Edward Waters University mourns death of Dr. Jennifer M. Price, enrollment pioneer

Edward Waters University President A. Zachary Faison Jr. announced the death of Dr. Jennifer M. Price, the university’s former vice president for enrollment management and strategic matriculant services, who passed away Tuesday. She served in the role from 2019 to 2025.Price joined what was then Edward Waters College when enrollment stood at approximately 900 students. Under her leadership, enrollment grew to nearly 1,300 — a trajectory that Faison credits as essential to the institution’s elevation from college to university status.“We do not achieve the transformation from Edward Waters College to Edward Waters University without Dr. Price,” Faison said.A leader who believed in students firstBeyond the numbers, Faison said, Price’s most lasting contribution was her investment in the students themselves.“Dr. Price recruited young people to this university when they were 18 and 19 years old, and then she would not let go of them,” Faison said. “She saw what they could become before the