After a two-year tenure as provost and vice president for academic affairs, Mary Ellen Mazey was named the 11th president of Bowling Green University in Bowling Green, Ohio, Tuesday.
"Within recent years, I've had the opportunity to work with some very good presidents, including President Gogue, and I just think that I would like to have that opportunity myself," Mazey said.
President Jay Gogue said Mazey worked with a limited budget to make Auburn a better institution.
"She helped guide us through some tough budget challenges in ways that made Auburn stronger," Gogue said in a press release Tuesday. "We regret seeing her leave, but wish her all the best at Bowling Green University."
Mazey began her tenure as provost and vice president for academic affairs February 2009.
"I think probably my greatest accomplishment has been getting the faculty and the administration to work closely together and trying come up with new structures and ways of managing the institution," Mazey said.
Before coming to Auburn, Mazey was dean of Eberly College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia University from 2005 to 2009, and she also held various administrative positions during a 26-year tenure at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio.
She received a bachelor's degree in sociology and a master's degree in geology from West Virginia University and a doctorate degree in urban geography from the University of Cincinnati.
Mazey has agreed to a five-year contract at BGSU and will succeed President Carol Cartwright June 1.
BGSU was founded in 1910 and has more than 20,000 students and 900 full-time faculty members.
"I think that Bowling Green is an institution very similar to Auburn, and I look forward to doing what I can to help build its national and international reputation and making it a better institution," Mazey said.
Experience gained during budget reductions at Auburn will be useful in the coming years at BGSU, Mazey said.
Mazey said she will miss the friendliness of the people in Auburn as well as the institution itself.
"There will always be a special place in my heart for Auburn University," Mazey said. "It's a great institution, and I hope I've just been a small part of making it even better. I've learned how to work with faculty and students and the outside community, and I'm going to take all of those learning experiences with me."
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