New Urbana U president to come from Alaska
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Monday, May 05, 2008
URBANA — Urbana University trustees have elected Stephen B. Jones as its president, the university announced Monday, May 5.
Jones will replace Robert L. Head, who leaves the Urbana presidency in July to become president of Rockford College in Rockford, Ill.
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Stephen B. Jones
Get latest headlines via RSS feedsJones has served as chancellor of the University of Alaska Fairbanks since 2004. He was elected unanimously by the Urbana board of trustees after five-month national search.
As chancellor of UAF, Jones has managed a budget of over $410 million and worked with 3,500 faculty and staff and 10,000 students located at 38 facilities across Alaska, according to a university statement.
Prior to working in Alaska, Jones was vice-chancellor at North Carolina State University. From 1997-2001, Jones was the director of the Alabama Cooperative Extension System serving the Alabama A&M and Auburn University extension programs. Jones is also a former associate professor and assistant director of the School of Forestry at Pennsylvania State University. Prior to his career in academia, he worked twelve years with the Union Camp Corp., a paper and allied products manufacturer acquired by International Paper in 1994.
Jones holds a bachelor's degree in forestry and a doctorate degree in resource management from the State University of New York in Syracuse.
Urbana University is an independent liberal arts institution focusing on career education. Founded in 1850 by the followers of Emanuel Swedenborg, the 18th century Swedish philosopher and scientist, Urbana has about 1,500 students located on seven campuses throughout West Central Ohio.
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