After more than a year of searching, Utah Tech University finally has a new president. Shane B. Smeed, currently the president of a small liberal arts college in Missouri, was named Wednesday to take the helm at the St.

Shane Smeed, the president of Park University in Parksville, Missouri, is heading west as he has just been announced as Utah Tech's new president.

The Utah Board of Higher Education on Wednesday voted unanimously to appoint Shane Smeed as the 19th president of Utah Tech University.

After almost five years leading the area school, the president departs to take the top job at a college in Utah, where he was born. Park University President Shane Smeed will leave the Parkville school to become president of Utah Tech University.