Muhlenberg College President John I. Williams, Jr. has announced the promotion of Kathy Harring to vice president and dean of institutional effectiveness and planning, effective July 1.

Williams also announced that Harring has agreed to serve as interim provost, also commencing July 1. The college is in the midst of a search for a permanent replacement for provost John Ramsay, who will return to his teaching role in the education department.

She received a B.A. from Franklin & Marshall College and an M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.