May 13, 2002

Armes named Wayland system president
___PLAINVIEW--Wayland Baptist University trustees elected Paul Armes president of the university system in a meeting May 2.
___Armes has served as president of the Plainview campus since February 2001. In July 2000, the board voted to restructure the university and promoted then-President Wallace Davis to the new position of chancellor.
___Davis recently announced his intention to retire from the university effective May 31. Because of this, trustees determined to refocus the current administrative alignment, explained Delbert McDougal of Lubbock, board chairman.
___Bill Hardage, currently vice chancellor of the system, was named executive vice president of the system. He will remain responsible for much of the external campus operations.
___"We have a very strong commitment to the growth of our external campuses, and we felt we could put extra people in place to help that effort," McDougal said. "We also want to be able to be more aggressive in development efforts, and Dr. Armes will be in charge of helping initiate new ideas in fund-raising. We've got the confidence in Dr. Armes to be able to do that."
___Hardage has been with Wayland for 36 years, employed first as the track and field assistant coach and a physical education instructor. A 1965 graduate of Wayland, he then served as head track coach and later as chairman of the physical education division before moving into administrative roles.
___Armes came to Wayland from the presidency of San Marcos Baptist Academy. He is a graduate of Baylor University and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Prior to his educational administrative position, Armes served as a pastor of churches in Texas and Missouri.

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