Howard O. Gibson Named to Student Affairs Post

GibsonHoward O. Gibson has been appointed associate vice president for student affairs, enrollment management, and diversity at Mississippi Valley State University. He is the former executive assistant to the chancellor at Baton Rouge Community College in Louisiana. Earlier in his career, Dr. Gibson served as associate vice president for academic affairs and dean of the School of Business at Arkansas Baptist College in Little Rock.

Dr. Gibson holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting, an MBA, and a doctorate in urban higher education, all from Jackson State University in Mississippi.

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