New MU President to be named today

A top administrator from the University of Connecticut will be introduced this morning as the new president of the University of Missouri system, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Mun Y. Choi, the provost at the University of Connecticut was to be introduced in Jefferson City in a Wednesday morning ceremony. His hiring will fill a yearlong leadership void at the four-campus system.

The Missouri Board of Curators finalized the details of Choi’s hiring during the closed portion of their meeting on Monday.

Choi will replace Tim Wolfe, who resigned amid protests on campus. Former Deputy Chancellor Mike Middleton has been serving as interim president.

Choi has been the University of Connecticut’s provost since 2012. Before that, he was the dean of the engineering school and a professor of mechanical engineering. The last president of the MU system to come from an academic background was Elson Floyd, who left in 2007 to lead Washington State.