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The Utah Board of Higher Education appoints veteran administrator Leslie Durham as interim president at Weber State University (WSU).

Current WSU president Brad Mortensen was recently hired as the new president of Utah State University.

The higher education board also appointed Kent Thygerson as interim president of Tooele Technical College.

The Utah Board of Higher Education (UBHE) made a couple of key decisions Thursday — appointing Leslie Durham and Kent Thygerson as interim presidents of Weber State University (WSU) and Tooele Technical College (TTC), respectively.

Durham will assume her new duties at WSU on Monday, Nov. 10.

Her appointment follows last week’s resignation at the university of President Brad Mortensen, who was selected by the UBHE as the next pre

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