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CCSN hires academic affairs vice president

Wednesday, May 25, 2005 | 9:06 a.m.

The Community College of Southern Nevada has hired a new vice president for academic affairs, President Richard Carpenter said Monday.

Michael Richards, currently associate provost for Southern Utah University in Cedar City, will take over the position July 1, Carpenter said. He will make $130,000 a year.

A business professor, Rich-ards has a doctorate in higher education administration from the University of Denver and has been an administrator since 1979. He started at Southern Utah in 1982 as an assistant to the president, than served as vice president for university affairs from 1984 to 1997 and then vice president for planning and technology from 1997 to 1999 before taking the provost position.

Carpenter said he believes that Richards has the right demeanor and personality with the job and would work well with faculty.

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