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Park University’s Board of Trustees has appointed Kathrine Swanson, Ed.D., to serve as the University’s interim president, effective Wednesday, April 23. Swanson assumes the role as Park’s interim president following the announcement in February of Shane Smeed’s departure as Park’s president as he accepted the presidency at Utah Tech University and will begin his new duties on May 1. A resident of Parkville, Swanson served as president of the Metropolitan Community College Longview Campus in Lee’s