2008 Woodie Awards
SPIRE Vice President Hester to be university president in Ill.
Allen Graziadei
Issue date: 5/15/07 Section: Other News
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Colleen Hester is leaving her post as vice president of Strategic Planning, Institutional Research and Evaluation to become the first woman president of MacMurray College in Jacksonville, Ill.
The 161-year-old Methodist institution selected Hester from among more than 60 applicants.
Hester came to UST 23 years ago. Before serving SPIRE in her current capacity, Hester was a senior administrator in the Offices of Academic Affairs, Student Affairs and Institutional Advancement.
Not all her University roles have been administrative. Hester was also a psychology professor as well as chair of the psychology department and the division of social and behavioral sciences.
She has published numerous articles on psychological type and received the Isabel Briggs Myers Memorial Research Award in 1989 for her research on the topic. Hester also has a license in psychology from the Texas State Board of Psychologists.
In a campus-wide e-mail, President Robert Ivany praised Hester's qualifications. "We know that colleen is eminently qualified to become a college president," Ivany wrote. "She possesses the attributes, experience and caring attitude of a true professional educator and we will miss her greatly."
The 161-year-old Methodist institution selected Hester from among more than 60 applicants.
Hester came to UST 23 years ago. Before serving SPIRE in her current capacity, Hester was a senior administrator in the Offices of Academic Affairs, Student Affairs and Institutional Advancement.
Not all her University roles have been administrative. Hester was also a psychology professor as well as chair of the psychology department and the division of social and behavioral sciences.
She has published numerous articles on psychological type and received the Isabel Briggs Myers Memorial Research Award in 1989 for her research on the topic. Hester also has a license in psychology from the Texas State Board of Psychologists.
In a campus-wide e-mail, President Robert Ivany praised Hester's qualifications. "We know that colleen is eminently qualified to become a college president," Ivany wrote. "She possesses the attributes, experience and caring attitude of a true professional educator and we will miss her greatly."