Doug Ball named interim president at Pittsburg State University
Last week, the Kansas Board of Regents announced that Chief Financial Officer/Vice President for Administration Doug Ball will be the university's interim president.
Ball will fill the spot currently held by DR. Dan Shipp, who is leaving at the end of May to become the next president of Maryville University in St Louis. Ball has served in his current role at Pitt State since 2017 and earned his bachelor's degree in business administration from PSU.
A search committee is narrowing the field of applicants to find Pitt State's next president, but school leaders say that could take a while.
Doug Ball named interim president at Pittsburg State University
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