The Board of Trustees of Illinois State University announced that Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Aondover Tarhule will assume the role of interim president, effective immediately. Dr. Tarhule’s appointment is effective through June 30, 2024.

Tarhule joined Illinois State University as vice president for Academic Affairs and provost in 2020. His immediate prior administrative appointment was vice provost and dean of the Graduate School at Binghamton University (State University of New York). Before that, he was executive associate dean and department chair in the College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences at the University of Oklahoma. In these positions, he worked on creating new academic programs, increasing student enrollment, increasing diversity, faculty retention, shared governance, and international partnerships and linkages.

Having earned master’s degrees and a doctoral degree in geography from McMaster University in Hamilton (Ontario, Canada), Tarhule received a post-doctoral fellowship from the Canadian Science Advisory Council to conduct research at Queens University in Kingston, Ontario. Tarhule earned an additional master’s degree in environmental resources planning and a bachelor’s degree in geography both from the University of Jos, Plateau State in Nigeria.

https://news.illinoisstate.edu/2023/02/board-of-trustees-names-dr-aondover-tarhule-as-interim-president/

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