Louisiana College named Rick Brewer, vice president of student affairs and athletics at Charleston Southern University in South Carolina, as the school’s ninth president today. He will take office April 7, The Town-Talk reports.
The Board of Trustees of the private Baptist school in Pineville unanimously selected Brewer at a special meeting today, according to the school’s website. Tommy French, chairman of the LC board and its presidential search committee, says the board is convinced Brewer is the right man for the job.
Brewer has been at Charleston for 28 years, serving as director for external relations, assistant to the president and interim director of athletics and holding vice presidential roles for planning, student affairs and athletics. He has been a member of the president’s cabinet at CSU since 1989.
During his tenure at CSU, he helped to double enrollment from 1,600 to more than 3,400 students, increase unrestricted giving and endowment support and improve freshman retention from 50 to 78 percent, according to a statement from Louisiana College. He also has served as an evaluator for the accrediting body the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and the NCAA.
