[4] As a student, her lab studies conflicted with her debating so she changed her focus on communications in order to continue traveling as part of the team.
[4] She earned a Bachelor of Arts from the university in 1969, majoring in communication and secondary education (French).
After leaving ISU, she became the senior vice president of academic affairs at the University of Toledo until joining the Florida Board of Regents in 1998.
[2] She also served as the liaison to the state task force that studied the implementation of the educational system overhaul.
[7] Hample was the last chancellor for the Board, attending the last meeting at the University of South Florida campus in May 2001.
[12] Her tenure was not without controversy, including a state investigation into money Hample spent on the president's residence and testing a security-alarm during a campus safety walk.