Dr. Vernell Bennett-Fairs sat down this week with The New Tri-State Defender to give a vivid account of her journey to the LeMoyne-Owen College President’s Office. “I was going to be the first vocalist to be successful across all the genres,” said Bennett-Fairs, who began her tenure as LOC’s 13th president on Jan. 5. “I … Continue reading Dr. Vernell Bennett-Fairs: How a ‘classically trained’ vocalist became LeMoyne-Owen College president