Ron Berry is named as the next president of the University of Louisiana Monroe. Berry, who begins his term next month, is no stranger to the ULM campus, he’s been there for 31 years, six years as a student earning a bachelors and masters, and 25 years as an employee.
“This is home for me, it is a wonderful community and I look forward to serving it,” says Berry.
The University Board of Supervisors of the UL System selected Berry for the job. Berry is Dean of the Business and Social Sciences Department, he replaces Nick Bruno who announced plans to retire in January.
Berry says he was fortunate enough to attend ULM when enrollment was over 10-thousand and he would like to see the student population reach that goal again. Berry wants to see the university expand its strong foundation of health sciences programs.
“How can we tie some of our social sciences programs to health sciences, and how can we tie some of our business programs to health sciences?” says Berry.
ULM enrollment sits just under 9,000.
Written and reported by Brooke Thorington.
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