S. Georgia Nugent

S. Georgia Nugent
20th President of Illinois Wesleyan University
In office
November 2019  July 1, 2024
Preceded byEric R. Jensen
Succeeded bySheahon Zenger
Interim President of the College of Wooster
In office
July 1, 2015  June 30, 2016
Preceded byGrant Cornwell
Succeeded bySarah Bolton
18th President of Kenyon College
In office
2003–2013
Preceded byRobert A. Oden
Succeeded bySean M. Decatur
Personal details
Born
Susan Georgia Nugent

New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
SpouseThomas Scherer
Alma materPrinceton University (BA)
Cornell University (PhD)
ProfessionProfessor
WebsiteOffice of the President

Susan Georgia Nugent was the 20th president of Illinois Wesleyan University. She was president of Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio from 2003 to 2013, and interim president of the College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio for the 2015-16 academic year. She was succeeded at Kenyon by Sean M. Decatur, former dean of Arts and Sciences at Oberlin College, and at Wooster by Sarah Bolton, former dean of Williams College. In November of 2019, Nugent became the first woman to serve as President of Illinois Wesleyan University. On April 10th it was announced that Sheahon Zenger would succeed her role as president in the 24-25 school year.