Aysegul Timur

President of Florida Gulf Coast University, U.S.

Aysegul Timur is a Turkish American academic administrator who serves as the 5th president of Florida Gulf Coast University. She is the first woman and first immigrant to become president in the university's history. She lives in Naples, Florida.^[1]^[2]

Life and career

A native of Turkey, Timur holds bachelor's and master's degrees from Istanbul University and a PhD from the University of South Florida, all in business administration.^[3] She used to serve as vice president of strategy and program innovation at FGCU (2019–2023), dean of the Johnson School of Business at Hodges University (2014–2017), and senior vice president of academic affairs at Hodges University (2017–2019).^[2] She became president on July 1, 2023, succeeding Michael V. Martin, after a 7–6 vote by the FGCU Board of Trustees in May and a unanimous vote by the Florida Board of Governors in June 2023.^[4] She narrowly beat out finalist Henry Mack, senior chancellor at the Florida Department of Education and ally of Governor Ron DeSantis.^[5]

References

^ Davis, John (2023-06-22). "Dr. Aysegul Timur confirmed by Florida Board of Governors as FGCU's new president". WGCU PBS & NPR for Southwest Florida. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
^ ^a ^b "Office of the President". Florida Gulf Coast University. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
^ Babcock, Laurie D. (2023-05-09). "The next great era of FGCU with President-elect Aysegul Timur". FGCU 360. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
^ Snook, Kaitlyn (2023-06-22). "FGCU's next president unanimously confirmed by Board of Governors". FOX 4 News Fort Myers WFTX. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
^ Moody, Josh. "The New Florida Presidential Profile". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved 2023-07-24.