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Illinois State University Names First Female President

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Illinois State University
Terri Goss Kinzy

The Board of Trustees of Illinois State University has chosen Terri Goss Kinzy to be the school’s 20th president, effective July 1.

The announcement was made Friday.
Kinzy will be the first female president of Illinois State. She's currently vice president for research and innovation at Western Michigan University.

She previously was vice president of research and a professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at Rutgers University.

Kinzy will succeed Larry Dietz, who is retiring June 30 after serving as Illinois State's president since March 2014.

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