Mirta Martin has been named president of Fairmont State University in West Virginia.
As a child, Martin escaped from communist Cuba and lived in a convent in Spain before immigrating to the U.S. As president, Martin plans to expand access to underserved students, improve retention rates, and increase enrollment and fundraising.
Martin served previously as president of Fort Hays State University in Kansas, dean at Virginia State University, and as special assistant to the chancellor of the Virginia Community College System.
Other people news:
- David A. Thomas took over as president of Morehouse College in Georgia. He was previously the dean at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business in Washington, D.C.
- Indiana State University’s new president is Deborah Curtis, who was formerly the provost and chief learning officer at the University of Central Missouri.
- Merodie A. Hancock will be the fourth president of Thomas Edison State University. She is currently president of the State University of New York’s Empire State College.
