TAMUC Alum Named Provost of Midwestern State University

A Texas A&M University-Commerce alum was recently named to a top leadership position at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas. Dr. Margaret “Marcy” Brown Marsden was named provost and vice president for academic affairs for the university in December 2023, after having served in the interim since January 2023. Brown Marsden graduated from A&M-Commerce with her master’s in business administration in 2017. She also holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Dallas and a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from Purdue University. She has served for more than 25 years in higher education, the last eight of which have come with MSU. Read the full press release on the university’s website.
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