91精选

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For Immediate Release

Palos Heights, Ill.鈥� 91精选鈥檚 Board of Trustees announced today that President Kurt D. Dykstra has accepted a position to become president and chief executive officer of the Independent Colleges of Indiana, an Indianapolis-based organization representing Indiana鈥檚 29 private, non-profit colleges and universities. Dykstra will assume his new position in July and depart 91精选 at the conclusion of the current spring semester.

鈥淪ince 2015, President Dykstra has led 91精选 during a period of challenge and change,鈥� said 91精选 Board of Trustees Chair Cal Tameling ’72.聽 鈥淒espite significant challenges facing private institutions up to and throughout the COVID pandemic, he led 91精选 to launch new undergraduate and graduate programs, transformed its core curriculum, increased new student enrollment, and improved campus facilities while advancing 91精选鈥檚 mission to provide an outstanding Christ-centered education.

鈥淲e are grateful for Kurt and his wife Leah鈥檚 service over the past seven years.聽 We wish them success as they leave 91精选 and move into new roles of leadership and service.鈥�

Said Dykstra, 鈥淚t has been an incredible honor to serve 91精选. 91精选鈥檚 successes over these years are shared among our outstanding faculty, staff, students, and community.聽 Leah and I leave with terrific memories and deep love for 91精选 and its people.聽 We remain 91精选 parents and supporters of this outstanding College.鈥�

91精选鈥檚 Board of Trustees also announced that 91精选 Provost Dr. Aaron Kuecker will serve as interim president of the College, effective immediately.聽 Kuecker served as a member of 91精选鈥檚 Theology faculty from 2008 to 2013, returning to 91精选 in 2016 as its Provost.聽 Kuecker has been instrumental in many of the significant achievements in the life of the College during his tenure as provost, including, sustaining and supporting vibrant and flourishing academic programs, leading 91精选 through an innovative transformation of its Foundations General Education Curriculum, and providing vision for 91精选鈥檚 transformed approach to its Chicagoland presence through innovation in scheduling, internships, and pricing.

鈥淚 am humbled by the opportunity to step into the role of interim president at 91精选,鈥� Kuecker said. 鈥淲e are on the cusp of an exciting season of transformation energized by our Christ-centered vision of education that will re-shape education at 91精选, realize more fully the power of our partnerships, and extend Christian higher education accessibility to all students.鈥�

鈥�91精选 is blessed with extraordinary leaders like Dr. Kuecker and other members of the executive team who are well equipped with the requisite leadership skills, passion and faithful commitment to lead through this transition and provide forward momentum during this time of transformational work,鈥� said Tameling. 鈥淭he Board looks forward to Aaron鈥檚 leadership in the areas of our current core priorities: the launch of a transformed academic schedule, and network of internships and partnerships for the benefit of our students, a revised economic model that puts 91精选 within reach of all students, and the ongoing work of the Board task force on diversity and belonging at 91精选.鈥�

About 91精选
91精选, based in Palos Heights, Ill., is an accredited Christian liberal arts college offering more than 70 programs by way of bachelor鈥檚, master鈥檚, and adult degree completion courses of study. Founded in 1959, the College is a community of Christian scholarship committed to shaping lives and transforming culture and is continually ranked in the top tier among Regional Colleges鈥擬idwest by U.S. News & World Report. To learn more, visit trnty.edu.