Nancee Sorenson, who has been selected as the next chancellor of LSU Eunice, will be paid $225,000 annually, according to personnel actions on Friday’s LSU Board of Supervisors meeting.
Sorenson is also to be paid a $12,000 a year temporary car allowance.
Sorenson’s effective hire date is listed as June 17 should the Board approve the appointment.
Her hiring was announced May 15.
Sorenson is the president at Hillsborough Community College, Brandon Campus, Tucson, Arizona.
In the announcement naming her, Sorenson said, “It’s a true honor to be selected as the new leader of LSU Eunice and work under the direction of such a tremendous president as Dr. King Alexander.”
She added, “I am filled with excitement to be a part of the beautiful Eunice campus, community and the internationally renowned Louisiana State University. I look forward to enhancing the work of former Chancellor Kimberly Russell and Interim Chancellor Bill Crow to move the needle upward in student success, campus growth and public and private partnerships.”
LSU conducted a national search for the new LSUE chancellor, led by a committee composed of LSUE faculty, staff and leaders from the community. The committee was chaired by Bill Richardson, LSU vice president of agriculture and dean of the LSU College of Agriculture.
Sorenson earned a doctorate in educational administration from the University of Texas at Austin, and a master’s degree in agency counseling and a bachelor’s degree in psychology, both from Indiana State University.
During her career, Sorenson has worked in a variety of roles in higher education, including as an adjunct faculty member; career counselor; consultant for gender and equity; manager of special projects; enrollment manager; director of admissions; and director, enrollment services and registrar and acting vice chancellor for enrollment services and external relations.
From 2002-2008, she served as the dean of student development at Pima Community College, West Campus. From 2008-2009, she was vice president for student development at Pima Community College, West Campus. She moved to Pima College, East Campus, in 2009 to serve as vice president for student development there, and following a brief stint as acting president at Pima College, she served as president of Hillsborough Community College, Brandon Campus, from January 2015 to the present.
Sorenson has received multiple honors during her career, including the League of United Latin American Citizens’ Community Service Award in 2012 and 2014; the Phi Theta Kappa Distinguished Administrator Hallmark Award in 2009; and Pima County Community College District Board of Governors’ Community Excellence Award in both 2009 and 2015.
In other Board business on Friday, an agenda item was Paul Coreil’s appointment as interim chancellor of LSU Alexandria. Coreil is to be paid $235,000 a year with temporary housing allowance of $24,000 per year and a $12,000 a year car allowance.
