Dr. Joe Callahan was officially appointed as Provost. Callahan has agreed to a new fixed term contract till June 2011 as Provost for MSU-Northern. The contract is subject to annual renewal by the Board of Regents.

Dr. Callahan came to Northern for a two-year term as Interim Provost that began in June of 2007. He replaced Dr. Cheri Jimeno who left Northern to become the new Campus Executive Officer for New Mexico State University-Alamogordo.

Dr. Callahan stated: “I am very pleased to be able to continue to serve MSU-Northern and assist with keeping its mission active and supportive to students, faculty, staff, administration as well as the community that supports us. Northern has a special role to fulfill and I am excited and proud to be a part of its accomplishments.”