He subsequently served as provost and vice president for academic affairs and professor of education at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Va., from 1999 to 2004.

[3] The university subsequently announced, on December 9, 2016, that he would be stepping down earlier, on February 17, 2017, reportedly to accept a position as managing principal and chief executive officer of AGB Search.

He also received the Post-Secondary Outstanding Educator Award from the North Central Florida Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa in 1996.

[5] Upon becoming president of Ohio University in 2004, one of the first major initiatives he led was the development of a strategic planning process.

That process led to the creation and implementation of Vision OHIO, the university's first comprehensive strategic plan.

These programs provide academically gifted students from disproportionately represented backgrounds with full-tuition scholarships as well as support for textbooks and professional development opportunities.

He attended the Climate Leadership Summit in Chicago in August 2009 featuring leaders such as keynote speaker and former U.S. President Bill Clinton.

As IUC chairman, McDavis was instrumental in developing and recommending a new funding formula for Ohio's public colleges and universities.

[13] The inspector general of Ohio opened an investigation into possible conflict of interest involving a local landlord/donor and the university concerning a house into which McDavis and his wife moved in 2015.