Dr. Drake Carter, BSC associate vice president for academic affairs, will be the college’s next provost and vice president for academic affairs. He will succeed Dr. Wayne Boekes, who is retiring June 30.

BSC President Larry C. Skogen selected Carter for the position in February after a national search.

Carter, a 20-year employee of BSC, joined the faculty in 1987 as an assistant professor of biology, and continued to teach full-time until 1999. He became associate professor in 1993. He served as Biology Department chairperson, and later as acting chairperson of the Department of Physical, Biological and Health Sciences. In 1999, Carter was named dean of instructional services at BSC after a national search. He held that position until his promotion to associate vice president in 2004.

Carter holds a bachelor of science degree in education, with a major in zoology, from Eastern Illinois University, Charleston. He earned a master of science degree and doctorate in zoology from North Dakota State University.