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WEST LIBERTY – The West Liberty University Board of Governors named Tim Borchers as the university's 38th president today during a board meeting held in Shaw Hall.
"I am pleased to announce that Dr. Borchers was chosen by a unanimous vote and has accepted our offer to become West Liberty University's President. We welcome him to the Hilltop and look forward to introducing him to our students, alumni, donors, friends and the wider community," said Rich Lucas, chairman of the Board of Governors, who also served on the Presidential Search Committee.
A native of South Dakota, Borchers will assume the presidency on July 1. Currently, he is vice president for academic affairs at Peru State College, the oldest college in Nebraska with an enrollment of approximately 2,000 students.
"I am humbled and honored to be selected as the next president of West Liberty University. For 187 years, West Liberty has served the state by preparing graduates to be leaders in their communities and professions. I look forward to continuing that work while identifying ways to be innovative and responsive to a changing world," said Borchers, who attended the meeting via Zoom.
Borchers succeeds Interim President Cathy Monteroso who has served as president since Jan. 1.
Prior to his current position, Borchers served as the dean of the College of Arts, Media, and Communication at Minnesota State University Moorhead (MSUM) in Moorhead, Minn., from May 2008 to June 2015.
Before that, he was the founding chair of the Communication Studies Department at MSUM and served as associate dean of the College of Arts and Humanities and the College of Social and Natural Sciences.
Borchers holds both a doctoral and master's degree in communication from Wayne State University in Detroit, and a bachelor’s degree in speech communication from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where he was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society.