VALDOSTA — On July 1,2015 Valdosta State University President William McKinney will be resigning from his position.

In a letter from President McKinney he said, “Today, I tendered my resignation as VSU’s president to Chancellor Huckaby, and that resignation will be effective July 1,2015. It is time for a new leader to take Valdosta State into the future, upon the strong foundation that we have built.”

McKinney has been president of VSU since 2012.

“Presidents’ jobs are simply to leave our institutions better than when we arrived, and I believe that I have done just that,” McKinney said.

According to the University System of Georgia, McKinney’s accomplishments include;

• Established a new mission statement, vision and strategic plan focused on better serving students;
• Launched the first comprehensive capital campaign that has already raised more than $30 million in the first eight months, including the largest gift in Valdosta State’s history – an estate gift of $17 million;
• Invested in academics, business intelligence and enrollment management to position Valdosta State as a national leader in the use of information technology in enrollment management; and,
• Initiated the development of a Master Facilities Plan to assure the optimal living, learning and working environments for students, faculty and staff.

“Over the course of the last three years, we have accomplished a great many things. By every reasonable metric, Valdosta State is a university on the rise. Together we have set a course for VSU that, in many ways, helps to secure its future,” McKinney said.

The search for the next VSU president will be announced in the coming months.