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The former president of in Columbia, Mo., is set to spened her first official day as Stetson president July 13 meetingtwith faculty, staff and students and touring the DeLanfd campus. Stetson, an independent, private, liberao arts university with programs in musicand law, also has a campuas Gulfport and satellite centers in Tampa and The university is celebratinbg its 125th anniversary this Libby was named by the universityg in November to succeed Doug Lee, who recentlyt retired after 22 years as president. Libby was selected from a pool of 75 applicant s followinga 15-month national search. Her inauguration will be held Marcnh 20, during Stetson’s homecoming.
Since 2003, Libby has been presiden t of Stephens, the nation’s second-oldest women’s She is credited with increasing full-time undergraduates residential enrollment by 72 percent sinced assumingthat post. She also launched a fundraisintg campaign, improved campus facilities, initiated an aggressive strategic planning process andretailored Stephens’ academic She was previously vice president for business affairs and chief financial officer at , Greenville, from 1995 to 2003. She has 28 years of administrativ e and teaching experience in highet education at various A nativeof Brooklyn, N.Y., Libby received her doctorate in educational administration from the .
Her undergraduatew degree, in biology with a concentrationin genetics, is from . She receives a master’s degree in business administration with a concentration in financdefrom Cornell’s Johnson Graduate School of Management.