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Muma is the first physician assistant to be named president of a university,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://paeaonline.org/resources/public-resources/paea-news/muma-becomes-first-pa-to-serve-as-university-president|title=Muma Becomes First PA to Serve as University President|accessdate=Nov 19, 2021}}</ref> and he is the first openly gay president of Wichita State.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kmuw.org/education/2021-05-06/rick-muma-named-as-wichita-states-new-president|title=Rick Muma Named As Wichita State's New President|accessdate=Nov 19, 2021}}</ref>
Muma is the first physician assistant to be named president of a university,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://paeaonline.org/resources/public-resources/paea-news/muma-becomes-first-pa-to-serve-as-university-president|title=Muma Becomes First PA to Serve as University President|accessdate=Nov 19, 2021}}</ref> and he is the first openly gay president of Wichita State.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kmuw.org/education/2021-05-06/rick-muma-named-as-wichita-states-new-president|title=Rick Muma Named As Wichita State's New President|accessdate=Nov 19, 2021}}</ref>

Major university initiatives forwarded during Dr. Muma's presidency include:
* Began construction on Phase I of the '''Wichita Biomedical Campus''', a joint project between Wichita State University and the University of Kansas to create an academic health science center that fosters job creation, collaboration, research, and interprofessional learning. Once complete, the campus will combine WSU’s College of Health Professions programs, including its Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic, WSU Tech’s health care program and the Wichita campuses of KU School of Medicine and KU School of Pharmacy — all into one location.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.ksn.com/news/local/wichita-biomedical-campus-groundbreaking-next-month/|title= Ground broken on Wichita Biomedical Campus |accessdate=May 7, 2024}}</ref> For his leadership on the Wichita Biomedical Campus project, Muma was awarded the 2024 Donald A. Wilson Visionary Award by the Kansas Hospital Association. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kha-net.org/AboutKHA/KHAAwards/DonaldAWilsonVisionaryAward/|title=Donald A. Wilson Visionary Award|accessdate=August 23, 2024}}</ref>
* Launched the '''Student Success and Persistence initiative''', a university-wide effort to improve persistence and graduation rates.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.wichita.edu/academics/academic_affairs/SEM/sem-ssp.php|title= Student Success and Persistence website |accessdate=May 30, 2024}}</ref>
* Created the '''Shocker Success Center''', a renovated facility that will centralize 19 student support services in a single building.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://thesunflower.com/73794/news/recommitted-to-the-center-of-campus-clinton-hall-construction-stays-on-schedule/|title='Recommitted to the center of campus:' Clinton Hall construction stays on schedule|accessdate=August 31, 2023}}</ref>
* Launched the '''Marcus Welcome Center — Milly Marcus Annex''', which brings together the Office of Admissions and Shocker Career Accelerator career services.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://foundation.wichita.edu/the-legacy-of-howard-marcus-and-his-family-burns-bright-at-wichita-state/|title=The legacy of Howard Marcus and his family burns bright at Wichita State |accessdate=July 28, 2021}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 17:47, 23 August 2024

Richard Muma
Muma in 2023
15th President of Wichita State University
Incumbent
Assumed office
May 6, 2021
Preceded byJay Golden
Personal details
SpouseRick Case
Children2
ResidenceWichita, Kansas
ProfessionPhysician Assistant
Professor
University Administrator
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisUse of Mintzberg's model of managerial roles as a framework to describe a population of academic health profession administrators (2004)
Doctoral advisorPatricia Somers
Academic work
DisciplineEducation
InstitutionsWichita State University

Richard D. Muma is an American academic, physician assistant and president of Wichita State University. He was named Wichita State University president by the Kansas Board of Regents in May 2021 after serving in an interim role following the departure of Jay Golden in September 2020.[1][2]

Muma is the first physician assistant to be named president of a university,[3] and he is the first openly gay president of Wichita State.[4]

Major university initiatives forwarded during Dr. Muma's presidency include:

  • Began construction on Phase I of the Wichita Biomedical Campus, a joint project between Wichita State University and the University of Kansas to create an academic health science center that fosters job creation, collaboration, research, and interprofessional learning. Once complete, the campus will combine WSU’s College of Health Professions programs, including its Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic, WSU Tech’s health care program and the Wichita campuses of KU School of Medicine and KU School of Pharmacy — all into one location.[5] For his leadership on the Wichita Biomedical Campus project, Muma was awarded the 2024 Donald A. Wilson Visionary Award by the Kansas Hospital Association. [6]
  • Launched the Student Success and Persistence initiative, a university-wide effort to improve persistence and graduation rates.[7]
  • Created the Shocker Success Center, a renovated facility that will centralize 19 student support services in a single building.[8]
  • Launched the Marcus Welcome Center — Milly Marcus Annex, which brings together the Office of Admissions and Shocker Career Accelerator career services.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "WSU provost Rick Muma is now the university's 15th President". Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  2. ^ "Dr. Richard Muma inaugurated as 15th president at Wichita State University". Retrieved November 19, 2021.
  3. ^ "Muma Becomes First PA to Serve as University President". Retrieved November 19, 2021.
  4. ^ "Rick Muma Named As Wichita State's New President". Retrieved November 19, 2021.
  5. ^ "Ground broken on Wichita Biomedical Campus". Retrieved May 7, 2024.
  6. ^ "Donald A. Wilson Visionary Award". Retrieved August 23, 2024.
  7. ^ "Student Success and Persistence website". Retrieved May 30, 2024.
  8. ^ "'Recommitted to the center of campus:' Clinton Hall construction stays on schedule". Retrieved August 31, 2023.
  9. ^ "The legacy of Howard Marcus and his family burns bright at Wichita State". Retrieved July 28, 2021.


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