{"id":48040,"date":"2023-01-28T21:08:56","date_gmt":"2023-01-28T21:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brandon.ddtest.info\/multisite-test\/wvu-potomac-state-college-names-new-president\/"},"modified":"2023-01-28T21:08:56","modified_gmt":"2023-01-28T21:08:56","slug":"wvu-potomac-state-college-names-new-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brandon.ddtest.info\/multisite-test\/wvu-potomac-state-college-names-new-president\/","title":{"rendered":"WVU Potomac State College names new president"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>KEYSER, W.Va. (WBOY) \u2013 West Virginia University (WVU)\u00a0Potomac State College announced that its new president has been chosen.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Gilmer became the interim president of the WVU Keyser Campus in April 2022 but will now transition to the permanent campus president of\u00a0WVU\u00a0Potomac State College.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wboy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/01\/Chris-Gilmer.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1396386\" width=\"257\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wboy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/01\/Chris-Gilmer.jpeg 512w, https:\/\/www.wboy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/01\/Chris-Gilmer.jpeg?resize=240,300 240w, https:\/\/www.wboy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/01\/Chris-Gilmer.jpeg?resize=40,50 40w, https:\/\/www.wboy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/01\/Chris-Gilmer.jpeg?resize=257,321 257w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 899px) 100vw, 257px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chris Gilmer, president, WVU Potomac State College\u00a0(WVU Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cFrom the moment he arrived, Chris prioritized making connections with students, faculty, staff and the surrounding community,\u201d\u00a0WVU president Gordon Gee\u00a0said. \u201cHis inclusive approach and dedication to our core mission, helping students learn and succeed, make Chris the right fit at the right time as we continue to expand opportunities at WVU Potomac State College.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"nlp-ignore-block article-content rich-text\">\n<aside class=\"promo-link\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wboy.com\/news\/west-virginia\/white-house-releases-data-on-how-many-west-virginians-were-eligible-for-student-debt-relief\/?ipid=DebtRelief?ipid=promo-link-block1\" class=\"promo-link__link\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\tWhite House releases data on how many West Virginians were eligible for student debt relief\t<\/a><br \/>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>Gilmer will also continue as a tenured professor in the Division of Liberal Arts at Potomac State College.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is with great humility and a sense of gratitude and collaboration that I embark on this new journey. It took me about one minute to fall in love with this place and its people, and to see both the outstanding accomplishments of the past and present and the wondrous promise of the future,\u201d Gilmer said. \u201cI thank President Gee,\u00a0Provost Maryanne Reed\u00a0and\u00a0Vice Provost Paul Kreider\u00a0for believing in me. I assure you that no one will work harder or with more joy than I will work with and for this college and the WVU System.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gilmer has previously served as president of West Virginia University at Parkersburg, executive director of the Vicksburg, Mississippi campus of Alcorn State University, vice president for academic affairs at Adams State University in Colorado and was the founder of the National Institutes for Historically-Underserved Students.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cIn less than a year, Dr. Gilmer has shown significant commitment to our Keyser campus\u2019 academic programs, faculty and students,\u201d Provost Reed said. \u201cWe have full faith in his ability to lead Potomac State College into the future through his service leadership and deep understanding of underserved populations.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/__i\/rss\/rd\/articles\/CBMiUmh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndib3kuY29tL25ld3MvZWR1Y2F0aW9uL3d2dS1wb3RvbWFjLXN0YXRlLWNvbGxlZ2UtbmFtZXMtbmV3LXByZXNpZGVudC_SAVZodHRwczovL3d3dy53Ym95LmNvbS9uZXdzL2VkdWNhdGlvbi93dnUtcG90b21hYy1zdGF0ZS1jb2xsZWdlLW5hbWVzLW5ldy1wcmVzaWRlbnQvYW1wLw?oc=5\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KEYSER, W.Va. (WBOY) \u2013 West Virginia University (WVU)\u00a0Potomac State College announced that its new president has been chosen. Chris Gilmer became the interim president of the WVU Keyser Campus in April 2022 but will now transition to the permanent campus president of\u00a0WVU\u00a0Potomac State College. Chris Gilmer, president, WVU Potomac State College\u00a0(WVU Photo) \u201cFrom the moment &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48041,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[161],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brandon.ddtest.info\/multisite-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48040"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brandon.ddtest.info\/multisite-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brandon.ddtest.info\/multisite-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brandon.ddtest.info\/multisite-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brandon.ddtest.info\/multisite-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.brandon.ddtest.info\/multisite-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brandon.ddtest.info\/multisite-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brandon.ddtest.info\/multisite-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brandon.ddtest.info\/multisite-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brandon.ddtest.info\/multisite-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}