The Kansas Board of Regents announced today the appointment of Andy Tompkins as Interim President at Wichita State University. This will be Tompkins’ second time serving a KBOR university in this capacity, having previously been Interim President of Fort Hays State University from December 2016 to November 2017.

“The Regents are pleased that Dr. Tompkins will bring his expertise and wealth of experience to Wichita State University,” said Dennis Mullin, chair of the Kansas Board of Regents. “We are confident that he will continue the good work being done at WSU and successfully oversee the university. I would like to thank Provost Rick Muma for his leadership as acting president these past several months. He has done an outstanding job shouldering the responsibilities of two very important positions, and I’m happy he’ll be able to focus on the extensive duties of the provost moving forward.”