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GLENVILLE, WV-Glenville State College President Dr. Peter Barr is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Milan Vavrek as Interim Vice President of Academic Affairs.

Dr. Vavrek joined the Glenville State College faculty in fall 2006 and was promoted to full professor status with tenure in 2010. He has served as chair of the Land Resources Department since July 2011 and continues an active research agenda.

A native of northern Ohio who has resided in West Virginia for nearly twenty years, Vavrek earned his baccalaureate degree at Kent State University. He then went on to earn his masters and doctorate degrees in biology from West Virginia University. Before coming to Glenville State, he was the Scott Weathersby Professor in Biological Sciences at Louisiana Tech University.

In addition to ensuring that GSC continues to offer high quality academic programs to its students while continuing to explore new programs, Vavrek says he hopes to strengthen faculty and student scholarship, whether that includes performance, artistic works, or scientific research. “We have extremely talented faculty and students at GSC, and we can offer the state and our disciplines so much more.” Moreover, he said, “I would like to encourage a stronger sense of community among our faculty and staff. We sometimes become so involved in our individual departments and lives that we lose sight of the overall campus.”

“I’m pleased and excited to have Dr. Vavrek in this new role. Having worked with him for the last nine years I know he will be an outstanding leader for Academic Affairs at Glenville State College,” said GSC President Dr. Peter Barr.

Vavrek assumed his duties on July 1, 2015 after the retirement of former GSC Provost Dr. John Peek.