equal Education Opportunity: Myth & Reality", Fifth Annual Meeting of the Mid-America Association of Educational Opportunity Program Personnel, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, November 4-7, 1979.

Service/Outreach Projects

Board of Trustees, Mott Children's Health Center, 1995-1998

Greater Flint Educational Consortium, 1994-1998

Board of Directors, Downtown Development Association, Flint, Michigan, 1995-1998

Board of Directors, FOCUS Council, Flint, Michigan, 1994-1998

Hurley Medical Center, Cancer Advisory Committee, 1995-1998

Board of Directors, First Bank of Richmond, Richmond, Indiana, 1991-1994

Board of Directors, Reid Hospital and Health Care Services, Richmond, Indiana, 1990-1994

Board of Directors, Indiana Youth Institute (treasurer), 1988-1994

Arts Indiana, Inc., State Council Member, 1992-1994

Board of Directors, Richmond Area Chamber of Commerce, 1988-1992

Executive Committee, (Vice President for Governmental Relations) Board of Directors, Wayne County Opportunities Industrialization Center, 1987-1990

Board of Directors, Richmond YMCA Foundation, 1989-1990

Board of Directors, Leadership Wayne County, 1987-1990

Board of Directors, Whitewater Community Television, Inc., 1987-1990

Community Advisory Committee, Bank One, Dayton, Ohio, 1986-1987

Board of Directors (Chairperson), Eastway Mental Health Corp., Dayton, Ohio, 1984-1987

Board of Directors, Cox Arboretum, Dayton-Montgomery County Park District, 1985-87

Board of Directors, Dayton-Montgomery Scholarship Commission, 1984-1987

Chairperson, Dayton Education Council, Dayton Board of Education, 1984-1987

President, Board of Education, Gary, Indiana 1983-84 (member 1982-1984)

Panel Chairperson, Lake Area United Way, Lake County, Indiana, 1983-1984

Honors/Awards

Distinguished Alumni Award, School of Education, Indiana University, 1999

Distinguished Alumni Service Award, Indiana University, 1998

Outstanding Service Award, NASPA, 1990

Outstanding Service Award, I-MAEOPP, 1990

Distinguished Service Award, Negro Educational Review, 1990

Distinguished Alumni Award, National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education, 1986

Distinguished Service Award, National Alliance for Business, 1984

ACE Fellow, American Council on Education, 1981-82

Ford Fellow, Columbia University, 1972-73

Lilly Endowment Intern in Higher Education, 1976-1977

Wall Street Journal Student Achievement Award, 1968

Rockefeller Student Leadership Award, 1968

IU Dons Outstanding Citizen Award, 1982