Dr. Michael J. Sorrell is the longest-serving President in the 148-year history of Paul Quinn College. During his 13 years of leadership, Paul Quinn has become a national movement for its efforts to remake higher education in order to serve the needs of under-resourced students and communities.Included among Paul Quinn's numerous accomplishments during President Sorrell's tenure are the following:creating the New Urban College Model; transforming the football field into the WE over Me Farm;achieving full-accreditation from the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools (TRACS);and rewriting all institutional fundraising records.President Sorrell is one of the most decorated college presidents in America.He has been named Higher Education's President of the Year by Education Dive,one of the World's 50 Greatest Leaders by Fortune Magazine,is the only three-time recipient of the HBCU Male President of the Year Award,and Time Magazine listed him as one of the "31 People Changing the South." Washington Monthly Magazine identified him as one of America's 10 Most Innovative College Presidents.Michael received his J.D. and M.A. in Public Policy from Duke University and his Ed.D. from the University of Pennsylvania.