Kent State Provost Accepts President Position at University of New Mexico

Kent State University President Lester A. Lefton announced today that Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Robert Frank accepted the position of president at the University of New Mexico (UNM). Frank will become the 21st president of UNM.
 
“Dr. Frank made significant accomplishments while at Kent State,” Lefton said. “He was an innovator who supported the introduction of systems that have had tremendous impact on our students’ success.  He helped launch the university’s new College of Public Health and served as its interim dean. He helped forge international strategic partnerships, supported study abroad opportunities as well as recruitment efforts to draw more international students to Kent State.”

“The Kent State University community is grateful to Dr. Frank for his unwavering leadership and dedication to student success and I thank him for his contributions to our excellence agenda,” Lefton said. “The University of New Mexico is fortunate to have Dr. Frank, and we wish him well.”

Kent State has begun an active search for a new provost. The search committee is chaired by Dr. Daniel Mahony, dean of the College of Education, Health and Human Services. It is expected that a new provost will be named by end of the February 2012.

Frank will assume his position at the University of New Mexico in June 2012.

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