A Successor to Strickland Named at Wiley College

MARSHALL – A new president has been named at Wiley College in Marshall. School trustees have named Herman Felton Jr. to the post. He will be succeeding President Haywood Strickland when he retires next June. A search firm provided several candidates for the post from which Felton was selected. He has served as the President of Wilberforce University in Ohio since 2016. Prior to that he was senior vice president, chief operating officer and vice president of institutional advancement for Livingstone College in North Carolina. Felton said “It is an honor and privilege to be a part of the rich legacy of Wiley College.”