LYNCHBURG, Va. (WDBJ) - The University of Lynchburg has begun a national search for its next president, after Dr. Alison Morrison-Shetlar, announced that she would retire next summer.

Dr. Morrison-Shetlar is the 11th president of the University of Lynchburg. She is the first woman and first foreign-born president of the University.

“After more than four decades in research, teaching, and administration in higher education — including five personally and professionally fulfilling years at the University of Lynchburg — I have decided it is the right time to pass the torch to a new leader who will guide this exceptional institution into its next chapter," said Dr. Morrison-Shetlar.

A Presidential Search Committee has been formed to find Morrison-Shetlar’s successor. The search committee

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