Dear Colleagues:

I am very pleased to share that our efforts to identify a new leader for the Lambuth campus have been successful.  Dr. Niles Reddick has accepted my offer to be the new vice-provost for the Lambuth Campus, effective July 1, 2014.  Dr. Reddick is currently vice president for academic affairs at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton, Georgia.  He earned a doctorate in humanities from Florida State University and has twenty years of experience in higher education teaching and administration.   A more detailed formal announcement will be released next week, but I thought it important to share the good news quickly. As you know, the success of our Lambuth campus is critical to the future of the University of Memphis and West Tennessee in general.  I have great confidence in Dr. Reddick’s ability to implement our strategic vision in Lambuth, strengthen community ties, and help grow our student base. Please join me in welcoming him to the University of Memphis. 

Go Tigers!

M. David Rudd, Provost