Cale Fessler has been named vice president for financial planning and administration at Missouri Western State University.
He will begin his duties on Jan. 22, 2013.
Mr. Fessler replaces Mel Klinkner, who resigned the position to take asimilar
job at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. Associate Vice President Rick Gilmore has held the position at Western on an interim basis.
“I’m pleased to welcome Cale Fessler to our administrative team at Missouri Western,” said Dr. Robert Vartabedian, Missouri Western’s president. “We are extremely fortunate to attract someone who has seven years of successful experience as a chief financial officer at a university in Missouri. He is well prepared to oversee the finances and administration of Missouri Western.”
Fessler is currently vice president – chief financial officer at William Woods University in Fulton, Mo. He began working there as business services and collections specialist in 2004 before ascending to the vice president position in 2006.
“I am excited and pleased to have been named vice president of financial planning and administration at Missouri Western,” Fessler said. “Although my professional background to this point in my career has been in private higher education, I have always recognized the value and strong academic quality of public colleges and universities such as Missouri Western. It is an exciting time to be involved in public higher education across the country and particularly in the state of Missouri.
I am looking forward to working with my new colleagues at Missouri Western and am glad to have the opportunity to work with them to help the university meet the challenges ahead.”
The vice president for financial planning and administration is Missouri Western’s chief business and financial officer and reports directly to President Vartabedian. The division is responsible for accounting, budgeting, student billing and collections, payroll, purchasing, financial aid, physical plant, capital and construction management, security and safety services, human resources, information technology, the bookstore, food service, risk management and other
administrative functions.