The new president of West Virginia University at Parkersburg will be available for media interviews between 3 and 4 p.m., Monday, July 3, in the college president’s office.

Dr. Erik Bitterbaum becomes the fifth president of WVU-P and a regional vice president of WVU, effective July 1. Monday (July 3) will be his first official day on campus.

A vice president for academic affairs and professor of biology at Missouri Southern State College since 1994, Dr. Bitterbaum was named WVU-P’s president in March after a nationwide search. He replaces Dr. Eldon Miller who is retiring after 18 years at the Parkersburg institution.

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