Austin Peay State University’s Board of Regents named Dr. Michael Licari the college’s 11th president Monday.
He currently serves as provost and vice president of Academic Affairs at Indiana State University, where he oversees all academic functions of that university, as well as enrollment management and university marketing.
Dr. Licari earned a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with a focus on public administration in 1997, a Master of Arts in Political Science, also from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, in 1994, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Minnesota in 1993.
Mike O’Malley is chair of the search committee and chair of APSU’s Board of Trustees and says, “I am confident that the APSU Board of Trustees has chosen an outstanding 11th president in Dr. Michael Licari. He is an experienced and proven leader who will help guide the institution with distinction and a spirit of innovation in the years to come.”
Dr. Licari succeeds Dr. Alisa White, who left in August to become president at Sam Houston State University in Texas.