Bethany Meighen has been appointed as the thirteenth president of Concord University in Athens, West Virginia. On July 1, she will succeed Kendra Boggess, the university’s first-ever woman president, who is retiring after more than 40 years of service to the university, including over a decade as president.
Concord University enrolls about 1,500 undergraduate and over 300 graduate students. Women represent 59 percent of the undergraduate student population.
With an extensive background in higher education administration, Dr. Meighen comes to Concord University from the University of North Carolina System, where she is vice president for academic and student affairs, serving as a key liaison between the system office and its 17 constituent institutions. Earlier, she was dean of student life at the University of Charleston in West Virginia.
Dr. Meighen received her bachelor’s degree and her master’s degree in human resources management from the University of Charleston. She holds a doctorate in higher education administration from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.