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°ÅÀÖÊÓƵ University names Jon C. Stuckey interim president

(April 16, 2025) -- The °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ University Board of Trustees announced that it has named Jon C. Stuckey, Ph.D., as interim president of the University, effective July 1, 2025. Stuckey, °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ’s vice president for advancement, was appointed on April 15 via a special vote of °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ’s board and was invited by the trustees to lead the university until a permanent president is appointed.   

Stuckey’s appointment follows a March 24 anouncement from °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ’s board that it had concluded the initial search phase for °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ’s ninth president and was moving to an interim presidency. The board will communicate more about its plans for the ongoing presidential search at a later date. Stuckey succeeds President Kim S. Phipps, Ph.D., who publicly announced her retirement plans in June 2024, and whose contract officially concludes on June 30, 2025.

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When President Kim S. Phipps announced her plans to retire at the end of the 2024-25 academic year, the °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ University Board of Trustees announced the start of a comprehensive national search for the university’s ninth president. We invite members of the campus and surrounding °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ to use the resources found on this website to be fully engaged and to stay informed of the progress of this important national search.

• Please pray for God's leading, wisdom and discernment for °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ's board of trustees as they make decisions related to the next steps in the ongoing search process for °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ's ninth president.
• We also invite you to pray for °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ's interim president, Dr. Jon Stuckey, as he faithfully leads °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ University through this important time of transition and continues to advance °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ's distinctive Christ-centered educational mission.