At the end of spring semester, Miami University will say farewell to Provost Jeffrey Herbst as he accepts a position at Colgate University as its 16th president.
Herbst was unanimously appointed to the position by Colgate's board of trustees Monday afternoon, according to Colgate's Web site. Read more form Colgate University's website.
News of Herbst's appointment was released Monday in a letter sent by President David Hodge to deans, chairs and directors at Miami. Colgate also put out a news release Monday afternoon.
Herbst will replace Colgate's interim president, Lyle Roelofs, as of July 1, 2010. According to Colgate's release, Roelofs has been filling in for the previous president, Rebecca Chopp, who became president of Swarthmore College.
Herbst said he had been involved in this search for the past couple of months.
"It's an exceptionally distinguished university and undergraduate institution," Herbst said of Colgate. "It's devoted to liberal arts and a distinguished high standard for education."
Herbst has served as Miami's provost for five years. He said he would most miss his colleagues at Miami and will stay dedicated to his work during the remainder of his stay in Oxford.
"I'm fully committed to Miami during the spring term," Herbst said. "There is a tremendous amount we are doing now. It's full speed ahead as far as I'm concerned."
Since coming to Miami in 2005, Herbst "has helped build Miami's quality through many important initiatives, including the adoption of the Global Miami Plan, a new scholarship policy that allows students to utilize their scholarships for study abroad" and many other initiatives, according to the letter released by Hodge.
The release by Colgate also said he helped design the Miami Access Initiative, providing tuition and fees for families with limited means.
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Carine Feyten, dean of education, health and society, will chair a search committee for a new provost immediately, according to the letter.
Hodge shared congratulations in the letter for Herbst's new position.
"Please join me in congratulating Jeff on his new position and in wishing him the best as he begins his tenure at Colgate," Hodge said.
Herbst previously served as chair of the department of politics at Princeton University. According to a release by Colgate, Herbst graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University in 1983 and earned a master's of arts, master's of philosophy and doctorate degrees in political science from Yale University.
Herbst will be welcomed to Colgate at an event 11:15 a.m. Tuesday which will broadcast live on Colgate's Web site at http://www.colgate.edu.
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