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Earl G. Yarbrough Sr. comes to Savannah State from Virginia State University, where he has served as a full professor of industrial technology and former provost and vice president for academic and student affairs.

In 2004, Yarbrough completed a year-long fellowship with the Kellogg Foundation Minority Serving Institution Leadership Program, which prepares minority professionals for the challenges and rigors of senior leadership roles in higher education. He also has administrative experience at two other public HBCUs, having served as the first dean of the School of Technology at North Carolina A&T State University and department chair at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.

Yarbrough earned a Ph.D. in industrial education from Iowa State University, a master of arts in industrial studies from California State University at Los Angeles and a bachelor of arts degree in industrial education from Wichita State University.

He and his wife Patricia have four adult children: Kim, Angela, Del and Earl Jr.