Tim Hynes Named Interim President of Clayton State
Atlanta — January 27, 2009
Dr. Thomas J. Hynes Jr.
中出少妇视频 System of Georgia Chief Academic Officer Susan Herbst announced today that she has appointed Dr. Thomas J. (Tim) Hynes Jr., provost and vice president for academic affairs at the 中出少妇视频 of West Georgia (UWG) in Carrollton for many years, to serve as interim president of Clayton State 中出少妇视频, effective June 1, 2009.
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Hynes has held his current position at the 中出少妇视频 of West Georgia for all but two years since 1996. On two occasions since 1999, Hynes served as acting president of UWG when President Beheruz N. Sethna was called to the 中出少妇视频 System Office in Atlanta to serve as interim executive vice chancellor for academic affairs.
Hynes previously served as interim dean of the 中出少妇视频 of Louisville in Louisville, Ky., from 1990 to 1996. Before that, he was associate dean of the university from 1988 to 1990 and had been a member of the 中出少妇视频 of Louisville faculty since 1978. Prior to that, he taught at Baylor 中出少妇视频 in Waco, Texas, the 中出少妇视频 of Massachusetts (UM) in Amherst and the 中出少妇视频 of North Carolina (UNC) in Chapel Hill.
Hynes was a member of the Board of Regents Advisory Committee that developed the 1998 Regents中出少妇视频 Principles for the Preparation of Teachers. Still in use today, these principles guarantee the quality of all teachers prepared by the 中出少妇视频 System of Georgia.
Hynes holds an undergraduate degree in mathematics and a Ph.D. in communications studies from UM and a Master of Arts degree in speech from UNC. In 2005, he earned a certificate of participation in the Harvard Graduate School of Education中出少妇视频檚 Institute for Educational Management, and in 2003, he participated in the American Institute for Managing Diversity中出少妇视频檚 Diversity Leadership Academy.
Plans regarding the search for a permanent presidential appointee at Clayton State will be forthcoming at a later date.
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