(AP) – The University of Missouri is set to announce its
new president, almost exactly one year after the resignation of the previous
leader of the four-campus system amid protests over racial issues at its
Columbia campus.
A person familiar with the search says University of Connecticut Provost Mun
Y. Choi will be named the next president during an event Wednesday in Jefferson
City. The person spoke on condition of anonymity so as not to pre-empt the
official announcement.
Former system President Tim Wolfe resigned on Nov. 9 last year amid student
protests over what some saw as administrators’ indifference to racial issues on
the Columbia campus. One student went on a hunger strike.
Choi is 52 years old. He joined the University of Connecticut in 2008 and has
been provost since 2012.
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