TALLAHASSEE — Garnett Stokes, who served as interim president of Florida State University before John Thrasher took over last month, was named Thursday as provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Missouri.
Stokes, who has been Florida State’s provost since 2011, will start her new job Feb. 2, according to a news release from the Missouri school.
Stokes took over as interim president this year after former Florida State President Eric Barron left for the top job at Penn State University. Stokes applied to become president on a permanent basis, but she was not a finalist for the post.
Thrasher, a former state senator and longtime influential figure in Republican politics, was named president after a controversial selection process.