CLARKSVILLE, Ark. (AP) - The University of the Ozarks Board of Trustees has selected a new president.

The university announced in a Thursday news release that Millikin University in Illinois vice president of enrollment Richard Dunsworth will become the 25th president of the university in Clarksville.

Dunsworth will succeed the retiring Rick Niece as president of the private university that's affiliated with the Presbyterian church.

Niece is retiring in June. Dunsworth will become the 25th president of the university.

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