Florida Gulf Coast University’s Board of Trustees unanimously selected Wilson G. Bradshaw to become the institution’s third president in August 2007, the university’s 10th anniversary. Bradshaw comes from Metropolitan State University in St. Paul, MN, where he served as president for seven years. He previously held the posts of provost and vice president for Academic Affairs at Bloomsburg University and dean of Graduate Studies at Florida Atlantic University. President Bradshaw earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in psychology from Florida Atlantic University, and a doctorate in psychobiology from the University of Pittsburgh. He held an NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Bradshaw has served on the board of directors of Securian Financial Group Inc., the Bush Foundation, the St. Paul Chamber of Commerce, and numerous other organizations.