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Central Michigan University selects its new president
The Central Michigan University Board of Trustees voted unanimously to appoint Neil MacKinnon, Ph.D., as the university’s 16th president. President-Elect MacKinnon’s service will begin Nov. 1, 2024. President-Elect MacKinnon recently served as provost at Augusta University in Augusta, Georgia, where he also held appointments in the Department of Health Management, Economics and Policy; the Department of Population Health Science; and the Graduate School. He has more than 25 years of experience in higher education, with increasing leadership and administrative roles throughout his tenure. CMU Board of Trustees Chair Todd J. Regis said the Board had been looking for a visionary, ambitious and decisive leader whose vision and values aligned with those of the institution. “Neil MacKinnon was an engaged candidate who spent numerous hours researching CMU’s past and present, and he offered thoughts on our future, including increased enrollment and dynamic classrooms that educate for the future careers students want to pursue,” Regis said. “His vision aligns with our vision statement, and I know he will take the core values of CMU and incorporate them as part of his daily work for CMU.”
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