Tim Hynes Named Interim President of Clayton State
Atlanta — January 27, 2009
Dr. Thomas J. Hynes Jr.
性视界APP Chief Academic Officer Susan Herbst announced today that she has appointed Dr. Thomas J. (Tim) Hynes Jr., provost and vice president for academic affairs at the University of West Georgia (UWG) in Carrollton for many years, to serve as interim president of Clayton State University, effective June 1, 2009.
鈥淲e are extremely fortunate to be able to call on Dr. Hynes鈥 strong leadership skills during this transition,鈥 Herbst said, referring to the previously announced resignation of Clayton State President Thomas K. Harden as of the above date. 鈥淐layton State University has a great deal of momentum going for it, and I am confident that the institution will be in excellent hands under Dr. Hynes.鈥
Hynes has held his current position at the University of West Georgia for all but two years since 1996. On two occasions since 1999, Hynes served as acting president of UWG when President Beheruz N. Sethna was called to the University System Office in Atlanta to serve as interim executive vice chancellor for academic affairs.
Hynes previously served as interim dean of the University of Louisville in Louisville, Ky., from 1990 to 1996. Before that, he was associate dean of the university from 1988 to 1990 and had been a member of the University of Louisville faculty since 1978. Prior to that, he taught at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, the University of Massachusetts (UM) in Amherst and the University of North Carolina (UNC) in Chapel Hill.
Hynes was a member of the Board of Regents Advisory Committee that developed the 1998 Regents鈥 Principles for the Preparation of Teachers. Still in use today, these principles guarantee the quality of all teachers prepared by the 性视界APP.
Hynes holds an undergraduate degree in mathematics and a Ph.D. in communications studies from UM and a Master of Arts degree in speech from UNC. In 2005, he earned a certificate of participation in the Harvard Graduate School of Education鈥檚 Institute for Educational Management, and in 2003, he participated in the American Institute for Managing Diversity鈥檚 Diversity Leadership Academy.
Plans regarding the search for a permanent presidential appointee at Clayton State will be forthcoming at a later date.
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