HAYS, Kan. (AP) — The next Fort Hays State University president will be inaugurated this month.

The Salina Journal reports that a ceremony is planned for Mirta Martin on Nov. 21. She will follow in the footsteps of longtime president Ed Hammond.

Hammond says representatives of the Board of Regents asked him if he would stay at the university and help with the transition to new leadership, and he agreed. He said the search committee was charged with finding the best leader they could.

He says they hit a “hit a homerun” by finding a person with considerable accomplishments in business, education, as well as her personal life.

Mantin says she intends to promote a model that more heavily involves faculty in research and uses business partners to help shape the curriculum.