Cal State Dominguez Hills President Willie Hagan plans to retire at the end of the 2017-18 academic year, he announced last week during convocation ceremonies.

Hagan was appointed the university’s 10th president in 2013 after one year as interim president. During his tenure, Hagan oversaw plans for a science and technology building with research labs that is set to begin construction later this year. Plans are also moving forward for new student housing and a new academic building that will house the College of Business Administration and Public Policy. The university also embarked on a revision of the campus master plan to guide its development over the next 15 years. CSU Dominguez Hills said in a statement that it would launch a national search for Hagan’s successor. The college, which was founded in 1960, ranked No. 7 this year on the Business Journal’s colleges and universities list by enrollment, with 13,979 students, including 12,632 in undergraduate programs.

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