Dean of Seaver College Rick Marrs was named the new provost of Pepperdine University. He will start Aug. 1, 2014, according to the university press release.
Provost Daryl Tippens sent out an email on Sept. 16 declaring he would retire, leaving the role open. A search committee was launched, and town hall meetings were held with Lipscomb University Senior Vice President for Strategic Initiatives Nancy Magnusson Durham and Marrs on March 4 and 5.
In the press release, President Andrew K. Benton wrote that Marrs’ new responsibilities will mainly consist of “directing the University’s academic programs, encouraging effective faculty scholarship and teaching, student learning, strategic planning, and a broad range of academic initiatives.”
Marrs has been at Pepperdine since joining the Religion Division faculty in 1987. Benton wrote he will release information about the university’s search for a new dean of Seaver College “in the coming weeks.”
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