Her appointment was approved last week by the IU Trustees and she will begin her tenure July 1.

Patterson-Randles has served for the past four years as vice president for academic affairs at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, overseeing policy, planning, curriculum, faculty personnel administration and academic budgeting. With a student population of approximately 2,700, Pitt-Johnstown is one of five regional campuses.

Patterson-Randles’ accomplishments at Johnstown include her leadership in conducting the university’s first successful review, revision and implementation of the general education curriculum in more than 30 years. The campus made a breakthrough in implementing faculty salary equity adjustments during her tenure and instituted upgrades in technology and infrastructure.

One of Patterson-Randles’ strongest focuses has been advocacy of diversity and community outreach programs in higher education. During 10 years at Western State College in Gunnison, Colo., she served as chair of he Department of Modern Languages and as chair of the university’s task force on diversity, where she developed a strategic plan for campus-wide diversity programming. She also assisted in creating the school’s Multicultural Center.