MSSU Names New VP for Academic Affairs

From today’s Joplin Globe:

AJ Anglin has been named the new vice president for academic affairs at Missouri Southern State University.

MSSU President Bruce Speck made the announcement today.

Anglin is currently retired, but he has served as a president, provost, vice president, dean, faculty member and in other academic capacities at six universities.

He will begin his duties at Missouri Southern on Monday, June 14.

He was one of three candidates to visit campus in May. The others were Thomas Winter, Vice Provost at Abilene Christian University, and Abdul Turay, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Tougaloo (Miss.) College.

"I feel Dr. Anglin is a perfect fit for my administration and this university," Speck said in a statement. "He brings a tremendous amount of experience, and he will be a strong leader for the academic community at Missouri Southern."

Anglin retired in June 2008 from his post as vice president for Academic Affairs at Waynesburg, a university with 2,250 students and three satellite campuses in the Pittsburgh, Pa., area. He also served as president of Trinity Christian College in Palos Heights, Ill., from 1996 to 2002, and as provost at Azusa Pacific University in California from 1991 to 1996.

He earned his doctorate in physical chemistry from the University of Arkansas and received a National Science Foundation research grant at Brandeis University.

He also attended the Institute for Educational Management at Harvard University.

Other positions held include vice president for Academic Affairs at John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Ark.; vice president and academic dean at Aurora University in Aurora, Ill., and Taylor University in Upland, Ind.  At Taylor University, Anglin also served as dean of instruction, director of faculty development and professor of chemistry. He also was a summer visiting professor of physical chemistry at Indiana University and Ball State University.

Rod Anderson, chairman of the MSSU Board of Governors, said he appreciated the diligent work of the selection committee.

“I believe they provided three strong candidates for the campus to consider," Anderson said in a statement. “Speck's selection is an important step to move the University forward.”