Editor’s Note: A photo of Tim Hudson is available
at:
http://www.uh.edu/media/nr/2004/07july/072304thudson.html.
TIM HUDSON NAMED PRESIDENT OF UH-VICTORIA
HOUSTON, Aug. 19, 2004 – Tim Hudson, formerly the University
of Southern Mississippi’s provost and vice president for academic
affairs, has been confirmed as president of the University of Houston-Victoria
(UHV).
The University of Houston System Board of Regents voted to approve
him at its Thursday, Aug. 19, meeting.
Hudson assumes the post of UHV’s seventh president effective
Sept. 1.
Hudson was named finalist for the post July 23. Texas law requires
the Board of Regents to give the public at least 21 days notice
prior to a meeting at which final action is taken on the employment
of the final candidate.
Hudson, a 50-year-old native of Hattiesburg, Miss., was selected
from among nearly 80 candidates following a national search. Led
by UH System Board of Regents member Morgan Dunn O’Connor,
the search committee earlier identified him as one of three top
candidates in their recommendation to UHS Chancellor Jay Gogue.
“Tim Hudson has broad-based teaching and administrative
higher education experience, and he will provide dynamic leadership
for UHV,” said O’Connor, chair of the presidential search
committee. “He is uniquely qualified because he has extensive
experience with distance delivery of education, and the management
of multiple sites – similar to the arrangement UHV has with
the teaching center in Sugar Land. Tim believes in the transforming
power of higher education and is committed to strengthening and
building UHV’s partnerships and alliances throughout the educational,
cultural and business community.”
Hudson holds a Ph.D. in geography from Clark University in Worcester,
Mass. Prior to serving as USM’s provost, he was the university’s
associate vice president for administrative affairs and dean of
the College of International and Continuing Education. He is a fellow
of the Royal Geographical Society and a former researcher at the
City of London Polytechnic. Hudson also has earned the 2002 International
Association of Continuing Higher Education Distinguished Credit
Programming Award, a Distinguished Teaching Achievement Award from
the National Council for Geographic Education and a certificate
of excellence from the U.S. Department of State. He has conducted
extensive research and administered numerous academic programs in
Latin America and Spain.
The search for a new UHV president began in February 2004. The
search committee was composed of internal UHV constituents and members
of the community. Hudson succeeds former President Karen S. Haynes,
who assumed the presidency of California State University, San Marcos,
in February. Don N. Smith, provost and vice president for academic
affairs at UHV, has served as interim president.
Hudson is married to Deidra “Dee Dee” Ransburgh Hudson,
who holds a master’s degree in speech and hearing science
and a Ph.D. in higher education. They have five children: Holly,
27; Hannah, 22; Gianna Grace, 6; and twins Daisy and Nathaniel,
both 3.
ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON-VICTORIA
The University of Houston-Victoria, located in the heart
of the Coastal Bend region, is an upper-level institution that offers
undergraduate and graduate students more than 30 degree programs
and concentrations in the Schools of Arts & Sciences, Business,
and Education. A faculty of experts at UHV offers students individual
attention to help them succeed, whether learning in a classroom
or online. UHV is defined more as a delivery system than as a location,
as the university extends instruction, learning support, student
services and community outreach to any area. Although it serves
primarily commuting students from Victoria and surrounding counties,
UHV also offers degree programs, in collaboration with other UH
System institutions, at two off-campus centers in Fort Bend County
and offers courses at a number of off-campus sites in the region.
Since its founding in 1973, outreach, community partnerships and
collaboration have characterized UHV’s history and mission.
ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM
The University of Houston System is the state’s only
metropolitan higher education system, encompassing four universities
and two multi-institution teaching centers. The universities are
the University of Houston, a nationally recognized doctoral degree-granting,
comprehensive research university; the University of Houston-Downtown,
a four-year undergraduate university beginning limited expansion
into graduate programs; and the University of Houston-Clear Lake
and the University of Houston-Victoria, both upper division and
master’s-level institutions. The centers are the UH System
at Sugar Land in Fort Bend and the UH System at Cinco Ranch. In
addition, the UH System includes KUHF-FM, Houston’s National
Public Radio and classical radio station, and KUHT-TV, the nation’s
first educational television station.
For more information about UH visit the universitys
Newsroom at www.uh.edu/admin/media/newsroom.
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