University of Texas at Arlington President Vistasp Karbhari has announced the appointment of Timothy Quinnan, an expert in student success and leadership education, as UT Arlington's new Vice President for Student Affairs.

Dr. Quinnan currently serves as associate vice president for campus life at San Diego State University, a leading public research institution and one of the top universities nationwide in terms of ethnic and racial diversity among students. He previously served in leadership roles in Student Affairs at the University of Michigan, University of Cincinnati and Florida State University.

At UT Arlington, Dr. Quinnan will direct a wide array of student success and campus life initiatives serving UT Arlington students around the world and will lead a division of 25 departments and programs, 180 employees and more than 330 student organizations. Dr. Quinnan will join the University in September.

Read more at www.uta.edu/news/releases/2014/07/vpsa-tim-quinnan.php.