Sid Parrish
Vice President for Administration
Office: Holland Hall | Upper West Wing
Office Phone: 803.321.5263
Email: Sid.Parrish@newberry.edu
Degrees:
Ph.D. | University of Florida (2001)
M.S. | University of Florida (1997)
B.S. | Furman University (1995)
Bio:
Sidney Parrish Jr. provides leadership and administrative oversight for all instructional programs and related academic support services provided by the College. Parrish provides leadership for faculty that encourages outstanding teaching and development of a curriculum focused on student academic and career outcomes. Parrish also oversees classroom technology initiatives that enhance student learning. He provides strategic leadership for Newberry’s focus on student retention and persistence.
Parrish has over two decades of experience in higher education. He began his teaching career as assistant professor of chemistry at Midland Lutheran College (2000-2005) in Fremont, Nebraska, moving to a position of the same rank at North Carolina Wesleyan College (2005-2006) in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.
Parrish joined Newberry College in 2006 as assistant professor of chemistry and was advanced in rank to associate professor in 2008. He played a pivotal role in the development of the College’s forensic chemistry program and attracted more than $650,000 in instrumentation, grants and donations for the startup program.
In 2012, Parrish moved to the administrative arm of the institution to serve as associate director of institutional effectiveness & assessment and as a member of the president’s senior leadership team. During that time, he successfully led the College’s 2012 Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) reaffirmation effort. He was appointed vice president for institutional effectiveness & strategic initiatives in 2017. He assumed the role of vice president for academic affairs on an interim basis in July 2018, before taking on the role more permanently in April 2019. In February 2024, President Scherrens appointed him vice president for institutional effectiveness.
Parrish earned both his Ph.D. and master of science degrees in physical chemistry from the University of Florida, and received his bachelor of science degree in chemistry from Furman University.
