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Paula Wallace is president and co-founder of the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD).[1]

Early life and education

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A native of Atlanta, Wallace earned a B.A. degree from Furman University, M.Ed. and Ed.S. degrees from Georgia State University and an honorary Doctor of Law from Gonzaga University.[2][3] She began her career as an cia agent in Atlanta Public Schools.[4] After realizing there was nowhere for her students to continue their artistic pursuit, Wallace and her family sold their belongings to buy Poetter Hall. This was the start of SCAD, which has grown substantially since, now totaling over 10,000 students yearly. Wallace has been the president of Savannah College of Art and Design since 2000.[5]

Career

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In 1978, she co-founded the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) in Savannah, Ga.[6] Between the university's founding with her then-husband Paul Rowan and 2000, she served in various roles as vice president, academic dean, and provost of SCAD.[7] In 2000, she was appointed to the office of president of the university by the SCAD Board of Trustees, and continues to serve in that role.[8] She also directs the university's permanent art collection at the SCAD Museum of Art in Savannah[9] and SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film in Atlanta.[10]

Since Wallace became president of SCAD, the university has added campus locations in Atlanta, Ga. (in 2005), Lacoste, France (in 2002) and Hong Kong (in 2010), and an eLearning program online (in 2003).[11] Enrollment at SCAD has more than doubled during her tenure, with more than 12,000 students from more than 100 countries attending the university's campuses.[12]

In March 2020, following months of pressure during the 2019 Hong Kong Protests and the COVID-19 pandemic, SCAD elected to discontinue studies at their Hong Kong location, citing student safety and academic quality. The North Kowloon Magistracy will be returned to the city.[13][14]

The university hosts a number of annual events created by Wallace, including the Sidewalk Arts Festival, the Savannah Film Festival, SCAD define ART, Scad style, and SCAD ATV Fest. During her presidency, the university has received recognition for its work in historic preservation, including awards from the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation,[15] UNESCO,[16] the International Interior Design Association and the American Library Association,[17] and the American Institute of Architects,[18] among others. SCAD has placed highly in various rankings under Wallace's leadership, including a place in the top four universities in the Americas and Europe in 2015 by Red Dot,[19] as well as first-place rankings for the graduate and undergraduate interior design programs in Design Intelligence's "America's Best Architecture and Design Schools" list.[20] Wallace and SCAD have also come under scrutiny for allegedly unscrupulous financial practices, notably in an Atlanta Journal-Constitution article, "How SCAD sells a dream",[21] as well as in a slew of local reports such as the 2019 Savannah Morning News article, "Crunching the numbers on SCAD and a PILOT program."[22]

In 2015 Wallace launched a video series called On Creativity, which first aired as Delta Air Lines in-flight entertainment. In it, she interviewed celebrities such as Mindy Kaling, Lauren Bush Lauren, Christian Siriano, and David Muir. The series' final episode was in July, 2023.[23] In addition to writing a number of publications on design and children's books,[24][25] in April 2016 Wallace released a ghostwritten memoir, The Bee and the Acorn, detailing her experiences as a co-founder and president of SCAD and the development of the university.[26]

As President of SCAD, Wallace earned $9.6 million in 2014, according to The Wall Street Journal. The newspaper's report on nonprofit compensation found Wallace to be the highest-paid college leader and the eighth-highest-paid employee of an American charity. The $9.6 million included a base salary of $859,000, a bonus of $1 million and $7.5 million in deferred payments.[27] For the 2022 tax year, Wallace and her new husband Glenn Wallace earned in excess of $3.5 million.[28]

Bibliography

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  • A House in the South (Clarkson Potter 2006, co-authored with Frances Schultz)
  • Perfect Porches: Designing Welcoming Spaces for Outdoor Living (Random House 2010)
  • The World of Birthdays: Life Around the World (Gareth Stevens Publishing 2003)
  • The World of Food: Life Around the World (Gareth Stevens Publishing 2003)
  • The World of Holidays: Life Around the World (Gareth Stevens Publishing 2003)
  • The World of Sports: Life Around the World (Gareth Stevens Publishing 2003)
  • Le Royaume de Woo (Editions Milan 2004)
  • The Bee and the Acorn (Assouline Publishing 2016)
  • Lessons in Leadership (SCAD University Press January 20, 2024)

Honors

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References

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  1. ^ ""SCAD president and leadership", scad.edu".
  2. ^ ""Paula S. Wallace", Georgia Historical Society".
  3. ^ "Biography". SCAD.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  4. ^ ""Renaissance Woman", Georgia Trend". 29 January 2015.
  5. ^ "Biography". SCAD.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  6. ^ ""Savannah College of Art and Design", New Georgia Encyclopedia".
  7. ^ ""Paula Wallace biography", scad.edu".
  8. ^ ""SCAD at 30 years is riding wave of the future", Savannah Morning News".
  9. ^ ""About the museum", scadmoa.org".
  10. ^ ""SCAD Fash leadership", scadfash.org". 25 May 2016.
  11. ^ ""Taking Us Back to School in Style", fastcompany.com". 31 August 2009.
  12. ^ ""President\'s biography", atvfest.com".
  13. ^ "SCAD Hong Kong to Close Permanently". 17 March 2020.
  14. ^ "SCAD Hong Kong to close in May, leaving students up in the air". 13 March 2020.
  15. ^ ""SCAD Museum of Art Honored with Georgia Trust Excellence in Preservation Award", scad.edu".
  16. ^ ""SCAD Hong Kong (Former North Kowloon Magistracy Building) in Hong Kong SAR, China Received the Honourable Mention in 2011 UNESCO Heritage Awards", UNESCO Bangkok".
  17. ^ ""Winners Announced for the 2016 ALA/IIDA Library Interior Design Awards", contractdesign.com".
  18. ^ ""SCAD Norris Hall", aiaga.org".
  19. ^ ""Red Dot Design Ranking", red-dot.sg".
  20. ^ ""America\'s Best Architecture & Design Schools 2016, DesignIntelligence", DesignIntelligence".
  21. ^ How SCAD sells a dream Atlanta Journal-Constitution Alan Judd, December 8, 2017
  22. ^ Crunching the numbers on SCAD and a PILOT program Savannah Morning News Kenneth Zapp, June 6, 2019
  23. ^ ""\"On Creativity\" Debuts On Delta Air Lines\' Delta Studio", My Social Good News".
  24. ^ ""President Paula Wallace\'s bibliography", scad.edu".
  25. ^ Sidell, Lainey (January 29, 2019). "Paula Wallace of Savannah College of Art and Design". SurfaceMag.com. Surface. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
  26. ^ ""SCAD President and Founder Paula Wallace Releases Memoir", Savannah Business Journal".
  27. ^ Art College President's $9.6 Million Pay Package Inside Higher Ed Paul Fain, March 7, 2017
  28. ^ SCAD’s net worth climbs to $1.2B in latest tax filing Eric Curl, July 16, 2023
  29. ^ "The opening ceremony in Taipei 101".
  30. ^ "Women in Design and Free Arts".
  31. ^ "SCAD.edu Paula Wallace biography".
  32. ^ "National Advisory Board of the National Museum of Women in the Arts" (PDF).
  33. ^ "Governor Perdue announces executive appointments".
  34. ^ "Georgia's Power List". 30 December 2011.
  35. ^ "DesignIntelligence 30 Most Admired Educators for 2013".
  36. ^ "Paula Wallace biography at Savannah Film Festival website".
  37. ^ "Gonzaga University faculty and staff newsletter" (PDF).
  38. ^ "SCAD Receives 2009 Sustainability Award From Fashion Group International".
  39. ^ "SCAD's Paula Wallace named 2015 Georgia trustee, Savannah Morning News".
  40. ^ "Mayor of Atlanta and city council honor SCAD on 10th anniversary of Atlanta campus".
  41. ^ "SCAD's Paula Wallace honored by American Institute of Architects".
  42. ^ "Arthur Ross Awards".
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