CU president Dr. Michael V. Carter assumes role of chair of Mid-South Conference Counci

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Dr. Michael V. Carter, president of Campbellsville University, is chair of the Mid-South Conference Council of Presidents.

CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY (08/21/2015)(readMedia)-- Campbellsville University president Dr. Michael V. Carter has assumed the role of chair of the Mid-South Conference Council of Presidents.

Carter is taking over the reins after Dr. Rita Morris, president of Shawnee State (Ohio), retired this past summer.

"Campbellsville is one of the original members of the Mid-South, and it is a real pleasure for me to serve as chair of the Board as we seek to make our conference the premier intercollegiate conference in the NAIA," said Carter.

Carter is beginning his 17th year serving as Campbellsville University's president. Before coming to Campbellsville, he was provost and vice president for academic affairs, as well as professor of sociology, at Carson-Newman College in Jefferson City, Tenn., from 1985 until he became president of CU in 1999.

The biggest project on the horizon is starting to reap the fruit it has harvested. The Council of Presidents and athletics directors are seeking new potential full-time members to join the Mid-South but recently announced the addition of six institutions becoming affiliate members.

The Mid-South announced that the Council of Presidents unanimously approved Brewton-Parker (Ga.), Martin Methodist (Tenn.), Southeastern (Fla.), St. Andrews (N.C.) and Tennessee Wesleyan for the upcoming 2015-16 season and Cincinnati Christian (Ohio) in 2016-17 as affiliate members.

The announcement comes just two months after the addition of Truett-McConnell (Ga.) in wrestling and Lindenwood-Belleville (Ill.) in men and women's swimming and men and women's bowling as affiliate members.

"The Mid-South Conference is very excited to expand the conference's footprint with like-minded institutions," said MSC commissioner Eric Ward. "These additions strengthen our conference in bowling, football, swimming and wrestling while providing the student-athletes and coaches with a platform to compete for conference championships.

"We look forward to working with their coaches and administrators in these respective sports, and expect their teams to be very competitive."

Brewton-Parker, St. Andrews and Southeastern join the Mid-South in wrestling. The additions -- which bring the MSC's wrestling conference to 10 institutions -- give the Mid-South nearly every team competing in the NAIA East Regional. The regional will also serve as the MSC Championship in late February.

Brewton-Parker, located in Mount Vernon, Ga., St. Andrews, located in Laurinburg, N.C., and Southeastern, located in Lakeland, Fla., joins Campbellsville (Ky.), Cumberland (Tenn.), Cumberlands (Ky.), Life (Ga.), Lindsey Wilson (Ky.), St. Catharine (Ky.) and Truett-McConnell as conference schools that sponsor wrestling.

St. Andrews also joins the MSC in men and women's swimming for the 2016-17 academic year. St. Andrews becomes the eighth school in the Mid-South to sponsor swimming, joining Bethel, Campbellsville, Cumberlands, Life, Lindenwood-Belleville, Lindsey Wilson and St. Catharine.

Martin Methodist, located in Pulaski, Tenn., and Tennessee Wesleyan, located in Athens, Tenn., joins the conference in the sport of men and women's bowling. The pair joins Bethel, Campbellsville, Cumberland, Cumberlands, Life, Lindenwood-Belleville, Lindsey Wilson, Pikeville (Ky.), St. Catharine and Union (Ky.) to become the 11th and 12th members in bowling.

Cincinnati Christian, located in Cincinnati, Ohio, joins the conference as an affiliate member in football beginning with the 2016 season. Cincinnati Christian becomes the seventh program in the Mid-South Conference East Division joining Bluefield (Va.) Cumberlands, Georgetown (Ky.), Kentucky Christian, Pikeville and Union. Cincinnati Christian is the 13th institution overall in the MSC in football.

With the new additions, the Mid-South Conference boasts 14 affiliate members to go along with its nine full members.

Information from this release came from the Mid-South Conference.

Campbellsville University is a widely acclaimed Kentucky-based Christian university with more than 3,500 students offering 63 undergraduate options, 17 master's degrees, five postgraduate areas and eight pre-professional programs. The website for complete information is campbellsville.edu.

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