欧美视频

By Jeff Murphy, April 16, 2020

WARRENSBURG, MO 鈥� A veteran college administrator who has contributed to a string of record enrollments at the Texas institution he currently serves, Randall Langston, Ph.D., has been tapped to lead the 欧美视频鈥檚 student recruitment efforts. He begins his new role as Executive Vice Provost for Enrollment Management on May 15.

Phil Bridgmon, Ph.D., UCM鈥檚 provost and vice president for academic affairs, today announced this key appointment noting, 鈥淒r. Langston鈥檚 expertise and consistent record of leading efforts to build record enrollments and student success is highly sought-after.鈥�

Bridgmon added that Langston鈥檚 commitment to collegiality and shared governance are both values that 鈥渇it well at UCM.鈥� He said he is looking forward to welcoming Langston to campus this spring.

Langston has served since 2017 as Vice President for Enrollment Management at Texas Woman鈥檚 University (TWU) in Denton, Texas. TWU has a student body of 16,000 and is the nation鈥檚 largest public university primarily for women, and the seventh most diverse higher education institution in the United States. It also has campuses in Dallas and Houston.

Langston said he is looking forward to working with staff and faculty at UCM in the coming months.

鈥淚 am honored and thrilled to be joining the 欧美视频 during this exciting time in its history,鈥� he said. 鈥淚n speaking with others during the search process, I was inspired by the mission of the institution and was particularly drawn to UCM due to its commitments to student success and learning as well as its drive to become a nationally recognized comprehensive university.鈥�

In discussing his immediate goals at his new position, Langston said he looks forward to building on the great enrollment management work done by others at UCM. He plans to take these efforts to another level both quantitatively and qualitatively through the implementation of data informed methodological approaches.

鈥淐ollege is a significant investment by students and families and I am excited to help articulate the value of attending a high-quality institution like UCM through personalization and outreach which illuminates all of the terrific aspects that the university has to offer the students that we serve,鈥� Langston said.

His success in enrollment has contributed to numerous awards. This includes selection as a 鈥淟eader and Innovator鈥� in the field of Enrollment Management by the Enrollment Management Report (Jossey-Bass/Wiley Publication) in 2017. More recently, Langston was honored with TWU鈥檚 Pioneer Proud Award based on a peer nomination related to leadership embodying values which exemplify the university.

Langston鈥檚 career in higher education also includes serving as Assistant Vice President for Enrollment Management, Acting Director of Undergraduate Admissions at The College at Brockport 鈥� State University of New York (SUNY), 2012-2017; Executive Director of Enrollment Management at the University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado, 2008-2012; Director of Admissions Services, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, 2007-2008; and Associate Director of Admission,/Southern Regional Director and Assistant Director of Admission (based in Austin, Texas) for the University of Denver, Denver, Colorado, 1999-2004.

In preparation for a leadership career in education, Langston earned a master鈥檚 degree in education at Texas Tech University in Lubbock and a Ph.D. at the University of The Free State 鈥� Republic of South Africa. He began his formal higher education at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas, where he earned a bachelor鈥檚 degree in political science.