MUW Administrator Promoted

COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) — A longtime Mississippi University for Women administrator is getting a promotion.

Dr. Thomas Richardson is being named provost and vice president for academic affairs at MUW.

His appointment was confirmed Thursday by IHL trustees.

Richardson had served in an interim capacity since 2014.

He’s been a member of the W English faculty since 1988 as a professor, and in other administrative roles.