A new president is set to take over at Kansas Wesleyan University.

According to the school, Dr. Fletcher Lamkin will become the 18th President of the University.

Lamkin was selected from a pool of 67 candidates who sought the Kansas Wesleyan presidency.

Dr. Lamkin and his wife, Cindy, are no strangers to higher education. Fletcher Lamkin has more than 20 years of academic leadership, including seven years as a liberal arts college President; five years as Chief Academic Officer at West Point; eight years as a department head, program director, and faculty member at West Point; and one year as University Vice President for Institutional Advancement.

In addition to his Bachelor's degree from the U.S. Military Academy, Lamkin also received a Master of Science degree in Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley; a Master of Arts degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from Salve Regina College; and a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Washington.

Cindy Dunstan Lamkin is an accomplished musician and professor. She has extensive experience in academe, having built and directed music programs in higher education for more than 20 years.

Dr. Lamkin will replace Philip P. Kerstetter, who left KWU back in June to become the fourth president of Mount Olive College in North Carolina.

Dr. Lamkin will assume the presidency of Kansas Wesleyan in early January 2010.